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Microboards Debuts Homegrown Mac Software, by Jan Ozer

CD/DVD/Blu-ray replication systems have long been the province of wonderfully functional hardware and dog-ugly software. Last year, Microboards announced their own home-grown Windows software for their line of duplicators, and while it’s a great improvement over the third party software that they used to ship, it’s more about workflow functionality and ease of use than sheer design brilliance. ... READ MORE


As Seen in TFWM: 5 Minutes with Aaron Pratt

Microboards Director of Marketing, Aaron H. Pratt, recently sat down for a candid interview with Technologies for Worship Magazine, dishing the latest industry news on CD/DVD production in America's churches. ... READ MORE


Small business, big success: Microboards transforms sales firm

When a Minneapolis-based sales and service company added Microboards disc publishers to its line of disc recording equipment, it had no idea the decision would transform its business. ... READ MORE


CX-1 Receives Rave Review

The CX-1 Disc Publisher was recently reviewed by Jan Ozer at EMedia Live, and received rave remarks. ... READ MORE


Ten Ways to Freshen Your CD Ministry

All over the country, churches big and small have taken full advantage of the technological advancements that can transform the church service into a take-it-home experience. In some ministries, cassette tapes are still the standard for recording and archiving the service. ... READ MORE


Microboards Helps MSU Run with the Big Dogs

Brock Dulaney, MSU video and computing services coordinator, recently sat down for a candid interview about how the GX Disc Publisher has changed his collegiate football video operations. ... READ MORE


GX Disc Publisher Helps Create DVDs for NFL, ESPN

The game is over, the players are off the field, but the football coach wants to review the video footage to get a handle on next week’s challenges. For Mississippi State University’s Bulldogs, that’s no problem. ... READ MORE


Integrate with Microboards SDK Unit

Integrate custom disc burning, printing, and dispensing into your software application with Microboards SDK unit!
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Wisconsin Badgers Win Big with Microboards

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has selected Microboards' 10-recorder DVD duplicators to produce copies of video footage for use by coaches and players in the athletics programs. ... READ MORE


Inside Feature: Microboards UK

Did you know that in addition to Microboards headquarters in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, there are offices in the UK and Japan?  We have a very special treat for our inside feature this month ... READ MORE


Far Hills Community Church Benefits from PF-2 Disc Printer

Like many churches, Far Hills already has much of the audio and video infrastructure in place for recording services. They have a Broadcast Ministry, which they will soon be expanding to include live and archived webcasts of their services. ... READ MORE


Carnival Sails with Microboards

“Our passengers want photo souvenirs of their cruise while they’re still onboard, and we need reliable, durable equipment to meet that need,” said Ron Bernstein of Intellysis, which installs the onboard equipment. ... READ MORE


Distributing Worship Music: Technical and Legal Solutions

The 150th Psalm contains an invitation to Praise the Lord through music.  We are instructed to "praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. ... READ MORE


All About CD Recording Time

As music is sampled at a continuous rate for recording to a CD, a typical CD (700 MB) can contain 80 minutes of audio. Even though many recordable CDs are used for data-type purposes, most people measure record speed in multiples of 'real time'. ... READ MORE


DVD Recording Questions

We get a lot of phone calls about DVD-R because it is a new technology and has been in the news a lot. Here are a few of the most common questions. ... READ MORE


Printing and Labeling Q & A

Ink jet printers work exactly the same as your standard ink jet printer at home. It uses an ink cartridge to print directly onto the surface of the disc, blending the colors to create the image. ... READ MORE


CD Q & A

Track-at-once is when the CD burner writes the disc one track at a time. This creates a gap in between tracks. This is caused due to the laser turning on and off during the process. This feature is best used when you know you need gaps in between the tracks. These gaps are 2 seconds in length. ... READ MORE


DVD Q & A

The term DVD can stand for either Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc. Either definition is accepted, though Digital Versatile Disc is more widely used. ... READ MORE


The History of Taiyo Yuden

Taiyo Yuden invented the CD-R, along with Philips and Sony, on June 13th, 1988. At the time, Taiyo Yuden was the only manufacturer of CD-R media in the world, supplying media to many well-known CD-R distributors. The CD-R was not given the boost it needed until 1992. ... READ MORE


Recording and Mastering Q & A

How long does it take to burn a CD-R?  The time it takes to burn a CD-R depends on 2 things; how fast are you burning and how much information are you burning. Assuming you are burning a full disc, which would be either 650MB or 700MB, your burn time will depend on your speed. ... READ MORE


DSR-DVD D8810 is Microboards' Finest

The DSR-DVD D8810 is Microboards' newest award winning product. eMedia's Geoff Daily says, "The DSR DVD-D8810 performed nearly flawlessly in testing." ... READ MORE


CD and DVD Ministry

Does your church have a cassette tape ministry?  Many churches do; cassettes are an effective way to reach out to your congregation when they've left services on Sunday and gone back to their day-to-day lives. ... READ MORE


So... You Want to Dupe CDs? Part II

Does a CD duplicator have to connect to a PC?  No it doesn't have to. But it can. This subject can get rather detailed here are some basics. PC based duplication has the following advantages ... READ MORE


Up and Running!

Only a few years ago, most of the churches enquiring about CD/DVD duplication had an existing cassette ministry and had either realized the potential for disc ministry – or simply realized the inevitability of it all. ... READ MORE


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