CD/DVD Replication   VHS Duplication   Media Packaging

   

  AVC Corp. offers the latest in digital technology for optical disc formats. Our mission is to provide you with superior products along with affordable pricing, unsurpassed customer service, and excellent quality. We use only the highest-grade materials, which gives us the ability to replicate your assets while achieving the highest levels of service within our industry. Recognized as an innovator within the digital domain, AVC offers a comprehensive spectrum of CD and DVD replication services backed by the industry’s most experienced, qualified technicians.

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AVC replicates all DVD products including DVD-Video, DVD-ROM, DVD-Audio and DVD-Hybrids in the following formats:
DVD-5: single sided/single layer (4.7GB)
DVD-9: single sided/dual layer (8.5GB)
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About DVD Replication
Authoring :
  This is the process of creating a master tape or disc image that complies with the DVD specifications from various data and compressed video and audio input media. AVC will take your source, such as BETA SP or BETA Digital tape, which is then encoded and compressed to MPEG format, and have a menu designed according to your exact specifications. Authoring allows you to add value to your asset by providing features not possible with the VHS format. Video, audio, extra language soundtracks, subtitles, and stills can all be incorporated -- the choice is yours
Mastering:
 

This is the process in which a DVD disc image can be transferred to DLT for glass mastering. AVC Corporation's mastering department verifies the data, making certain that it meets the customer's specifications. Then, on a special glass disc covered with 'photo-resist', a laser beam modulates according to the information on the DLT tape and writes the data onto the disc by creating chemically-etched pits. From this glass master, a metal master (the father master) is produced and then negative sub-masters (the mother masters) and finally stampers (baby masters) are created using a process called electroforming. The stamper is the metal master which will be utilized in the DVD injection molding machinery. Special test equipment verifies that the test discs are in full compliance with the client's specifications.


For DVD replication, AVC Corp. offers the capabilities to replicate both DVD-5 and DVD-9, the two most popular formats of DVD presentation.

The stamper is the metal master that will be used in the DVD molding machine. A DVD is comprised of two polycarbonate substrates bonded together. To form each substrate, molten polycarbonate is injected into the DVD molds and compressed against the stamper to form the pit impressions (data) which are readable in your DVD player. The two substrates are then bonded together to form a finished DVD.

DVDs must be made flat and stay flat. Disc thickness, now critical, must be more uniform than in CDs. Furthermore, DVDs are also significantly more sensitive to jitter and tilt.  In order to accomplish these more exacting quality standards, the Mastering and Electroforming process windows have been tightened to allow for the maximum replication process window. By utilizing the latest advances in bonding technologies, AVC has been able to optimize and integrate these improvements into our replication lines to assure our clients that they will always receive the highest quality products.
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Disc Printing
 

AVC Corp. provides customers with an array of innovative, award-winning artwork options for DVD discs. The company offers many options in disc printing and decoration. Depending on format, AVC can silk-screen print right on your disc matching PMS, metallic and custom colors. We also offer pit-art technology, a unique and cost effective way to decorate your DVDs. Our Color House team can also provide full graphic design services.
  High-speed screen printing in up to 5 colors.
 

Off-set magazine quality printing in up to 6 colors.
  Custom color mixing from any sample or proof.
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Understanding DVDs and its terms
 

Although a DVD looks like a CD it has many important differences. A DVD is actually two half discs bonded together. In its present configuration, a DVD may contain data on one or both sides of the disc. A DVD is the first optical disc to feature two data layers that are read from the same side of the disc.  DVD's also exhibit a dual-layer feature in which a disc may contain data on from one to four layers.  This gives a DVD up to twenty-five times the capacity of a CD.  Additionally, a DVD's data read rate is almost nine times as fast as a CD-ROM. Yet, all consumer DVD players can read and play a CD.
  On the technical side, a DVD-9 features two data layers (Layer 0 and Layer 1) which are read from the same side of the disc.  The second, or top disc layer (Layer 1) may be read in one of two fashions:
 

Parallel Track Path (PTP) which is the same as the normal data layer.  The player's head skips back to the inner radius to read Layer 1
  Opposite Track Path (OTP) in which Layer 1 is read in the opposite direction to the first data layer, Layer 0.

Most DVD-9 movie discs are authored as OTP such that the DVD-Video play jumps layers at the outer disc radius to provide for a continuous play.  OTP may also be referred to as Reverse Spiral Dual Layer.
 

As more and more product is being produced in the DVD format, DVD-9 is proving to be many producers' first choice for some simple reasons:
  It looks like a CD or a DVD-5 but contains 8.5 GB of data
 

It permits bit rates to be raised for a significantly higher video quality
  It allows the majority of movies to have a widescreen and a 4:3 version on the same disc
  The disc can have up to a five color picture as a disc label
  It is not necessary to turn the disc over
  The consumer will always place the disc in the recorder with the proper side up (based on the picture disc label)
  The producer has the option to include extra languages, subtitles, DTS, special features, trailers for new feature, without having to sacrifice content time, for the four hours of high quality DVD-Video will accommodate practically any movie

Storage Capacity of a DVD
DVD-5   - 4.7 GB  (1 side, 1 layer – playback time 133 minutes)
DVD-9 - 8.5 GB (1 side, 2 layers – playback time 241 minutes)

Download the (PDF) Attached templates requested below

2 Disc Amary DVD insert 5 in CD Sleeve
CD Insert 4X8X2 CD-DVD Insert Single
CD-DVD Insert-Book CD-DVD Jewel Tray Back
CD-DVD Label DVD Amaray Wrap Insert

Specifications for printing on CD/DVD

Illustrator ai or eps, Photoshop psd or tiff, Quark w/ all files and fonts, InDesign w/ all files and fonts ONLY!!!
Must have at least ?” Bleed
Note: CAUTION Send PDF files at your own RISK as altering them may cause changes in layout or color.

Media Printing

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