Precision Disc Blog

We have recently added a new disc duplication tower to our short-run CD duplication and DVD duplication department which will increase our ability to serve our clients needs.

The new eleven-drive disc duplication tower consists of one master and ten slave drives which will increase short-run CD duplication and DVD duplication capacity nicely. This extra capacity, in turn, will enhance our ability to meet quick turn-time requirements for the following products:

• CD Audio, CD ROM
• DVDR (single and dual layer)
• Blu-ray (single layer)
• Mini CDR and CDR Business Cards

Our short-run CD duplication and DVD duplication department produces discs in quantities that are not cost-effective enough for replication. With our minimum order requirement for disc replication being just 300 units, most duplication run quantities are between 50 and 200 units.

Regardless of this, we are happy to produce any quantity you require and because we produce almost all of our own custom print and packaging in-house (over 95%), we are able to provide some of our most popular eco-friendly disc packaging solutions in short-run quantities. This includes our Eco-Sleeves and Digipak for both CD and DVD in quantities as low as 100 units.

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Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp. provides clients through Canada and the U.S. with factory-direct CD and DVD manufacturing, CD and DVD duplication, along with eco-friendly print and packaging solutions. Visit our website for an instant online quotation.

In the past year there has been a noticeable increase in audio clients who are creating their own Master CDs for CD manufacturing or duplication. While it seems most of the audio clients have an understanding of what CD Text is, there is still a lot of confusion about how to create CD Text and where you can view it. This article was written to clear up some of the confusion.

What exactly is CD Text?
 
CD Text is a technology that is used on audio CDs which enables low bit rate information such as the song name and the name of the artist to be stored on the within the disc itself. If CD Text is included on an audio CD, specific devices and applications that are able to read and display this information will recognize this information, retrieve it and, in turn, display it to the user.

Is CD Text visible on all players and programs?
 
No – and this happens to cause a great deal of confusion and worry for clients, because they often think there is something wrong with their CDs due to the the CD Text not being displayed. A particular culprint for such anxiety is Windows Media Player  – while it is one of the most commonly used computer programs for playing music, it doesn’t display CD Text unless you install a plug-in. (FYI – when you do see song and title information being displayed by Windows Media Player, it’s not actually CD Text that is generating that data).

Creating CD Text
 
It’s actually quite simple to create your audio Master for CD duplication or CD replication, but you need to be using a disc burning program (such as Toast or Nero) that allows you to enter in the appropriate data. 

I’ve already made my CD Master – can I add CD Text to it?
 
No, it is not possible to add CD Text after you’ve already created your audio Master. If you’ve already created your CD Master and you want to add CD Text after-the-fact you will have to create a new Master.

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Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp. provides factory-direct DVD and CD manufacturing, DVD and CD duplication, eco-friendly print and packaging. Located in the Surrey, B.C. (a suburb of Vancouver) we ship to clients throughout Canada and the U.S. daily.

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April CD Digipak DVD Digipak Special!

Precision Disc’s April VIP Special is a super deal on CD Digipak and DVD Digipak!

Choose from CS1000 style CD Digipak or CS2000 style DVD Digipak in quanities as low as 100 units. Even though it’s April… we’re not foolin!

These are all-inclusive CD Digipak and DVD Digipak package prices so you get full colour disc print, all set-ups, assembly, wrap, barcode, pre-press and one round of .pdf proofs included.

All you need to do to take advantage of this special offer is become a Precision Disc VIP Member – it’s free to join and easy to sign up - and place your order in April.

If you really like the product and price but you’re not quite ready to take advantage of this offer in April, you can “hold” this special by placing a 50% downpayment and then we’ll hold the special offer pricing until you’re ready!

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Precision Disc Manufacturing Corp. is your factory-direct partner for DVD and CD manufacturing, DVD and CD duplication, along with a wide variety of eco-friendly print and packaging solutions including CD Sleeves and DVD Sleeves as well as Digipak. We are located in Surrey, British Columbia (Canada) which is a suburb of beautiful Vancouver (host of the 2010 Winter Olympic Games), and we ship to clients throughout Canada and the U.S. every day.