Category Archives: Film

Topics related to Independent Filmmaking: duplication, replication and distribution

PAL vs NTSC DVD Basics

For DVDs, there are two world wide standards that are followed for the video formatting of a DVD.  NTSC and PAL are these two standards. There are a few distinctions between PAL DVDs and NTSC DVDs. NTSC DVDs have a … Continue reading

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Continued Price Pressure Will not Compromise CD and DVD Quality

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 … Continue reading

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Burn a Reliable Audio CD-R

There are a couple of simple things to remember and implement when burning an audio CD.  The first is to alway use good blank CD-R media.  You usually get what you pay for, so buck up for some good media.  … Continue reading

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Blu-ray (BD) Replication Costs Coming Down

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 … Continue reading

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

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 … Continue reading

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Blu-ray(BD) continues its march to adoption

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 … Continue reading

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Merry Christmas – Successfull Year for CD & DVD Duplication

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 … Continue reading

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Keys to Successful CD and DVD Duplication and Replication

So you have finished all the hard work of having your CD or DVD mastered and readied for production. Finally you are ready to have copies manufactured and can’t wait to sell and distribute this project you worked so hard … Continue reading

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Do it yourself DVD Duplication – DVD Burning

Occasionally we receive requests to burn 1-5 DVDs for some of our clients.  This is usually a pretty expensive proposition since we have to setup art and a duplicator for just a few discs. If you would like to save … Continue reading

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