MB561US-4S-1 to Backup DVD Collection

The MB561US-4S-1 from Icy Dock makes stores and shares your DVD collection on a single device that offers a total storage capacity of up to 12TB.

 
With the MB561US-4S-1, you will be able to expand your library storage collection. Think of this as a file cabinet but for all your entertainment from movies to TV shows, taking up about half a foot in height. Instead of the 5 shelf DVD collection, you have a device that’s fits next to your PC or TV. What makes it better than a physical media library is that having a centralized digital movie library on your home network is that any device whether it be your desktop, laptop, HTPC or media box like a WD TV you can view and enjoy your movies from the MB561US-4S-1. Keeping everything in one place makes it easy to locate files and with 4 available slots, each slot supporting up to a 3TB hard drive you can organize your videos to your personal liking.
 
Additional benefits that compliment the MB561US-4S-1 include the hot swappable trays. The removable trays will work with other Icy Dock enclosures like internal models MB876, MB453, MB454 nd MB455 series. This is for anyone using a HTPC or laptop PC that does not have a DVD drive.

You can rip your DVDs from your primary computer to your MB876, MB453, MB454 or MB455 enclosure. When complete you can remove the hot swappable trays and return them to the MB561US-4S-1 to view the movies you just ripped on your HTPC or laptop PC.

In addition, with USB 2.0 you can have a support of different devices which can make things more convenient.

On the other hand, eSATA port multiplier is also available for up to 3 Gbps transfer speed for those large DVD files.The enclosure is built with an aluminum casing with an 80 x 80 x 25 mm adjustable fan to help cool the drives.
 
Viewing your movie collection on the MB561US-4S-1 can be done a couple of different ways depending on what type the movie file format you prefer to use. If you would like to keep your DVD collection unmodified with no compression, the best option is rip the DVD into an ISO image format. Using software like ImgBurn and DVDFab to rip the DVD to an ISO image, you can save the ISO images to the MB561US-4S-1 and mount and play the ISO images with HTPC or laptop PC on your TV (via HDMI or DVI cable). If you prefer to compress the DVD into a smaller movie file, there are many DVD ripping software options that allow you to directly convert your DVD to Mpeg format. Save the mpeg files to your MB561US-4S-1 and you can play your mpeg files with your media adapter box, HTPC or laptop PC on your TV.