Imation Disc Stakka - CD/DVD Management Tool
£83.51
Fantastic Concept - poorly executed - I have 5 Disc Stakka s and have found many of the same problems as others who have posted here: unreliability, unit failure and frequent re-indexing necessary.That said, I have persevered with it simply because despite all these issues, it remains a great tool. I index the discs from imdb.com (manually - an auto-detect would be fabulous). Whilst this can take a while, I can then use it to search for a movie based on actor, director, genre etc and get to it in seconds.One feature that is frustrating is that any records you create cannot be exported. I want to share my library with family and friends, but this is not possible with the current software.However when all is said and done, I use it and much, much prefer this solution to disc racks that consume half my home! I live in the hope that one day (soon hopefully) that Imation will provide the software and build quality that this fantastic idea deserves.
Very unreliable product - Like a lot of the other reviewers here, I found the Stakka to be really great at first and purchased 3 as I have so many CDROMs to manage. But after a while the units became unreliable - they stopped ejecting discs, wouldn t rotate, wouldn t take new discs even when empty etc. I think that they are constructed from cheap materials so they will probably work until the warranty has run out at which point you will have to take a screw driver to the unit to retrieve your valuable discs and the Stakka will end up in the bin. Pity Imation didn t do a better job with the product as it is a really neat idea.
there is a reason why its cheap! - ...it s rubbish. Poorly constructed, flimsy, have used it twice and twice I have had to get a screwdriver out and open it up to retrieve my disks.Make sure its what you think it is, my colleague ordered it thinking that once connected we would have network access to all our disks without having to remove them. This is not the case, this does not, and cannot read the data on the disc, all it is is a storage unit, when you want your data you have to go to the computer that has the stakka attached find the disk in the software, eject it from the stakka, and take it back to the computer you actually want to use it on!
Frustrating Product - l loved this product at first. In the end l had 5 of them, but they got less and less reliable. Now discs won t come out when you need them, and if l put the top stakka of 5 in place, it stops all the others from activating. l really would say think twice about buying this product, in fact l would say don t buy this product.
I hope you don t need those disks... - ...because it will never eject them again. We bought 3 of these thinking we had solved our software CD storage issues. I cataloged every disk and painstakingly sorted through multiple versions of software.Now, it doesn t want to eject any of my disks. In ANY of the 3 Stakkas. this is infuriating and a horribly broken product.I contacted support and, no b.s., they actually suggested that I OPEN THEIR PRODUCT and fiddle around with the inner workings. I m not kidding. DO NOT BUY THIS GARBAGE!!
- Each unit stores, protects and retrieves up to 100 of your favorite 12cm discs, including data CDs, DVDs, music and games discs
- Simple to set up, linking to your computer via a single USB cable for both power and data connectivity
- Stack units up to five high
- OptiTracker Disc Management Software automatically recognises whenever you insert a new data disc into your computers CD or DVD drive
- Search OptiTrackers database of stored discs by title, keyword, directory or file name to find and eject any disc within secondsOperating systems supported: Windows XP, 2000 (SP4), ME, 98 SE and Mac OS X v10.1 or laterWxDxH: 340x350x172mmWeight: 1.8kg.