What’s the difference between replication and duplication?
Replicated discs (often referred to as pressed discs) are created by physically pressing your data into the surface of the disc, whereas duplicated discs (often referred to as burned discs) encode your data onto the disc by burning microscopic holes into the dye layer of a recordable CD or DVD. Replicated discs are the standard for major commercial releases; however, duplicated discs have lots of advantages, too.
Replicated discs (often referred to as pressed discs) are created by physically creating your disc from raw plastic, which is heated to the melting point and then pressed into a mold of the disc, whereas duplicated discs (often referred to as burned discs) encode your data onto the disc by changing the state of the dye layer of a recordable CD or DVD. Replicated discs are the standard for major commercial releases; however, duplicated discs have lots of advantages, too.
