| > | | | | Even if you do not want to become and independent |
| | | | film maker, DVD duplication is useful for a multitude of |
| It's gonna happen whether you like it or not. Your | | | | reasons. Maybe you would like to create a training |
| beloved collection of treasured VHS tapes will soon be | | | | product demonstration, a Power Point presentation for |
| sitting next to your 8 Track tapes and vinyl record | | | | work, or make a how-to-video to help employees |
| albums. It is a format that is slowly, but surely, coming | | | | understand new software. Perhaps you want to video |
| to its demise. The replacement? DVDs, of course. By | | | | the annual company softball game/picnic and give |
| basic definition, the DVD is an acronym for digital | | | | copies to everyone. Or you would like to provide a |
| versatile disc, and by rapidly growing in popularity, this | | | | DVD of your wedding ceremony to each of your |
| optical disc is making DVD duplication a growing | | | | guests. With prices starting below $1,600, these new |
| market as well. | | | | technical marvels are fast becoming a main stay in |
| Thanks to smaller, more powerful and more affordable | | | | many businesses. |
| chips, technology of every variety that once was | | | | A money-saving word of advice: DVD duplication and |
| available to only the largest corporations is now within | | | | DVD-ROM replication sound similar, but there is an |
| reach of nearly any size business, and many | | | | important distinction. The burn-and-print duplication |
| consumers for home usage. First it was computers | | | | process is the way to go for short runs--usually fewer |
| and digital printers--now DVD duplication systems have | | | | than 1,000 copies. However, if you are a major player |
| become an affordable commodity. | | | | and need more than 1,000 copies duplication will end up |
| DVD duplication is a awesome technology. If you want | | | | being an expensive choice. DVD-ROM replication is a |
| an extra copy of a movie you bought, or want to | | | | more cost effective method of producing large |
| produce backup copies of your games, DVD's or VHS | | | | quantities. The company you select will produce a |
| tapes, this is your solution. DVD duplication is similar to | | | | "master" disc, then "press" copies that are perfect |
| the process used to print information on a CD. It's a | | | | duplicates of your original. |
| burn-and-print technology that involves very little set-up | | | | Another tip: DVDs are not immortal. The thin aluminum |
| and is quite simple using some of the new software | | | | layer that reflects the light of the player's laser, is |
| that is currently available. | | | | susceptible to oxidation which causes the discs to "rot". |
| The technology to reproduce DVDs, once available to | | | | Never use off-the-shelf markers or ball point pens to |
| productions studios and giant corporations, is now | | | | write on the discs or labels. Most markers contain |
| available at affordable prices for businesses and | | | | chemicals which create oxidation, allows air to |
| organizations both large and small. Churches, in | | | | penetrate the aluminum, which is eaten up much like |
| particular, are using this new media technology. "In the | | | | iron rusts in open air. Special pens are now sold which |
| past, churches recorded sermons and music on | | | | are made specifically for writing on media. |
| cassette," recalls Tony van Veen, Disc Makers' Vice | | | | Whether you choose to purchase your own DVD |
| President of Sales and Marketing. "These tapes often | | | | duplication system or "farm out" your project to a |
| lacked quality and took hours, even days, to reproduce. | | | | professional duplication service be sure to do some |
| Today, with consumer demand for quality, and the | | | | comparison shopping. No matter what your project or |
| popularity of DVDs, churches must embrace this new | | | | how many copies you need, there is the precise |
| technology or risk falling behind." | | | | product or service out there for you. |
