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By: Vancouver Video Producer featured in Videouniversity Webcast #4

Vancouver Video Producer featured in Videouniversity Webcast #4 — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 14:54:52 +0000

[...] the success of my first webcast for Videouniversity, owner Hal Landen has released a follow-up webcast, featuring a review of the [...]

By: Vancouver Video Producer featured on Videouniversity

Vancouver Video Producer featured on Videouniversity — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:06:04 +0000

[...] now I’ve become a bit more than just a regular member with my first VU video blogger review. For my first review I chose to review my new Ily Athena 1 to 11 DVD duplicating tower, pictured [...]

By: Shawn Lam

Shawn Lam — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:10:29 +0000

Hey Richard – thanks for the feedback. You can swap drives very easily. and I would suggest updating the firmware while you are at it. The manufacturers tell me that the advantage of SATA is that you can mix and match drives and replace one if one does fail but my experience has been that it is always best to choose drives from their approved list and to match drives/brands whenever possible. To get Ily’s approved list you have to call their tech support as they don’t post on their website… Personally, if I had a drive fail and a matching model wasn’t available, I would probably change them all out, which is exactly what I did on my old duplicator.

By: Richard Neece

Richard Neece — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:26:51 +0000

Thank you for the information. I had tried to find out how to build your own before purchasing a Vin Power duplicator a few years ago. Now, I can increase my capacity more affordably.
One question: Are you able to change out drives without major reconfiguration?

By: Shawn Lam

Shawn Lam — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 15:13:53 +0000

Thanks Bob. I’m still scratching my head as to how they can ship a case without $2.00 worth of screws that are necessary to complete the installation of the burners…

Just a few more notes that I didn’t get to include in the original article. The controller card I am using is forward compatible with Blu-ray discs. I know I don’t need to spell it out to the readers of VU but just so we are clear – you need to install Blu-ray burners to burn Blu-ray discs.

By: Bob A

Bob A — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:47:00 +0000

Good review.
I have built a couple duplicators with Ily parts and Athena cards. They work very well. My cases came without screws also. Anyone with basic mechanical skills can assemble one.