According to the company, shipments have only recently begun, but already users are reporting outstanding results. As far as stand-alone duplicators go, ONYX is the best we ve tested. If I have an overnight job, this is the machine I use because I know that when I come back in the morning, the job will be done, said Petar Krslovic, operations manager for Media Technology, a Ronkonkoma, New York-based duplication service provider. Krslovic notes that his ONYX duplicator is running 24 hours a day, producing 2,000 to 3,000 copies on a daily basis. Out of all the machines we use, the Discmatic is the most reliable, he said.
ONYX provides an array of features that make it suitable for a wide range of applications.
Among them is the EZ-ONE control firmware, with its core logic stored on an advanced flash ROM rather than on the hard disk drive, which can cause reliability problems in some duplicators. In addition, the internal firmware can be quickly and easily upgraded via a firmware CD, which is available from Discmatic resellers. Unique to ONYX is its patent-pending precision autoloading mechanism that picks up each disc by the rim, lifts it over the spindle, and loads it into any one of the recorders. This also permits faster copying of small quantities because copying can be done CD to CD rather than through the unit s hard drive, and it makes using the audio compilation feature easier. Another feature that simplifies small-run duplication jobs is multiple drive batch copying, which allows ONYX to duplicate multiple master discs in a single operation.