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Industry DVD-R Shortage / Shutdown of Taiyo Yuden Subsidiary Factory in Fukushima

Brian G Fisher — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:13:05 +0000

For the first time in 3 years DVD Duplication.net is expecting to see the CD and DVD Duplication industry raise prices. A Taiyo Yuden subsidiary factory that is located in Fukushima was damage in the March 11th earthquake. TY was reported to have structural and equipment damge to their facility there and was forced to shut down for several weeks. This has had a ripple effect on the entire DVDR and CDR industry. First there was the TY anticipated shortages, then CMC, Ritek, Sonik, Verbatim, MBI, Memorex, TDK, Imation all sited a shortage of burnable optical media and have increased prices from 20 to 30% over the past 2 months.
CMC’s CEO had stated that he believed it to be a sellers market and for that reason, plus the increase in oil prices, justified the price increases.

All of this will have a significant impact on current BDR, DVDR and CDR duplication pricing in the second half of 2011 as the industry as a whole will need to increase retail pricing to make up for the increase in disc costs.

DVD Replication and Piracy

Brian G Fisher — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:19:02 +0000

International DVD Piracy cost have been estimated in the hundreds of millions of dollars. Piracy can occur on may levels. In our domestic industry in the US we see it in Replication Facilities that are not licensed by either Sony or Philips. These would be “cheats” on the system often run their businesses transparent to most customers who do business with them. However, the replicators in question would be able to decrease their pricing to customers as they avoid paying the licensing fees and royalties required by law. This gives them an unfair advantage in pricing against their competitors. It is always a good idea to verify that the replicator you are using is licensed to produce DVDs.
At DVD Duplication.net we provide DVD Replication services that are properly licensed. We adhere to a very strict code of business ethics to make sure all parties involved in the supply chain are properly and fairly compensated. This attitude of community and fairness permeates all of our business transactions.

New Flex Disc is “the” Green Alternative to Standard DVD

Brian G Fisher — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 20:05:53 +0000

Wow! That is all I can say about our new Flexible Disc.

This product can hold the same content as a standard single layer DVD, however, it uses only half the plastic and does not have the bonding material of a standard DVD.

What does this mean? It means that the carbon foot print of this product is almost half that of the regular DVD and since there is no bonding material, this disc is recyclable. Also, this disc is very thin and flexible, so you can add it to magazine advertising or mailing without having a bulky rigid DVD in your offering.

The best part of all is that this product sells for, on average , only 10% more in cost than standard DVD.

When I look at this product, all I see is benefits as far as the eye can see. For a nominal increase in cost, this product provides a significant reduction on environmental impact over standard DVD.

If you have more questions regarding this new Flexible Disc that should be replacing standard DVDs soon, please drop me an email(briangfisher@dvdduplication.net) or call at 415-929-2299.

New Low Carbon Footprint Flex Disc comes Under Fire

Brian G Fisher — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 21:47:11 +0000

I just read and interesting article.

For the past few years there has been a more earth friendly DVD that has been produced by CD Digital Card in Rancho Cucamonga. We have done business with CD Digital Card in the past and I have found them to be a very good company.

Their innovation is called a flex DVD and has only half the plastic that a normal Digital Versatile Disc has. This innovation is a real step towards helping reduce the carbon foot print of the Video and Film industry.

It looks like this innovation is potentially at risk according to an article I just read in the Earth Times which states that CD Digital Card “is taking the DVD Format/Logo Licensing Corporation (DVD FLLC) head on”.

From what I surmise, the FLLC is trying to stop the manufacture of the Flex Disc domestically. I would like to have more information regarding this case, as it looks to me to be an issue of legal protectionism vs. an innovation that can do some real good for our environment.

I will try to stay abreast of this situation and keep posting my finding.