When producing CD or DVD media, the choice of duplicating or replicating them is often confused. Duplication and replication are totally different processes and should be used accordingly for the type of target market your producing the discs for.
The duplication process uses a premade blank disc as opposed to replication which uses a glass mastering process and actually stamps the discs out of the master. With duplication, you are able to burn a CD or DVD on your local PC. Replicating a disc on your local PC is not possible.
Duplicating a disc uses a burner capable drive and alters the surface of the blank disc by bouncing a laser off the dye in the disc. As the disc spins, the laser writes outward and the spin or burn rate is determined by the burn rate of the drive doing the writing.
DVD burners are dual purpose and can burn both CD and DVD media. You will see the term CD-R, DVD-R, CD-RW, DVD-RW and various others. The R in the terms stands for recordable and if there is no W present, then that means the discs can only be burned once. If there is a W present, it stands for Writable and can actually be burned to numerous times even overwriting what is present on the disc if needed. The draw back to re-writable discs is that many times if won't play on any other player other than the one that created it where as a one time recordable disc will usually play on any player.
Mediatechnics has been in the duplication industry since 1988. Utilizing their own line of equipment, they are able to duplicate any size job in as short amount of time as needed.
The duplication process uses a premade blank disc as opposed to replication which uses a glass mastering process and actually stamps the discs out of the master. With duplication, you are able to burn a CD or DVD on your local PC. Replicating a disc on your local PC is not possible.
Duplicating a disc uses a burner capable drive and alters the surface of the blank disc by bouncing a laser off the dye in the disc. As the disc spins, the laser writes outward and the spin or burn rate is determined by the burn rate of the drive doing the writing.
DVD burners are dual purpose and can burn both CD and DVD media. You will see the term CD-R, DVD-R, CD-RW, DVD-RW and various others. The R in the terms stands for recordable and if there is no W present, then that means the discs can only be burned once. If there is a W present, it stands for Writable and can actually be burned to numerous times even overwriting what is present on the disc if needed. The draw back to re-writable discs is that many times if won't play on any other player other than the one that created it where as a one time recordable disc will usually play on any player.
Mediatechnics has been in the duplication industry since 1988. Utilizing their own line of equipment, they are able to duplicate any size job in as short amount of time as needed.
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