DVD Tower

Among optical disks, DVD’s are the most popular storage devices. Trailing closely are the much older CD’s and far behind it, the younger generation Blue-ray disks. DVD’s are preferred over CD’s due to their much larger capacities. Although Blue-ray disks easily top DVD’s in the capacity department, they are not yet as tested (not to mention as cheap) hence aren’t as popular.

Hence when it comes to storing duplicates of information in an optical device, DVD’s are the preferred media. The DVD Tower is a stand-alone unit that functions as a duplicator. That is to say, it supports multiple DVD drives on which you can insert disks where you subsequently store information on. The drives on a DVD tower can burn data on all inserted disks simultaneously.

A typical DVD tower can operate 24 hours a day and 7 days a week, making it a reliable workhorse for data storage. Economical versions actually have certain cool-off periods during the day while the more expensive types can run without interruption, save for the necessary disk inserts and ejects.

Being a stand-alone device, a DVD tower usually has an LCD display and a touchpad in front. This is where you can control copy, test, verify, and compare settings. Until Blue-ray disks become cheaper, you can be assured that such devices will maintain its dominance in the market.