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Imation's Disc-Stakka isn't really new, and it kind of expensive for what it does. But, I wanted something to store my CD/DVD's and was sick of the CaseLogic zipper book things.
$115 on NewEgg, that's bucks for me to spend on basically a uber storage container (all it does is store discs...) It looks pretty cool, and is VERY light with no disc's in it. Basically you install the OPDItracker software that comes with it, plug it in a USB port. And you can store 100 cd/dvd discs.
The software lets you input what's on what disc, and builds some sort of data base. So you can search and find exactly what you're looking for very quick. I'm not good at organizing my discs, or keeping them out of harms way (I'm sloppy and careless ha)
I also have a lot of dvd's with a bunch of unrelated files on it, so there would be no logical way to write a lable on the disc with all it's content. The Opditracker software is pretty plain, but easy to use and does the job. I spent the better part of a day cataloging all my disc's. But when all was said and done, I have 100 searchable disc's, you can make what you put in about each disc as simple or complex as you want. I got pretty detailed so all my stuff is now very easy to find, in seconds. No more swapping out 10-20 discs trying to find one damn file!
Is this thing worth $115 bucks? No, not really it's a hunk of plastic, but I couldn't find anything similar for less money. So, I suppose it was a pretty good deal. And actually, not having to spend minutes, possibly 30 or more looking for 1 disc makes me glad I bought it.
pros:
made my disc's managable, also since it's a storage container, no more scratches and all that.
software is easy to use, and pretty customizable, they offer a Pro version if you want to shell out the cash
you can daisy chain I believe 6 of these to 1 pc. 600 discs of searchable storage would own! even if it would cost you an arm and a leg.
fairly elegant looking, personal preference I suppose.
cons:
could have used a cd/dvd reader or writer. Would have made the unit much more usable, when putting disc's back would be able to scan and know what's what. Right now if you put disc 1 back in slot 10, there's no way it can tell and it will make your searches pointless. So, in some aspect you still have to kind of make sure you keep the discs organized
$115 is kind of pricey, but the only other similar thing I found cost a bit more, and didn't look as nice.
feels pretty cheapy made, it's VERY light, I don't think it could stand up to much abuse, of course once I loaded 100 disc's in it it was pretty sturdy
only holds 100 disc's, what the hell am I going to do with my other 300 disc's hahaha oh noes!
$115 on NewEgg, that's bucks for me to spend on basically a uber storage container (all it does is store discs...) It looks pretty cool, and is VERY light with no disc's in it. Basically you install the OPDItracker software that comes with it, plug it in a USB port. And you can store 100 cd/dvd discs.
The software lets you input what's on what disc, and builds some sort of data base. So you can search and find exactly what you're looking for very quick. I'm not good at organizing my discs, or keeping them out of harms way (I'm sloppy and careless ha)
I also have a lot of dvd's with a bunch of unrelated files on it, so there would be no logical way to write a lable on the disc with all it's content. The Opditracker software is pretty plain, but easy to use and does the job. I spent the better part of a day cataloging all my disc's. But when all was said and done, I have 100 searchable disc's, you can make what you put in about each disc as simple or complex as you want. I got pretty detailed so all my stuff is now very easy to find, in seconds. No more swapping out 10-20 discs trying to find one damn file!
Is this thing worth $115 bucks? No, not really it's a hunk of plastic, but I couldn't find anything similar for less money. So, I suppose it was a pretty good deal. And actually, not having to spend minutes, possibly 30 or more looking for 1 disc makes me glad I bought it.
pros:
made my disc's managable, also since it's a storage container, no more scratches and all that.
software is easy to use, and pretty customizable, they offer a Pro version if you want to shell out the cash
you can daisy chain I believe 6 of these to 1 pc. 600 discs of searchable storage would own! even if it would cost you an arm and a leg.
fairly elegant looking, personal preference I suppose.
cons:
could have used a cd/dvd reader or writer. Would have made the unit much more usable, when putting disc's back would be able to scan and know what's what. Right now if you put disc 1 back in slot 10, there's no way it can tell and it will make your searches pointless. So, in some aspect you still have to kind of make sure you keep the discs organized
$115 is kind of pricey, but the only other similar thing I found cost a bit more, and didn't look as nice.
feels pretty cheapy made, it's VERY light, I don't think it could stand up to much abuse, of course once I loaded 100 disc's in it it was pretty sturdy
only holds 100 disc's, what the hell am I going to do with my other 300 disc's hahaha oh noes!
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