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CD, DVD, and Blu-ray discs can be copied in two ways, i.e. replication and duplication.

CD Replication (by the same token DVD replication and blu-ray replication) means the discs will be pressed from a glass master and the artwork will be printed directly onto the discs using silkscreen or offset printing. Retail store-bought music CDs, Hollywood DVD movies, and on the shelf software are all copied by replication. A typical replication line can produce thousands of discs a day. Replication is meant for high volume professional compact disc production and is the standard for major commercial releases. Please refer to Compact Disc Manufacturing for the technical details on CD replication and DVD replication.

Since 2000, New Cyberian has been the major compact disc replication service provider in San Jose, CA. Most high-tech companies in Silicon Valley have used New Cyberian as their compact disc contracted manufacturer.

CD, DVD, and Blu-ray discs can be copied in two ways, i.e. replication and duplication.

Duplication means the discs will be burned from CD-Rs, DVD-Rs, or BD-Rs media and the artwork will be either printed on a paper label which is then applied onto the disc surface, or printed directly onto the discs with inkjet printable coating. Duplication is synonymous to CD burning, DVD burning, or Blu-ray burning and is meant for low volume and fast turn around production.

If you have enough time and the ordered quantity is 300 or more you should always use replication services. The only time you would seek duplication services is when your order is less than 300 or you need to rush the order. Even you chose to go the route of duplication, always choose a supplier who will turn on the 'compare and verify' feature when the discs are burned. Some companies turn this feature off to save time as the process will take 3 times longer. New Cyberian always does the 'compare and verify' for all the duplication orders.

There are hot debates over the quality difference between duplication and replication services. By and large the consensus is that the quality should be the same. But since 2000 we have kept a big archive of discs from our clients and found in reality the equality does not hold up to what many people might have claimed. Duplicated DVDs tend to go downhill over time in readability faster than replicated DVDs. The ink on a duplicated DVDs fades out in few years while this never happens to a replicated DVDs. Duplicated DVDs are more susceptible to temperature change than replicated DVDs. Last but not least, duplicated discs have less resistance to scratch damage then replicated discs.

On the FAQ of one of our competitors who claims to be the nation’s largest disc maker and it states:

    Depending on the number of units lost to quality control, your final total can vary slightly. Throughout the industry, 
it is customary for the client to be responsible for a 10% over or under run.

This will not happen at New Cyberian. We will not bill you more than what you have ordered. Our quality control is so tight to the point that our failure rates are so low. That’s also the reason New Cyberian can offer high quality products at competitive pricing. If a company has to make 10% more to sort out the good ones, let’s have a real second thought about that company. Besides, why should you the customer pay for their incompetence? If a company cannot management quality on the production level, it probably cannot manage quality on other aspects such as customer services.

To meet the needs of our customers with highest satisfaction

Since 2000 New Cyberian has helped over 100,000 customers fulfill their digital content copying needs on CD duplication, CD replication, DVD duplication, DVD replication, and Disc Packaging.

Customers of New Cyberian come from all over the world, from neighboring cities in San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley such as Milpitas, Campbell, Fremont, Oakland, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Menlo Park to major metropolitan cities such as New York NY, Los Angeles CA, Chicago IL, Houston TX, Philadelphia MA, Phoenix AZ, San Antonio TX, San Diego CA, Dallas TX, Jacksonville FL, Indianapolis IN, Austin TX, Columbus OH, Boston MA, Seattle WA, Las Vegas NV, etc.

With the appreciation of Canadian currency, customers from Canada enjoy a great saving by buying from New Cyberian. Both UPS and FedEx have ground services to most Canadian cities and the rates are as competitive as shipping domestically in the USA.

Overseas customers from Mexico, Brazil, UK, France, Norway, Australia, Nigeria, and South Africa also find buying from New Cyberian can be cheaper than buying from local vendors even with tariff and shipping cost added.