Short Run Duplication When Copying Media

There are two different types of CD and DVD duplication with these being short run and long run duplication.  You may have come across the terms or not head of them at all, but both are worth knowing the differences to each other.

Short Run Duplicating is where a CD or DVD is burnt using a process that copies chunks of data now larger than 500 units. The creation of the new CD is done by burning the CD which is different to creating a CD or DVD from scratch. Even though this process is used alot, there are a few disadvantages to using the method over long run replication which will be mentioned in a moment. Even though the process is quick and a low cost method, the newly created CD’s and DVD’s do not always work. This can be more of a case with older CD and DVD drives.

Long run replication and duplication is where the discs are created over 500 units with the media being moulded with a reflective material applies and then the actual data is stamped onto the CD or DVD. This means the actual discs themselves are cheaper although the time taken to produce this method is around the 14 days mark.