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Do a google search. Depending on what you want it to do, anywhere from $600.00 to $160,000.00 (and they're called DVD duplicators).
Now if you want to replicate DVDs you're in the half million and up range.


I am looking for the info on that expensive one that can stamp a DVD every 3 seconds.



"Stamping" refers to the replication process where a glass master of the DVD title is created from a DLT (Digital Linear Tape) or a master disc of the authored movie. That glass master is then used to "stamp" out exact replicas using a molten plastic process similar to how vinyl records are made. These machines start at the half million dollar mark (for used ones) and go up quickly from there.

Duplication machines copy, or burn, the information onto a pre-made DVD blank in the same manner that the DVD burner on your computer uses. A simple $600 duplicator will copy and label print three DVD5 discs per hour on average using a robotic arm to pull blanks from a stack of 50 or so. More expensive machines will hold more blanks and work faster doing multiple discs at a time.

Replication is more expensive ($300 just to make the glass master) unless you are doing runs in the thousands, but it is faster and more reliable. The discs will work in 99.5% of existing DVD players.

Duplication is cheaper, especially on the shorter runs of less than a thousand, but it's less reliable, only working on 89% of existing DVD players due to hardware incompatibilities.

Because of the cost of the machine, most replication is done by specialty houses. For someone who self-distributes at least one title a month, expect to spend between $30 and $60 thousand for a duplicator that can keep up with your demand.
Also, don't forget the cost of blank discs, DVD cases, boxcover printing, assembly, and shrink wrapping.

It's less of a headache to pay the approximately $1 per unit cost to a specialty house to do it all. But if your heart is set on having your own, start saving your nickels and dimes and clear out a couple of thousand square feet (in an area zoned for commercial industry) to set up your replicator.
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