http://www.dvdduplication.net DVD Duplication News and Idustry Information Tue, 22 Jun 2010 22:19:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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 ... http://www.dvdduplication.net/blog/dvd-replication-and-piracy/ 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 ... http://www.dvdduplication.net/blog/new-flex-disc-is-the-green-alternative-to-standard-dvd/ If your working with the wrong DVD Manufacturer, applying CSS encryption to your DVD project can be a very complicated, time consuming and confusing process.  Many replicators(particularly overseas) do not offer CSS as they do not pay the royalty for this service.  You can pretty much assume that they do ... http://www.dvdduplication.net/blog/applying-css-encryption-to-your-dvd-project/ When shopping around for DVD Duplication Services you should be aware that in the industry there is always a cost vs quality tradeoff.  Many companies run on the low cost model in which product quality and service suffer. To better understand what you are buying, first it is important to distiguish ... http://www.dvdduplication.net/blog/quality-focused-dvd-duplication/ One of the questions we answer on a regular basis is "how much quality video can you get onto a single layer DVD?" In general, the short answer is about 90 to 120 minutes. Now for the long answer -Once you have the source material shot and edited, the DVD Video quality ... http://www.dvdduplication.net/blog/how-much-quality-video-can-you-get-onto-a-dvd/ One of the biggest mysteries that we have to explain to many of our new clients is how to get CSS(content scramble system) encryption applied to a DVD project. When a client wants to have copy protection on a DVD that we manufacture, the easiest way to have that done is ... http://www.dvdduplication.net/blog/css-encryption-explained-for-dvd-manufacturing/ DVD Duplication.net has  continued to add capacity for Dual layer burnables.  Early on in the dual layer life cycle we were very hesitant to offer dual layer burnable services, ie DVD-DL Duplication.  However, as the technology matured and the life cycle progressed, we have become more and more comfortable with ... http://www.dvdduplication.net/blog/dual-layer-burnables/ If you are a band on a small budget, but want to produce a professional looking CD that does not have that green tint on the bottom of the disc, we have your solution.  There has recently been a new manufacturer called Falcon, that is producing a very high quality ... http://www.dvdduplication.net/blog/silver-bottom-cd-r-duplication/ If you are a new band on a tight budget, here are a few tips for burning your next CD master. Song Titles Showing up on My CD - Remember that even if you output a master from a program like I-tunes and you see the track titles, those track titles ... http://www.dvdduplication.net/blog/top-tips-for-burning-your-audio-cd-master/ USB Flash Drives have been gaining more and more traction in the data storage and media distribution front.  We are seeing more companies who previously have distributed their digital media on CDs or DVDs move toward the more eco friendly and re-usable USB flash drives.   We believe that this ... http://www.dvdduplication.net/blog/usb-flash-drive-duplication-a-good-alternative-to-optical-media/