What is the difference between replicated and duplicated discs?
Replicated discs are manufactured from raw polycarbonate in an injection molding process. Duplicated discs are written onto recordable blank discs by a computer. Duplication is usually less expensive for orders of under around 1000 discs and replication is less expensive for larger orders. Duplication turnaround times are much faster because of the process time required. You may have heard that duplicated discs may have compatibility problems with some players that replicated discs do not have. This used to be somewhat true, but has not been a problem for DCA Media Solutions customers. This is because the players have improved over time. Also, DCA uses top quality media when duplicating. Although this costs more, we have found that the quality of the media has a large influence on overall quality and playability. We suggest you avoid vendors using lower quality media for duplication.
