Replication

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CD Replication

CD replication stamps an exact replica or clone of your CD. Customers typically go with CD replication for higher volume projects (1,000 CDs or more), as CD replication costs are a fraction of duplication costs at volume.

CD replication is a physical production process that involves actually pressing the discs during manufacture from a glass master. Replicated discs are also referred to as CD ROM discs, with the ‘ROM’ standing for ‘Read-Only Memory‘ (as opposed to the CD-R where the ‘R’ stands for ‘Recordable’).

The glass master is made of glass that has been coated by a chemical, which is burned off with a laser. The glass master is a ‘negative’ of the CD and it is then coated with a molten nickel compound and turned into a ‘stamper’. The stamper punches tiny pits in the production CDs that use molten aluminium as the reflective surface and polycarbonate for the remainder of the disc.

CD replication is a very quick and cost-effective production method for larger quantities of discs (1000 or more). Due to the high setup costs this type of production is not suitable for smaller production runs. Replicated CDs are then printed using a five color silk screen or offset lithographic process, resulting in a very high quality disc.

Advantages

• Ideal for runs of more than 1000 CDs with much lower costs for high volumes.
• Silk screen or offset lithographic printing for top quality results.

Disadvantage

• Cannot be left blank for you to burn your own content onto.

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DVD Replication

DVD replication stamps an exact replica or clone of your DVD. Customers typically go with DVD replication for higher volume projects (1,000 DVDs or more), as DVD replication costs are a fraction of duplication costs at volume.

DVD replication is a physical production process that involves actually pressing the discs during manufacture from a glass master. Replicated discs are also referred to as DVD ROM discs, with the ‘ROM’ standing for ‘Read-Only Memory’ (as opposed to DVD-R or DVD+R where the ‘R’ stands for ‘Recordable’).

The glass master is made of glass that has been coated by a chemical, which is burned off with a laser. The glass master is a ‘negative’ of the DVD and it is then coated with a molten nickel compound and turned into a ‘stamper’. The stamper punches tiny pits in the production DVDs that use molten aluminium as the reflective surface and polycarbonate for the remainder of the disc.

DVD replication is a very quick and cost-effective production method for larger quantities of discs (1000 or more). Due to the high setup costs this type of production is not suitable for smaller production runs. Replicated DVDs are then printed using a five color silk screen or offset lithographic process, resulting in a very high quality disc.

Advantages

• Ideal for runs of more than 1000 DVDs with much lower costs for high volumes
• Silk screen or offset lithographic printing for top quality results

Disadvantages

• Cannot be left blank for you to burn your own content onto

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Blu-Ray Replication

FAST FACT: For perfect consistency disc-to-disc, Blu-Ray Replication is best for quantities over 1000. It’s typically also less expensive than duplication for quantities over 1000.

Blu-ray discs can hold multiple hours of HD content, with plenty of room to spare for the bonus features you may have grown accustomed to with DVD. The developers of Blu-ray couldn’t make the disc physically larger, so in order to significantly increase the information storage capacity, they increased the data density. The information pits got smaller, and the spacing of the pit rows got tighter (see illustration below). The discs also have a super-thin transparent protective coating, which places the data layer closer to the disc’s surface and thus closer to the laser. In order to read these much smaller data pits, Blu-ray players use a blue-violet laser, which has a shorter wavelength and a smaller “beam spot” than the red laser used in DVD players. The players also spin the discs at higher speeds for even faster data transfer.

Storing high-definition video requires much higher data density than standard DVDs allow. Blu-ray discs have smaller data “pits” and more closely spaced pit rows compared to DVDs and HD DVDs. Blu-ray players require a blue laser to read these smaller pits. In Blu-ray players, the laser’s higher “numerical aperture” (NA) allows the beam to be focused to create a tighter spot for reading smaller pits.

Blu-ray Discs hold up to 6x the amount of programming than a DVD

• BD25 (25 GB) Blu-ray holds approximately two hours of high definition video and digital audio or up to thirteen hours of standard definition video and audio.
• BD50 (50 GB) Blu-ray holds more than four hours of high definition video and digital audio or as much as 20 hours of standard definition video and audio.
• Blu-ray Authoring. Let DUB hub Author your HD content to Blu ray (BD) media. From hi-def still and motion menu design through final product, DUB hub can handle all your Blu Ray (BD) authoring needs.
• From beginning to successful end, intelligent project management to gently guide you.
• We can Author your SD (Standard Definition) content to Blu-ray media too!
• 5-color offset or silkscreen printing
• Retail-ready translucent Blu-ray albums, standard DVD albums or any custom packaging available. Environmentally friendly packaging encouraged.

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