Our Story
Back in 2004, our founder was spending his weekends DJing at corporate events and weddings.
It was while lugging his records, CDs and decks from gig to gig that he recognised the need for a compact solution for DJs. The digital era was approaching and some DJs were already switching from from CDs to MP3 files on laptops.
Problems with overheating, inferior sound quality, lack of disc space juggling a nest of cables were commonplace. Plans were put in place to develop the OODJ which would be able to carry a massive selection of songs in a portable unit and would be aimed directly at DJ and entertainment professionals.
Thus Computer DJ Ltd was born in September 2004, opening a factory in Hull initially with three employees to take the design from prototype into production, following a successful preview of the prototype at PLASA 2004.
The MKII 00DJ
Where did the name come from? When showing the prototype machine at PLASA 2004 some Japanese visitors loved it and shouted "Aha! Is James Bond!" ... and from that point "00DJ" it was!
The 00DJ went on public sale in March 2005, having three revisions to the design as technology improved, cumulating in the "MKIII" version with a 500Gb internal hard drive until the model's retirement in 2010.
The company enjoys steady growth and in 2007, Valeway Technology was created to house the growing portfolio of other successful brands such as PCDJ and Q-THIS. The company now employs a team of nine people.
Despite growing and diverisfying the company still focuses on personal service. The staff all believe in what the company is doing and are very dedicated - it's an interesting place to work!
Computer DJ Team at Plasa in 2005
Company milestones
2004 Prototype 00DJ MKI shown at PLASA 2004 to great interest
2005 Prototype taken into production and goes on sale
2005 PCDJ.COM ask Computer DJ Ltd to exclusively distribute PCDJ software and hardware in the UK - PCDJ(UK) formed
2005 www.pcdj.co.uk website launched
2006 Computer DJ Ltd start to build custom rack systems for DJ's and venues
2006 00DJ re-designed internally to accommodate improved technology - 00DJ MKII released
2007 Production increased to cope with 00DJ demand
2007 OODJ gets it's own website - www.oodj.co.uk
2007 Valeway Technology Ltd created to house the increasing areas of the business
2007 Computer DJ Ltd become the exclusive UK distributor for the Screenfly visual system for use in venues
2007 Computer DJ Ltd begin working on an custom automatic background music system for venues called Q-This
2007 Q-This released, website www.q-this.com launched
2008 Computer DJ Ltd become dealers for Mixmash, Promo Only, Kam, Skytronic and others
2008 Computer DJ Ltd sign a distribution agreement with Broadchart, adding a music subscription service to Q-This
2008 OODJ re-designed to incorporate improved technology - hdd size increased to 500Gb - the MKIII is released
2008 Investigations begin into the sucessor to the 00DJ
2009 www.pcdj.co.uk website re-designed to allow improved web technology, larger shop and better download system
2009 Music download service for DJ's launched - www.mobiledjdownloads.com
2009 OOVJ prototype signed off after extensive testing, production planning begins
2009 www.q-this.com website re-designed and re-launched to incorporate new web technology
2010 OOVJ goes on sale, this website launched!
