Blu-ray Dimensions

Blu-ray recordable Technology offers high storage capacity: 25Gbytes on single layer Blu-ray Disc media (BD-R & BD-RE) and 50Gbytes on dual layer BD-R media.  Blu-ray recordable is compatible with players and computer drives and offers both large storage capacity and high definition capabilities.  Blu-ray recorders and duplication systems offer the convenience of producing your own Blu-ray titles and spares the expense of some mandatory copy protection schemes that are required in BD-ROM production.

Blu-ray duplicators can be divided into two categories:  duplication towers and auto loading duplicator publishers.  Duplicators are somewhat different then a recorder drive in that they have more then one drive and work independently of a PC.

Blu-ray recorders offer speeds of up to 6x (for Blu-ray) and also support CD-R/RW, DVD-R/RW/RAM/ +R/RW+/-R DL, BD-RE/R read and write compatible.  Typically the Blu-ray recorder has dual lasers for reading/writing red laser based optical discs like CD-R and DVD-R/+R and a Blue-laser for BD-R and BD-RE. the drive interface is Serial ATA or SATA with a 1.5Gbits/sec data transfer.

Blu-ray Tower Duplicators

CD Dimensions Blu-ray Duplication Tower

Tower Blu-ray duplicators are composed of an enclosure, power supply, controller, fans and hard drive.  Drive configuration (or target configuration) can vary from 2 drives up to currently 11 drives. Blu-ray duplicators support CD-R, DVD-R, DVD+R and Dual Layer Plus R recording and reading.   Hard drives are required for Blu-ray duplicators and the larger/faster the better.  The hard drives are also SATA which allows for high speed data transfer. The controller uses a LCD screen and key pad to manage the Blu-ray duplicator.  Commands setting speed, write strategy, read speed, test mode, hard drive setting and other functions are overseen by this unit.

Auto-loading Blu-ray duplicators

R-Quest 2 Drive Autoloading Blu-ray Duplicator Publisher

Automated Blu-ray duplicators offer robotics or some method of moving the blank BD-R disc from the input spindle (usually a stack of blank discs) to the recorder (s), printer(s) and then to the output spindle. Capacities vary, ranging from 20 to 1000 discs.  Many automated auto-loading Blu-ray duplicators have input/output bins that can be configured for various jobs including multi-format publishing jobs. DVD-R can be in one bin and Blu-ray disc in another bin. Pick the media you need for the job and it’s automatically loaded.   Publishing jobs can be sent to the duplicator via a network connection so various departments can copy over jobs.  Combine this with a disc printer and you have a Blu-ray publishing duplication system.  Thermal printers and inkjet printers are available for the recordable blu-ray format. Even thermal re-transfer and dye sublimation are available for auto-loading recordable Blu-ray duplication.