WiebeTech CD/DVD Imager a godsend to pirates, forensic analysts

Because we can't seem to get enough of robots, so how about we show you one that actually does something useful? Too boring, you say? What if we handed you a stack of 50 DVDs and CDs and told you to rip the image, archive 'em and, while you're at it, take a picture of each label. Now you want a robot to lord over, don't you? Lucky for you, our favorite Kansas hard drive maker and friend of forensics analysts everywhere, James Wiebe has come to your rescue with the WiebeTech CD/DVD Imager. So remember kids, this new bot may not be as fun to say as the robotic "welly wanger", but it's probably a bit more practical if you're about to fire off a few hundred copies of your latest tape (on CD) and can front the $2399 one of these will set you back.

[Via MacMinute]

[Chocolate Starfish @ Aug 24th 2006 6:44PM]

But then you have a witness to dispose of.

[mike p @ Aug 24th 2006 6:48PM]

i for one, welcome our cd.dvd imager robot overlords

[sirwnstn @ Aug 24th 2006 6:55PM]

Forget the pirates... Dump the camera... do they make one of these that functions backwards? ie. burn ISO's to a stack of DVD-R's? Running a 12+ DVD-R monthy backup of my servers gets really tedious.

[bazald @ Aug 24th 2006 7:02PM]

sirwnstn: Look hard enough and ye shall find. (I'd point you to one if I knew where they were available. Saw one over 4 years ago for CD-burning.)

[bazald @ Aug 24th 2006 7:09PM]

Actually, this looks about right:
http://www.epinions.com/content_171800432260

[Fuzz @ Aug 24th 2006 7:33PM]

Man, I have slaves at work for this. They're called summer students. Use 'em and abuse 'em.

/hates winter :(

[Mark @ Aug 24th 2006 11:44PM]

I bet I could make one of these from either my RC1 or NXT (Lego Mindstorms robots)

I may just have to give that a shot.

[Nogami @ Aug 25th 2006 4:04AM]

The first person to build a simple automatic CD/DVD duplicator/ripper like that for under $100 (add your own drive, without the camera) is gonna make an absolute fortune.

It can't be THAT hard to do.

[benjamin @ Aug 25th 2006 5:11AM]

Are those some old-school MacAddict CDs I spy?

[Skankboy @ Aug 25th 2006 10:22AM]

Anyone using 12+ DVD-R for backups of their servers is an idiot.

[Shadyman @ Aug 25th 2006 11:21AM]

@sirwnstn:

Use tape :p

[sirwnstn @ Sep 28th 2006 12:39PM]

Thanks to all who replied with good suggestions.

@Shadyman:
Thanks for the suggestion. We've used tape. Too expensive, and unreliable.

@Skankboy: "Anyone using 12+ DVD-R for backups of their servers is an idiot."

LOL! No I'm not! :D Given the budget and constraints I have, you might do the same.