Creating a true DVD (not DVD-R)

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I've done some reading on this at a few websites, but there is a lot of
terminology and concepts with which I'm not familiar - so I'm having a
hard time grasping this.

I am fully proficient at authoring DVDs, but until now, everything I've
done has strictly been burned to DVD-R. I am creating some business
products that I'd like to distribute on true DVDs.

So my questions:

1. If I author a DVD and burn it to DVD-R, can that DVD-R by itself be
used as the source for a true DVD?

2. Assuming the answer to question #1 is yes, and I supply the source
disk:

If I wanted to get 1,000 DVDs pressed, what is a good ballpark figure
for the total cost (which would include printing on the top of the DVD,
the blanks, DVD cases, and DVD case inserts)?

Thanks,

joe

 

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"eunma" <ashoxx@kornet.net> wrote in message
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> I've done some reading on this at a few websites, but there is a lot of
> terminology and concepts with which I'm not familiar - so I'm having a
> hard time grasping this.
>
> I am fully proficient at authoring DVDs, but until now, everything I've
> done has strictly been burned to DVD-R. I am creating some business
> products that I'd like to distribute on true DVDs.
>
> So my questions:
>
> 1. If I author a DVD and burn it to DVD-R, can that DVD-R by itself be
> used as the source for a true DVD?

Yes.


>
> 2. Assuming the answer to question #1 is yes, and I supply the source
> disk:
>
> If I wanted to get 1,000 DVDs pressed, what is a good ballpark figure
> for the total cost (which would include printing on the top of the DVD,
> the blanks, DVD cases, and DVD case inserts)?

This varies so widely you'd really have to call a publishing place and get a
number. I've seen some that won't press less than 5,000 (it's not worth it
to change the stamp). I've seen some that will press 1000 but there's a
$2000 pressing cost (to create the stamp apparently) plus the cost of the
run... It really all depends on how the shop does it's business.

Sorry.
Tom P.

 

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On 3 Aug 2005 05:19:52 -0700, in 'rec.video.desktop',
in article <Creating a true DVD (not DVD-R)>,
"eunma" <ashoxx@kornet.net> wrote:

>I've done some reading on this at a few websites, but there is a lot of
>terminology and concepts with which I'm not familiar - so I'm having a
>hard time grasping this.

That's okay. We were all young once.

>I am fully proficient at authoring DVDs, but until now, everything I've
>done has strictly been burned to DVD-R. I am creating some business
>products that I'd like to distribute on true DVDs.

When doing DVD-Video discs for business purposes, it makes a lot of
sense to go the replication route rather than the duplication route so
as to avoid the hit-or-miss set top player incompatibility problem.

>So my questions:
>
>1. If I author a DVD and burn it to DVD-R, can that DVD-R by itself be
>used as the source for a true DVD?

That depends upon the individual replication house. Some will accept a
burned disc, usually DVD-R but sometimes DVD+R as well. Other
facilities, usually the higher-end ones, who tend not to do
small-quantity work anyway, will insist upon DLT (Digital Linear
Tape). DLT may also be required for DVD-9 jobs in some cases.

You also have to decide whether or not you need Macrovision, CSS, and
region coding.

>2. Assuming the answer to question #1 is yes, and I supply the source
>disk:
>
>If I wanted to get 1,000 DVDs pressed, what is a good ballpark figure
>for the total cost (which would include printing on the top of the DVD,
>the blanks, DVD cases, and DVD case inserts)?

Total cost of doing 1000 DVD-5 discs can be under $2000 if you shop
carefully. I strongly recommend Disc Makers.

http://www.discmakers.com/cdrom/products/dvdb101.asp

If you're not in a great hurry on this project, request a copy of
their hardcopy catalog and study it prior to placing an order.

>Thanks,

You're welcome, and good luck!

>joe

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Frank, Independent Consultant, New York, NY
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If you are in the West Coast, try a company called New Cyberian
Systems, Inc. They have the best price I could found on the web.
http://www.globalrendering.com/cdrom/. I tried them few times and the
quality is just super. Highly recommended!