DVD DUPLICATION We have high quality machinery geared towards bulk disc production, saving you time and money on every order you make with us.

DISC DUPLICATION

We use only high quality professional media and technology. Our printing process uses thermal retransfer technology - the quality is fantastic; it is comparable to commercial discs and is waterproof and scratchproof. Unlike an inkjet print, this does not smudge or come off on your hands, neither will the print fade with time or exposure to sunlight. There is no label to peel off and damage your DVD or BluRay player when the glue heats up. A thermal retransfer print works by heating ribbon and bonding layers of colour and clear coating to the disc thermally. The result is completely sealed; waterproof and scratchproof.

If you are being charged different prices for ink coverage then your supplier is using cheaper, inferior inkjet technology. Make sure a fixer is being applied to your discs, otherwise the print will be damaged by water and during normal handling the ink will come off on your fingers.

We can easily accommodate bulk orders, in fact our machinery is specifically geared towards running off copies as quickly as possible. We recently supplied an order of 500 audio CD voicereels for an actor, which were ready for collection two working days later. If you require an express service this can be cut down to next working day.

For showreel duplication, please see the showreel or pricing pages.

WHY ARE WE SO CHEAP? Our equipment is geared towards bulk operation. Our disc duplication towers can copy multiple discs at the same time and our printing process is fully automated and can print hundreds of discs unattended. This means much less work for us and we can pass the savings on to you. IS A COPIED DISC LOWER QUALITY? If we are copying a CD, DVD or BluRay for you, we will make an exact digital copy. There will be no reduction in quality, unlike copying analogue video, e.g. VHS tapes. A digital copy replicates the data exactly; copying the digital information (which essentially consists of 1s and 0s) thus making a perfect replica of the source disc.

VIDEO TRANSFER

We can transfer your old tapes or home movies onto DVD or another format for you. Our equipment runs your old analogue video though hardware Timebase Correctors and Digital Noise Reduction filters to help eliminate noise, jitter and other possible video defects, ensuring the highest quality transfer and safeguarding your memories for years to come.

WHAT FORMATS DO WE ACCEPT?

You can bring in (or send us) your original footage on most major formats, including:

• Blu-Ray HD discs • DVD (also DVD-RAM, VCD and most disc formats) • VHS (also S-VHS and VHS-C) • CD (also audio CD) • MiniDV (also full size DV) • DVCam (small and large size) • Digital Betacam (Digibeta) (small and large size) • Betacam SP (Beta SP) (small and large size) • Betacam SX / MPEG IMX • Audio cassette (audio only) • Most computer formats, including Quicktime, Realplayer, Flash, MPEG-2, MP3, MP4 etc.

WHAT CAN WE OUTPUT? • Blu-Ray HD discs • DVD (also VCD and most disc formats) • CD (also audio CD) • MiniDV (also full size DV) • DVCam (small and large size) • VHS (also S-VHS and VHS-C) • Audio cassette (audio only) • Most computer formats, including Quicktime, Realplayer, Flash, MPEG-2, MP3, MP4 etc.

Please contact us if you have any other requirements and we will endeavour to meet them.

DVD AUTHORING

From simple pop-in-and-play to designing multiple menus and playlists, we can handle all your DVD authoring needs. Source material can be provided on a variety of formats to be transcoded to DVD or edited if required (for the list of formats we can accept, see above).

We often work with companies in the media industry to produce a showcase of their artistic video work, liaising with designers, replicators and printers to provide a full service from conception to finished product.

We recently completed a showreel disc for a commercial production company, which incorporated 80 menus and over 200 video clips appearing in diverse playlists.

For this project we also arranged replication of 3,000 dual layer discs. For shorter runs we can duplicate in house (our express service can have 500 discs ready next working day).