Dischromatics minimum order quantity for both DVD-5 replication and DVD-9 replication is 500. For quantities of less than 500 please see our DVD-R Duplication page.

Due to the high level of illegal duplication of DVD there is now a dynamic copy protection facility available from Dischromatics.

We offer DVD replication using the following colours as well as standard silver: RED 4314 / BLUE 0480 / YELLOW 2202 / ORANGE 4331 / VIOLET 8018 / GREEN 5189 / PINK 4439 / GOLD 3050

Due to the current limited demand for 8cm DVD replication, customer orders are satisfied by the supply of cut down versions of 12cm DVD-5 and 12cm DVD-9.

Just as a mini-formatted disc, the reflective layer covers only 8cm. The remaining space comes in a clear colour. This allows you to design the shape of your choice. These can also be combined with sniffle or colour elements.

There are 95 scents available off the shelf. For the complete range of scents please visit WWW.SONYDADC.COM The aroma can be placed on all parts of the DVD label-print and is released by rubbing the print label on the face of the DVD.
 
 

General Information

When CD-ROM was developed over 10 years ago, it had the ability to store over 650MB worth of data or music. At the time, this capacity seemed almost unlimited. Most users never dreamed they would require over 650MB. Ten years later, the industry and consumers are pushing the 650MB barrier. Many of today's applications call for well over 650MB of storage. Currently, the only options available to address these needs are compression schemes or the use of multiple discs.

Each one of these solutions has its drawbacks. Therefore, a second generation disc technology is needed to address today's high data requirements for video, multimedia, database, etc. The new technology is DVD replication.

Early in 1995, two major groups were competing to develop the next generation of high density compact disc. Philips and Sony partnered and were developing one format and a group led by Toshiba and Time Warner were developing another format. At one point, it looked like the two groups would each bring to market separate high density compact disc solutions. This would have been analogous to the battle of Beta versus VHS in the home videotape recorder industry. Another battle of this type would not be good for the industry or the consumer. Fortunately, in September of 1995, the two camps agreed to develop a single standard for a high density compact disc.

The most talked about application for the new standard disc is digital video. The goal of the entertainment and compact disc industries is to put a full length (over 2 hours) MPEG-2 compressed motion picture onto one side of a single CD-ROM. The current density or capacity of today's CD-ROMs does not allow for this. Currently, only approximately 75 minutes of MPEG-1 compressed full-motion video fit onto one "regular" CD.

In December 1995, the two groups agreed on the official name and most of the parameters governing the new high density compact disc. The name that was agreed upon for the new high density disc was DVD. DVD stands for just DVD. However many people refer to DVD as the Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc. It should be noted that discs for the new DVD movie players are being referred to as DVD; whereas the discs for the computer drives are being referred to as DVD-ROM.

The agreement takes parts from both Sony/Philips' and Toshiba/Time Warner's former separate proposals and combines them into one. The "best practices" compromise includes Sony/Philips' EFM-plus data storage scheme as well as backward compatibility with current CDs. In other words, the new DVD and DVD-ROM players must be able to play today's current CDs.

From the Toshiba/Time Warner side, the new DVD standard adopts their format of using two half-thickness (0.6mm) discs bonded together for a double sided disc. The new standard also allows for 3M's dual layer "2P" technology to be used.

The following is a summary of the most common DVD capacities:
- 4.7 GB (Single Layer Single Side)
- 8.5 GB (Dual Layer Single Side)
- 9.4 GB (Single Layer Double Side)

Therefore, the new DVD discs can store from 4.7 GB (single sided, single layer) up to 17.0 GB (double sided, dual layer per side for a total of 4 layers of information). Each layer of data on a DVD disc will allow up to 133 minutes of full motion MPEG-2 video. This amount of playing time will allow 95% of all movies to be contained on one side of a disc. This new disc will also support a variable bit data rate which will increase the quality of digital video playback thanks to a substantial buffer memory. The new DVD movie players are also capable of seamless switching between the two layers of information on each side of the disc.

DLT (Digital Linear Tape) is used as "source" to send in the large quantity of data to be mastered into DVD. DLT tape cartridges are slightly larger than 8mm tape cartridges but smaller than VHS cartridges. There are different densities of DLT tape with the highest capacities holding up to 20GB per tape (uncompressed). Other types of tapes and transfer media are under development to support DVD.

(We can also use a DVD-R for mastering but be aware that the finished replicated product will be an exact copy of the DVD-R, including the format. It is likely that this product will not run on old drives due to the format of the DVD-R not being recognised by the old drives. It is for this reason that whenever possible, you should supply DLT masters).

Cutting a full 4.7GB single layer of a DVD disc today at the fastest encoding speeds available takes over 90 minutes. As the mastering software and hardware are improved, this time will decrease. Remember, a full DVD disc could contain up to four mastered layers of information. A glass master must be cut for each layer of information put onto a DVD disc. Therefore, as the number of layers of information increases, so will the mastering cost and time. From the glass master, stampers are created which are used to 'stamp out' the finished product.

DVD-5 Replication
 

Storage Capacity:	4.7 Gigabytes
Video Play:	2 hours 10 mins
Structure:	Single sided, single layer
Applications:	DVD ROM, DVD Audio, DVD Video
Print area:	Full, one side of DVD

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