replicating vs. duplicating discs

[Don Bloom]

Replicating is what they do for blockbuster movies and they work in just about every player made so for large quanities REPLICATING is the way to go. Its a “pressed” operation as opposed to burning.
Good Luck,
Don

[Allen Zagel]

Rulle of thumb is if you need 300 or less go with duplicating. Over that, replicate. You need to contact the replication houses to see how they want the master. Quite a few want a digital tape. Some will aept a DVD-/+R.

Try Disc Makers. they seem to have some good replication pricing. 1-800-468-9353
https://www.discmakers.com

Personally I just use on-demand duplication for the DVD’s I’m selling as the quantities are not such as to warrant replication. Try CustomFlix. They specialize in indies like me.
https://www.customflix.com

They also do replication. Biggest difference between the two is Disc Makers prices include only a 3 color printing on the DVD. CustomFlix does full color.

Allen

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[Steven J casey]

Thanks for the info guys. There’s a place here in Nashville that I’ve used a lot for CDs but this is the first real need for DVDs. I definitely need to shop around though just to make sure I’m still getting a decent deal on the matter.

thanks again,
steven

[Don Bloom]

I know this may not help you being in Nashville but look at http://www.chicagodigitalpost.com for both dups and replication. They do great work,I feel they’re fairly price, much can be handled over email and Tim is a good guy to work with.
Tell ’em Don B. sent ya’

At least you’ll have an idea as to pricing to compare with and to.

Don B

[Chris Young]

Also remember that with replicated (pressed) DVD’s you can have Macrovision and CSS copy protection enabled, as long those flags are set. This you can do if you use DVD Architect 3.0 for your authoring. For what its worth I don’t know if it’s justified going to the extra cost of doing it these days. The number of DVD’s we have done that we know have been copied is a joke. Everyone seems to have all the available DVD rip/copy software that circumnavigates these protection schemes.

Chris Young
CYV Productions
Sydney

[Steven J casey]

Yeah, I know what you mean about copy protection. But in this case it’s a training video about the cleaning of dialyzers, probably not real hot on the black market. lol Except for those guys who steal kidneys and leave the victims in a tub of ice with a note to call 911 immediately. (the dialysis industry gets a big kick out of that one)