http://www.dvdcopycat.com/blog San Francisco DVD CD Replication Duplication Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:12:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.dvdcopycat.com/blog/2008/12/24/merry-christmas-successfull-year-for-cd-dvd-duplication/ CD Duplication is copying or burning of Audio or Data CD or Disc Image onto blank CD-/+R or CD-/+RW.  The advantages to CD Duplication is that you can "burn" many fewer copies than CD Replication.  IF you only need 100 or 200 CDs, you can duplicate them much more cost ... http://www.dvdcopycat.com/blog/2008/12/08/tradeoffs-between-cd-duplication-and-cd-replication/ Well it seems like there has been very little good news on the economic front these days. I personally have many friends and colleagues that are feeling the direct impact of this economic downturn. With pocketbooks shrinking, it makes it even more difficult for the average consumer to go out ... http://www.dvdcopycat.com/blog/2008/11/19/tough-economic-times-makes-blu-ray-adoption-more-difficult/ 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 on. In our business as a DVD and CD Duplication ... http://www.dvdcopycat.com/blog/2008/11/10/keys-to-successful-cd-and-dvd-duplication-and-replication/ DVD Copycat is proud to announce the release of a new CD-R that is pure silver on the bottom. These burnable CD-Rs look just like replicated CDs that you buy in music stores. Now you can get truly professional looking CDs for your next gig at volumes as ... http://www.dvdcopycat.com/blog/2008/11/03/new-pro-silver-bottom-cd-r/ 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 some money and do the DVD Duplication yourself, there are some ... http://www.dvdcopycat.com/blog/2008/10/27/do-it-yourself-dvd-duplication-dvd-burning/ Over the past year we have seen the cost of blank Blu-ray disc media come down pretty substantially. Within the last year, BD-R(burnable blu-ray) media costs have come down about 40%. This trend reminds me of DVD-R in 2000. I suspect over the next 2 years we ... http://www.dvdcopycat.com/blog/2008/10/24/blu-ray-disc-bd-duplication-costs-dropping/ Video and Film professionals who wish to shoot and publish their projects in Hi-Def have, to this point, been frustrated with the prohibitive costs associated with manufacturing a Blu-ray Disc. Say an average filmmaker or video professional wants to make 1000 copies of their film and put it on Blu-ray(BD) Disc.   ... http://www.dvdcopycat.com/blog/2008/10/15/blu-ray-aacs-liscenscing-too-expensive-preventing-growth/ Well there is some promising news for Blu-ray Duplication (BD-R Duplication).  In late 2007 When the first burnable Blu-ray discs came out blank disc costs were quite high.  For most industry professionals, releasing a small project in Hi-def on Blu-ray discs was completely cost prohibitive.  For quality printable surface BD-R ... http://www.dvdcopycat.com/blog/2008/10/10/burnable-blu-ray-bd-r-duplication-prices-dropping/ I have recently posted new definitions for CD Duplication, DVD Duplication and BD Duplication on Google Knol. If anyone reading these has any comments or addtions to these definitions, please let me know and I will make the updates. http://www.dvdcopycat.com/blog/2008/09/16/bd-dvd-and-cd-duplication/