Which Industries Can Benefit from CD and DVD

Duplication?

By Jason Cole

So you may be a musician, or a filmmaker, or the CEO of a corporation. All of you, at one point,

have had projects that needed to be taken from your computer and placed on a disc. And most

likely, the single copy of that disc needed to be duplicated and distributed. CD duplication, DVD

duplication, CD album duplication, which one do you choose? Here are a few tips, broken down

by industry, to help you pick your disc duplication solution.

1. Music

Your band just recorded your demo to CD and you all feel that it's ready to be shopped around.

Great job! If your music project contains just audio, you want to use a company that duplicates

music cds. A CD duplication company can offer you a short-run (500 pieces or less), for a

reasonable price. This is great for small bands and lower-budget projects. But if you have a

decent budget and a good market for your project, you might want to do a long-run CD

replication job. This usually involves more than 500 pieces and the CDs are pressed instead of

burned.

2. Film

Whether you're an independent filmmaker or a large film production company, your main

mode of conveyance is the DVD disc. The process of DVD duplication is very similar to how

musicians duplicate and replicate audio CDs. Most of the time the same companies that do CD

duplication will do DVD duplication, also utilizing short-run and long-run disc duplication

packaging.

3. Corporate

In a corporate environment there are many uses for CD and DVD duplication. You might have a

PowerPoint project that needs to be duplicated and distributed, or you may have a report that

needs to be presented and distributed. The difficulty lies in choosing which media, CD or DVD,

to duplicate or replicate on. For a smaller project you probably want to choose CD media, as

most discs can hold up to 74 minutes of audio or 650 MB of data. DVD media typically holds 4.7

GB of information, and the new dual-layer DVD-Rs will hold up to 8.54 GB of info. This would be

great for larger or a multiple file duplication project.

This is definitely not a full list of what sort of businesses or individuals that could benefit from

disc duplication or CD/DVD replication. But this is intended to give you a little more insight on

what media would be right to use for your music, film, or corporate projects.

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