Compact discs have been around for over 30 years.\u00a0 Remember when the first CD burner came out on the market?\u00a0 The drive itself cost over $2,000 and one blank CD-R was sold at over $5 per piece.\u00a0 With the market economy and the economy of scale at work, now a high-speed CD burner costs less than $20 and a blank CD-R is at the 10 cents level.\u00a0 Using CDs for digital content distribution has been a day of life.\u00a0 Many software companies still prefer to use CDs to download for security reasons.\u00a0 Musicians also use CDs for their music and music fans also want physical CDs as collection items.\u00a0 Trade show goers use CDs to replace the good old paper brochures.\u00a0 In a nutshell, the application of compact discs for digital content distribution is still all the rage.<\/p>\n
When it comes to making copies of CDs there are two ways of doing that; i.e. one can duplicate and one can replicate.\u00a0 To the laymen, these two terms seem to refer to the same thing. But in the disc copying industry, there is a subtle difference.\u00a0 Duplication actually refers to CD-R burning. This is a flexible way to make CD copies. The problem is that duplicated discs have that amateurish look because the CD face is either labeled with paper or printed with inkjet.\u00a0 Professional discs, on the other hand, are done by replication.\u00a0 A replicated CD is pressed from an injection molding machine from molten polycarbonate. All retail CDs on retail shelves are replicated.<\/p>\n
In the United States, there are over a few hundred CD replicators scattered all over the country.\u00a0 Choosing a good CD replicator is crucial to your CD release. Compared with the money you have spent CD replication is probably the smallest slice of the pie.\u00a0 It is the last stage of your production and not doing it right is also the last thing you want to see.\u00a0 As in any purchasing decision, quality and pricing are the two major factors.\u00a0 But if you are the first-timer for CD replication, how do you know which company will give you the best quality at the most competitive pricing?<\/p>\n
Isn\u2019t it true that every CD replication company claims it has the best quality and the best price? In this competitive market, we have seen only unselfish companies can survive.\u00a0 Greedy companies not posting their prices on their website normally disappear from the market in one or two years.\u00a0 As far as quality, the easiest way is to request samples from your prospective vendors.\u00a0 Voir c\u2019est croire.\u00a0 When you put the samples side by side it will not be difficult to spot the right vendor.<\/p>\n
Last but not least, you should always ask whether a vendor does porn DVD replication. Avoid those vendors who do is a must whether you think that is moral or not.\u00a0 No matter how good quality control the vendors may claim, there is still the chance for a porn DVD to get mixed into your order.\u00a0 If you think about a gospel music CD that ends up being a porn DVD, you can see how serious that is.\u00a0 But believe it or not, we have seen it and heard it happen in some porn replicators.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Compact discs have been around for over 30 years.\u00a0 Remember when the first CD burner came out on the market?\u00a0 The drive itself cost over $2,000 and one blank CD-R was sold at over $5 per piece.\u00a0 With the market … Continue reading