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DVD Copycat to Introduce New Website

admin — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:22:09 +0000

We are quickly approaching the release of our new website. For the last 2-3 years, we have wanted to revamp our website but have focused on other marketing efforts. However, our new website nearing completion and is scheduled to be released in late July and will have a much wider selection of product options than our current site. We have also added USB flash drives to our product mix and the overall site has a much more contemporary look and feel.

We will now be focusing all of our manufacturing efforts on USB Flash Drives, DVD duplication and Replication, CD Duplication and Replication and Blu-ray Duplication and Replication services. We could not be happier with the current progress of this considerable effort.

New to the site will be the ability to place an order online via e-commerce along with an additional 25% more products and many more pricing options and turn times. If you have any questions about our transition to the new site, or have comments about the new look, please let us know. We would love to hear from you.

Blu-ray(BD) Duplication Services now within Reach

admin — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 01:14:16 +0000

Well its finally happening. The costs for genuinely good quality blank Blu-ray media has been progressively coming down and is now within reach of many customers for both data and hi-def video jobs. Most credible duplicators have not been at a reasonable price point until now, as the supply of solid BD-Rs has been very pricey. With the most recent reduction in blank bluray discs, on average, a blu-ray disc is now prices about $2 above the current price of a standard DVD. We are seeing more and more interest in Bluray duplication as a viable delivery medium. The availability of Blu-ray drives and blu-ray players in the home and in the workplace are now, in my opinion, abundant enough to make this possible.

Film Festivals:

Here is another area that we are seeing good influx of blu-ray requests. It seems that more and more film festivals are requesting submissions on bluray. At DVD Coypcat we are fielding many calls from clients who have hi-def source material that need to be converted to a Blu-ray Master then duplicated for distribution to film festivals.

Bluray Authoring Platforms:

Blu-ray authoring platforms are also becoming more robust and I have been seeing less and less frustration with BD master creation these days. I personally have experienced a good deal of frustration with some Platforms over the past two years and have only recently had more regular success with some of the more up to date systems.

Archiving using Blu-ray Discs:

Here is another popular use for bluray discs. Archiving everything from tens of thousands of family photos, to sensitive data for businesses.

All and all, we are projecting the first significant inroads for Blu-ray Duplication in 2011 and we expect to see this continue strongly through 2012 and 2013.

For more information, take a look at our Blu-ray Duplication and Services page for more information and pricing, or just give us a call at 1-866-210-8768.

Blu-ray Disc Duplication Continues its Rise but still has some hurdles to overcome

admin — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 00:15:37 +0000

In the second half of 2010 we have been receiving more and more blu-ray duplication inquiries. In the first half of the year, most blu-ray duplication inquiries were never closed on. More often than not, the high cost of the discs was not the determining factor, it was getting the high def content onto the master to submit to us for duplication. Most Video Professionals when faced with the task of getting their high def content onto a BD-R(burnable bluray disc) the get discouraged as the authoring software is often glitchy, or difficult to work with. Their only option is to move their project to a high end authoring suite or outsource the service to a Bluray authoring facility. Most video professionals these days are so used to firing up their Mac and knocking out an easy DVD through DVD Studio Pro or IDVD, that they don’t realize that making the jump to Blu-ray authoring is much more time consuming, costly, and frustrating, so they don’t incorporate that learning curve into their high def budgets. Consequently, when faced with the Blu-ray duplication option, they usually go back to standard def DVD to deliver to their clients. Sometimes the cost of a Blu-ray burner alone is a major deciding factor.

I suspect that in one more year authoring systems will be much more robust and cost effective. This will be the real key to seeing more Blu-ray duplication business. We are seeing BD Duplication orders steadily rising this year and strongly suspect that delivering high def video on Blu-ray for the ordinary video or film maker is only about a year away from really starting and about 2-3 years to go mainstream.

Blu-ray Duplication on the Rise

admin — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:43:09 +0000

Blu-ray Duplication is finally catching on for some of our clients. The costs for Blu-ray(BD) Duplication has come down very dramatically over the last year which has sparked renewed interest and orders in 2010. We were paying $14 for a quality Blank BD Disc from TDK at this time last year. Our blank prices now are near $6. that is a dramatic reductions. Some of the lower quality suppliers are closer to $3 per blank, so we are really getting into the affordable range for many of our cutting edge clients who want high def delivery.

Blu-ray player costs have dropped very rapidly also, which is helping to further instigate adoption.

The last real roadblock in making BD more mainstream is the authoring software out there. So many platforms are still “glitchy” when it comes to outputting your final high def content out to master. Hopefully as the market adopts, more software developers will add resources into making their platforms more robust.

We have accepted both BD master and hard drives with the BDMV files on them. We do prefer the BD (blu-ray) master to the hard drive, though, as we have to up-charge for the transfer to the first master disc.

If you need more info for your next Blu-ray Duplication project, just give us a holler at 1-866-210-8768 or email me at brian@dvdcopycat.com. We will be more than willing to help.

If you are looking for standard DVD, just jump over to our national DVD site posted here.

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Continued Price Pressure Will not Compromise CD and DVD Quality

admin — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:03:15 +0000

This has been a very interesting year so far for DVD Copycat. In Jan of 09, we saw one of the worst months we have ever had. This seemed to be an industry wide experience as clients unsure of the economic downturn had a wait and see approach for new budgets in 09. After that things picked up to a reasonable level as the Industry Giants started promoting very agressive price reductions. Our current challenge has been how to continue our high level of service while going through the pains of shrinking margins. We are steadfastly commited to the quality of our DVD and CD Duplication and Replication products and even more commited to maintaining our level of customer service. Personalized service is just words these days in marketing campaigns. Our goal is to be able to provide a level of service that makes a genuine positive impact on our client base. Over the second quarter of 09 DVD Copycat has seen some good growth which I believe is a good indicator that service and attention is still valued, even in this economy.
Our pledge to our customer base is to alway preserve our standards of quality to make a positive impact on their projects while trying to stay within reasonable industry norms for pricing on DVD, CD and Blu-ray Replication and Duplication.

For More Information take a look at our website here optical disc manufacturing.
Or give us a call at 1-866-210-8768

Blu-ray (BD) Replication Costs Coming Down

admin — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 03:16:02 +0000

Up until this point in time , Blu-ray manufacturing costs have been cost prohibitive for most smaller Video and Film Professionals. Just one year ago if one of our clients wanted to publish 1000 retail ready blu-ray discs the rough costs would be approximately $2500 for the mandatory AACS encryption and about $5.50 per unit retail ready. As the Blu-ray market develops we are seeing manufacturing costs becoming more reasonable and closer to being available to smaller Video and Film creatives.

Currently we are seeing AACS costs at a one time fee of $1500 and a cost of approximately $3.00 per unit for 1000 retail ready Blu-ray units. Overall compared to last year this is about a 50% reduction in cost to our clients.

In contrast to this are standard definition DVDs which have no mandatory encryption fees and are approximately $1.29 per unit for 1000 retail ready DVDs.

So Blu-ray Replication is about $4.50 per unit for the first 1000 units and $3.00 after that per 1000.

DVD Replication conversly is still much more affordable at $1.29 per unit, but the general cost trends are coming down for Blu-ray Replication.

As Eric Manning pointed out to me in a previous post about the mandatory AACS fee, the Blu-ray Association has required all manufacturers to pay a mandatory AACS fee for every new title produced. If the Blu-ray Association were to consider an AACS waiver for small producers it would open the flood gate for small producers to go Blu-ray (BD). This is the only way that I can see Blu-ray Replication truly replacing DVD as a mainstream video medium for ALL video and film producers, not just the big studios.

However, I do feel that we are headed in the right direction. Costs are coming down and the 5% of our clients that can afford Blu-ray Replication can now realize their Hi-def vision.

More information about our San Francisco Bay Area Blu-ray Duplication and Replication can be found here.

If you have questions about standard def, Video Disc Manufacturing and DVD Duplication and Replication, contact us at 1-866-210-8768.

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Solving your Blu-ray(BD-R) Burning Problems

admin — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 22:06:11 +0000

So you thought Blu-ray burning was easy?

Below is a Brief Intro Video about Blu-ray and pro-sumer systems for authoring and burning BD-Rs(blu-ray discs). This reminds me a lot of DVD in its start-up phase. It was very difficult to find systems and software that are reliable. The best way to get past the Blu-ray blues is to realize that developing BD discs is going to be challenging and most video professionals will have to work as a community to “debug” this industry. At some point things will shake out and we should have some good pro-sumer systems for delivering hi-def video on Blu-ray discs.

Below are some links to forums and help pages that discuss and debug High Definition Video and Blu-ray(BD) burning and duplication. I belong to many of these forums and post regularly. I hope this will help you in your quest to put out a great high definition project on Blu-ray Disc.

One of my favorites that is very thorough is Videohelp.com the have many good topics http://forum.videohelp.com/

VideoMaker.com has a good hi-def forum

http://videomaker.com/community/forums/forum/high-definition

Blu-ray.com has a good forum on Blu-ray burning, pc, drives media and sofware

http://forum.blu-ray.com/forumdisplay.php?f=35

Digital Video Forums has a Blu-ray Forum

http://forum.digital-digest.com/forumdisplay.php?f=104

If you need duplications of your project look at our services on Blu-ray(BD) Duplicaton Serices

Or you can always contact me directly at 415-929-1581 for questions on Blu-ray Duplication

Welcome to our DVD, CD, BD Video Blog

admin — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:14:56 +0000

Blu-ray(BD) continues its march to adoption

admin — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 20:25:20 +0000

After CES this week the consensus from the Blu-ray bullish have continued to confirm adoption of this new Video Technology.
Despite the sagging economy, some in the industry are predicting a six fold increase in sales of Blu-ray(BD) discs and players.

I personally think that despite the online downloading potential in the coming years for Hi-def video, the general population likes to have something new and “gadgety” and fun to that they can possess. Blu-ray discs are seem to have a place in this gadget seeking behavior.

As more of the general population understand the benefits that Blu-ray offers, I believe the BD nay sayers will be surprised with the overall popularity and adoption of this new Video Format.

DVD Copycat
www.dvdcopycat.com
CD, DVD and Blu-ray(BD) Duplication

Merry Christmas – Successfull Year for CD & DVD Duplication

admin — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:10:48 +0000

To all of DVD Copycat’s business associates!

During a time of financial difficultly, I am humbled to say that DVD Copycat Inc. has done very well this year. We continue to grow aggressively and I can’t emphasize enough my most sincere thank-you to all of our customers and suppliers that have made this year a success. Between our customers, suppliers, and DVD copycat we form more than just a business mechanism, but a community of Business Professionals, Film, Video and Music individuals. It is this community that brings us to work everyday. To help promote and provide for great CD, DVD and Blu-ray(BD) projects.
Thanks very much for our 2008. I look forward to 2009!
Brian Fisher

DVD Copycat Inc.
Services for DVD Duplication & Replication