Nowadays, you have CD replication, CD mastering and CD duplication available for individuals, corporations, business organisations and software industries. CD duplication is a process which also involves the printing and packaging of the disc so that your album gets a professional state-of-the-art look.

CDs have a storage capacity of 650 megabytes to 700 megabytes. Music discs have an aluminium top reflector layer, along with a clear plastic bottom layer. There is another layer of plastic that is laid down over the pit, as to avoid fill in with the oil and dirt. When a compact disc player scans a disc, the first thing it does is read the pit on the disc. The software converts the scanned dots and dashes into data.

One of the available storage medium available to store your data is a digital versatile disc a.k.a DVD. DVDs can be replicated, printed and packaged. If your company uses DVD replication and mastering, it helps in portraying a professional image of the company. DVDs hold more information than CDs and also provide a better and sophisticated audio and video quality for maximum impact.

DVD technology allows a storage capacity which is 14 times greater than CD. DVDs are available from 4.7 gigabytes to 17 gigabytes. The encoding process can convert both audio and video to DVD format. Authoring a DVD involves the creation of a menu, chapter breaks, and supplementary audio tracks and subtitles. There are a variety of other features that is available only with DVDs. DVDs that contain data on both sides are available which have a dual layer feature.

This entry was posted on Saturday, January 3rd, 2009 at 11:56 am and is filed under CD Replication Articles, DVD Replication Articles.