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From: milo@ndmath.UUCP (Greg Corson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: No more Cinemaware stuff for Amiga !!!????
Message-ID: <1523@ndmath.UUCP>
Date: 6 Aug 89 16:44:54 GMT
References: <346@eagle.wesleyan.edu>
Organization: Math. Dept., Univ. of Notre Dame
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From article <346@eagle.wesleyan.edu>, by jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu:
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> 
> Vinyl records cost less to make than the packaging they come in. CD's cost
> between $3 and $6 to make. The process of making a CD is infinitely more
> complicated than that of making a record. Once a pressing mold has been made
> for a record, you just stamp out as many copies as you want. For the price of a
> platter of vinyl.
> -- 
Sorry...CD's DO NOT cost between $3-6 to make...this is something the record
companies would like you to believe.  Right TODAY, I can go out and have
1000 copies of a data or music CD made INCLUDING the plastic box, the little
folder inside and the printed cardboard box it comes in for under $3 each.
You can do quantity 100 (a terriblly small amount) for under $15 each.

Anyone care to guess what a press run of 100,000 would cost per disk?  Less 
than $1 I bet.

By the way...CD's use a similar stamping process to manufacture...it's a bit
more demanding and requires different equipment (and cleaner conditions) than
Vinyl...but it's not THAT much more expensive.

And remember quality vinyl is not as cheap as it used to be!

Greg Corson
19141 Summers Drive
South Bend, IN 46637
(219) 277-5306 
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