updated 5/7/08]: What are the differences between duplication and replication?
A5: Duplication of CDs and DVDs involves burning the discs with a laser. This is the process you use with your computer at home. Replication of CDs and DVDs involves a stamping process where a glass master is made from the data and all copies are stamped or pressed from that master. When you purchase a Hollywood movie, or buy a CD from a nationally known artist there’s a 99% chance that those discs were replicated, not duplicated. Because of the overhead in equipment costs and creation of the glass master, replication is usually reserved for runs of 1000 or more copies. Replicated discs are also, typically, more compatible across different players (although players have become much better at reading duplicated discs as time goes on). If you can justify 1000 or more copies then replication is the way to go. Replication will get you a highly compatible product at a lower per-unit cost. If there’s no way you need 1000 copies, go with duplication. At Fort Collins Video we do in-house dupli
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