Rimage, the industry-leading provider of on-demand CD / DVD / Blu-ray disc duplicating and printing systems, has recently introduced the Rimage 8100N Disc Copy Station(TM). The new 8100n is designed to copy CDs, DVDs and Blu-ray Discs with the ease of a paper copier. The new 8100N Disc Copy Station follows the release of the smaller Rimage 5400N Disc Copy Station in Q4 2010. The much larger 8100N Disc has the same core capabilities of the 5400N system, but adds more robust capacity for higher production capabilities (300-disc capacity vs. 100-disc). The 8100n also has faster and more robust robotics which increases the amount of CDs and DVDs that can be produced per hour, per day, etc.

The version 2.0 release has some new features – bulk copy mode, improved photo and image quality,watermarking, and adjustable angle touch screen. As CD, DVD, and high capacity BD discs continue to replace paper documents, organizations need copies of the original discs for archiving and distribution. How it works differently than a standard Rimage 8100n system? The newer Disc Copy Station(TM) takes a photograph of the artwork label on the top of the original disc, then reads the contents on the original disc, records the exact contents onto a new blank disc and then prints the photo of the original disc artwork on top of the new disc. Of course you can make as many working copies (1 or 5000) of the original as you need, all in one
easy step. This new fully automatic feature eliminates the time consuming needs of locating the disc contents and creating, or handwriting the label onto your disc copies. Fast, easy and professional looking discs.

Key market niches for the 8100n and 5400n copy stations: education, training, video work flows, retail, medical and law enforcement.

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At the NAB show Rimage will demonstrate how to use disc publishing systems to save time and money, and gain a competitive edge. Collegiate organizations currently use Rimage’s automated disc publishing systems to archive practice and game footage as well as distribute video to coaches and players via DVD and Blu-ray Discs. The Rimage disc printers and duplicator solution plugs directly into any video editing platform allowing users to enhance existing work flow and tools instead of spending time and resources on adopting new procedures. When exporting game or practice footage, all the logged meta data carries over to the archive copy for future retrieval needs.

“Collegiate football teams are the tip of the iceberg when it comes to managing sports video”, says Chris Wells, VP of marketing and strategy at Rimage.

“We’re seeing strong interest in this solution from professional teams and many other sports organizations both in the US and in other countries.”

Rimage will showcase its Sports Video Archiving and Distribution Solution at NAB in Hall S1, Booth SL5920. Disc publishing experts will present Workflows that Deliver, a series of daily seminars, including a demonstration entitled Sports Video Distribution and Archiving.

The advent of digital video has transformed coaching and training methods. Standalone or portable hard drives do not always stand up to the growing video archive and distribution demands. Rimage’s Sports Video seminar will show how to easily implement automated optical disc publishing to safely and efficiently store and share digital content to players, coaches, and any external audience, all without disruption to your current video work flow.

Chris Luke, Director of Video Operations for football at the University of North Carolina, recently incorporated a Rimage Professional 5400N sports video solution. “We were just putting content on terabyte hard drives or standalone, portable hard drives,” says Luke. “Now I can export footage from my DVSport editing system directly to DVD or Blu-ray Disc, for shelf archive.”

As part of its Workflows that Deliver seminars, Rimage will be presenting disc publishing solutions that fulfill other aspects of video workflow, including video authoring, video on-demand and optical archiving, as well as product demonstrations. All seminars and demonstrations will be hosted daily in NAB Hall S1, Booth SL5920.