Creative CD Packaging And Printed Disc Special Offer

Almost A Third Off! Offer On Orders Placed Before 27th February 2009

Attention Guaranteed!
In the short time it's been around, this eye-catching pop-up package has really made some waves in the media industry.When Rolling Stones' "Rolled Gold+" was released in a JakeBox, it was introduced by MSN Music UK as "the most environmentally friendly CD case in the world".

Previously the Jakebox has been used for exclusive promotional campaigns for companies such as Lamborghini, Nokia and Philips, with an extremely high response rate.

Now here's a chance for you to try it too, and with our New Year offer it’s almost a third off the regular price! This really is the perfect opportunity to make your company stand out. We can offer a complete design to delivery service on your CD and DVD projects.



Jakebox
The JakeBox is a new and ingenious packaging product for CD, DVD, and other disc formats. Constructed of recyclable paper stock, and printed using vegetable based inks.

Its most significant characteristic is the folded "claw" that holds the disc. The eye-catching way it unfolds to present the disc, makes it easy to access, while securely holding the disc in place when it’s closed.



Benefits
• Eye catching wow factor.
• Made from recyclable stock.
• Unlimited design options.
• Reduced weight means less postage costs.
• Doesn’t break if you drop it.
• Nothing else like it on the market.
• Weighs a third of the traditional plastic packaging.

Eco Friendly Packaging
With consumers becoming increasingly concerned about the environment and clients requiring a bespoke way to package their CD project, that doesn’t break the budget, HDC Media Group can now offer all these requirements. The Jakebox is produced on recyclable stock, using vegetable based inks.

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Disc Format
Choose from CD or DVD, whichever format is applicable to your project. Other options available. Please get in touch to discuss your requirements.

New Year Special Offer
Order before February 27th, get artwork to us the same day and you can get CD-Size JakeBoxe with 4 colour custom print and varnished on both jacket and claw.

Offer Price Per Unit:
• £0.99 – 1,000 units (CD-Size Jakebox with CD)
• £1.13 – 1,000 units (CD-Size Jakebox with DVD)

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Want A Quote?
We continually strive to bring you the best quote on the market.
Please call us on 01274 26 26 11 and quote reference HDC 159 to receive this offer, complete our Online Quote Form, or e-mail us on Sales@hdc.uk.com.

Creative CD Packaging And Printed Disc Special Offer

Dry cleaners find 9,000 USB drives

With stories about leakage at an all time high, it comes as little surprise to hear that a recent survey has revealed that 9,000 USB drives were found by dry cleaners in 2008.

The survey which was carried out by Credant Technologies revealed that one dry cleaner in London found one every fortnight. Rolex watches, keys, money, credit cards and even an envelope filled with diamonds were also found.

Michael Callahan of Credant Technologies said: "We conducted this survey to show people how easy it is to lose data, even in their local laundrette and that none of us are infallible.
"If the data is sensitive or valuable then people should protect this information with encryption so no-one can access the data at any point - as it could easily end up in the wrong hands," Callahan continued.

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Dry cleaners find 9,000 USB drives

Floppy Discs Are Back - But Not As We Know Them

Floppy discs are back, but not as you know them. The floppy CD disc has a smaller memory than your average CD (200MB) instead of (700MB) but its a great way to take a trip down memory lane.
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Floppy Discs Are Back - But Not As We Know Them

Marketing News - Duplication Emails Cost Firms Money

UK firms are wasting thousands of pounds by sending duplicate emails to customers, says a new report by Experian.

The report shows that a staggering 85% of business across the UK's main industry sectors fail to remove duplicate names and addresses from their mailing campaigns every month.

It might be time consuming to remove all duplicated names and emails, but this could save your firm a considerable amount of money and prevent unsubscribe emails landing in your inbox.

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Marketing News - Duplication Emails Cost Firms Money

What's the difference between your CD-ROM and CD-R duplication services?

A CD-R disc is manufactured to allow data to be copied (recorded) by a special device called a CD-R writer. The CD-R has a recording surface that uses a special dye that can be ablated by the laser in the writer. When writing to the CD-R disc, the laser burns the pattern of data into the dye on the recording side of the CD-R. There is a special grooved, spiral track that the laser follows when writing the data.

A replicated CD-ROM is manufactured using an injection moulding process that stamps the spiral track and data into the polycarbonate material at the same time. A reflective layer of aluminium is then spin coated onto the disc to allow for the laser in a standard reader to identify the spiral track and data layout. Once copied the CD-R disc functions exactly like a replicated CD-ROM disc.
CD-ROM is for projects that require replication or pressing and generally over 500 units upwards to many, many millions. They are inexpensive to produce, especially in quantities of 1,000 plus.

CD-R duplication or ‘print and burn’ is for quantities from 100 upwards. As there is no glass mastering or “stamper” production required, the smaller quantities are cheaper to produce and offer much quicker turnaround times.

We often produce 1,000 or 2,000 discs as CD-R production and not CD-ROM production because of the lead time restrictions, even though they are more expensive.
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What's the difference between your CD-ROM and CD-R duplication services?

CD Duplication - What is a glass master?

We often get asked, what is a glass master? and do I need one for my CD duplication or DVD replication order? So for the benefits of customers old and new here is the answer.

A glass master is an exact reproduction of the original master, a photo sensitive layer applied to the “glass” is etched by a powerful laser before being “fixed” by a chemical process.

This glass master is then processed through a bath in which an electrical charge is applied to build up a layer of various metals. Once this layer is around 300 microns thick (0.3 mm) the process is stopped and this layer is removed from the glass master and trimmed.

It is this “stamper” (a mirror of the raw data) that is used in the presses that heats (at great temperature) the raw material of the disc – polycarbonate.

The glass master in an essential part of the production process, once made it is stored in readiness to produce other “stampers” should a re-press be required or more than 20,000 discs produced.

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CD Duplication - What is a glass master?