replication or duplication?
In general, it is more cost-effective to duplicate DVDs onto recordable media for runs under 300 units, and to replicate them onto DVD-5’s or DVD-9’s (like most commercial DVD releases) if printing more than 300. However, there are other advantages and disadvantages of each method of production: Advantages and drawbacks of DVD Replication: • Greatest consistency of production; the manufacturer goes from the glass master, replicated from your supplied master. Also offers most consistency of playability from player to player. • Most cost-effective over a few hundred units • More packaging options become cost-effective, such as DVDigipaks and Amaray-style cases with shrinkwrap and barcoding, which widens possibilities of retail distribution for your product • More options for larger capacity; a DVD-9 can hold as much data as two DVD-Rs • Small runs (under around 500 units) are less cost-effective due to set-up costs. • Replication runs under 1000 take slightly longer to produce than dupli
