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Record Label Thrives Selling CDRs

Posted by michael on from the rip-mix-burn-profit dept.

n3hat writes "'The major music companies may fret over falling revenue, but one label saw its business jump 33 percent last year -- thanks in part to the recordable compact discs that the industry says are hurting its sales. The label, Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, is using recordable CD's, or CD-R's, to ensure that each release in its extensive catalog is always available'."

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  1. Pressing CD & DVD Discs by very · · Score: 5, Informative

    Pressing CD & DVD Discs
    Stampers are used to create replicas by moulding, but there is a lot more to making CDs and DVDs than just moulding.

    CD and DVD discs are made by first moulding using stampers produced during mastering and then metallising and lacquering (CD) or bonding (DVD). The steps are:

    * Injection moulding of the clear polycarbonate discs using a hydraulic moulding machine
    * Metallising to create an aluminium reflective surface
    * Lacquering to protect the reflective surface of CDs ready for printing
    * Bonding of 2 substrates to produce a DVD disc
    * Printing of the disc label on top of the lacquer.

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