Xref: utzoo comp.sys.mac:27166 comp.ivideodisc:143 rec.video:5555 Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!apple!oliveb!sun!vygr!mae From: mae@vygr.Sun.COM (Mike Ekberg, Sun {Graphics Product Division}) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.ivideodisc,rec.video Subject: Re: Making a video disk: Where and how much? Message-ID: <90890@sun.uucp> Date: 23 Feb 89 02:35:02 GMT References: <5844@bsu-cs.UUCP> Sender: news@sun.uucp Reply-To: mae@sun.UUCP (Mike Ekberg, Sun {Graphics Product Division}) Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mountain View Lines: 62 The following is 'borrowed' from the article "Creating your Own Videodisc" in Signal(see previous message for address). "... For about $2000, comapanies such as 3M will press a disc master a disc master from which you can order additional copies for around $10/disc.If you only need one or two copies for in-house use, you can also order plastic or glass "check discs" from such companies as Crawford Communications, pressed overnight for about $300-500 per disc." Crawford Communications 506 Plasters Avenue Atlanta, GA 30324 404/876-8722 Other stuff from same article: American Technology Resources 1245 Providence Road, Media,PA 19063 215/565-6434 Discount Videodisc Players, wholesale Free catalog Image Pre-Mastering 1781 Prior Avenue St. Paul, MN 55113 612/644-7802 35mm slides >> 1" tape Panasonic Industrial Corp. 2 Panasonic Way Secaucus, NJ 07094 201/392-4603 Write-once disc recorders. Pioneer Communications 600 E. Crecent Avenue Upper River, NJ 07458 Consumer and industrial videodisc players. Stokes 7000 Cameron Road Austin, TX 78752 512/458-2201 35mm >> 35mm >> 1" tape 3M Optical Recording Department 223-5S 3M Center St. Paul, MN 55144 612/733-2142 Leading videodisc pressing facility. #mike (sun!mae), M/S 8-40 #"There's nothing human that's alien to us." - A. Einstein