MSER001@ECNCDC.BITNET (03/23/89)
Another question...or two. Is it true that it costs about $2200.00 dollars to master a cd? Then the cost per cd goes to about 4.00 or so? (provided volume). Also..where would one find a list of current CD's(not music ar ar) for the IIGS? well...if we must scan with a apple scanner, we must create cd's. scott hutinger mser001@ecncdc.bitnet > > i ask questions...so I dont disclaim anything >
wack@udel.EDU (Andrew Wack) (03/23/89)
In article <8903230126.aa10495@SMOKE.BRL.MIL> MSER001@ECNCDC.BITNET writes: >Another question...or two. >Is it true that it costs about $2200.00 dollars to master a cd? Then the >cost per cd goes to about 4.00 or so? (provided volume). Depends on what company you go to...I've been in the process of getting a CD (music) pressed and the best deal I found was $1600 for 1000 discs complete. This includes mastering, pressing, jewel boxes, printing the label on the disc, and inserting user supplied booklet and back cover. This price is from Phillips Dupont Optical. I think it breaks down into about $600 for mastering and then $1.00 per CD. As a side note, this is about HALF the price I was quoted a year ago when I began the project. Turns out the there is currently a serious amount of over capacity at the CD manufacturing plants... Andrew Wack wack@udel.edu
farrier@Apple.COM (Cary Farrier) (03/24/89)
In article <11453@louie.udel.EDU> wack@udel.EDU (Andrew Wack) writes: >Depends on what company you go to...I've been in the process of getting a >CD (music) pressed and the best deal I found was $1600 for 1000 discs >complete. This includes mastering, pressing, jewel boxes, printing the >label on the disc, and inserting user supplied booklet and back cover. >This price is from Phillips Dupont Optical. I think it breaks down into >about $600 for mastering and then $1.00 per CD. > I would assume that pressing an Audio CD would be lest costly than pressing a CD-ROM, because the error correction on an Audio CD will allow for errors in the data, while CD-ROM data must be exact (not one bit can be different). On an Audio CD if there is an error then the hardware retrieving the audio data will kludge the sound with the last sound data played, and the result is not (usually) apparent to the listener. However, this can't be done on a CD-ROM for obvious reasons. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ This message does in no way reflect the views or opinions of any organization. In fact, they illustrate just how disorganized things really are. ------------------------------------------------------------------