Sharing Business Ideas Through Digital Media
Featuring presentations from renowned authors and business experts, the LeaveSmarter series, hosted by 800ceoread, offers Milwaukee area business people a forum for new business ideas. Each event will be captured on video, compiled with other exclusive footage and author related documents, and presented on CD media which will then be distributed by 800ceoread within a limited number of author-signed books. To accomplish this, 800-CEO-READ has partnered with us. This partnership creates a platform where multiple publishing formats and live experiences create interaction between attendees, authors, and the business community at large.
GLMT Receives Government Contract
The U.S. General Services Administration offers government agencies a resource of vendors for a variety of services. GLMT is now a certified vendor within this resource. If you work within a government agency or know someone who does, contact us through the GSA vendor network at www.gsa.gov.
Versatile Media
Looking for a convenient media format that can be carried in your pocket, has unlimited file-transfer capabilities, works with any USB drive, and has your logo printed on it? GLMT now offers in-house duplication of USB drives. Available in a variety of capacity sizes (256MB – 1GB+), our duplication process also includes verification of content to ensure that the duplicated files are exact matches of the input files. After duplication, we can print your logo on the shell, and package the drive in a variety of methods for your distribution; lanyards, gift boxes, and other options are available. Contact us to find out more about how to utilize this unique portable media format.
The Added Quality of Premastering
For many of you, getting discs made simply involves mailing off your master, and then getting a shipment of replicated discs at your door days later. Of course, a lot happens during that time that you might not be aware of. For instance, each master we receive for replication goes through a pre-mastering process, where playability and authoring (if applicable) are analyzed. Even if an audio CD or DVD master plays fine on your player, the data itself could still contain errors; errors which could cause compatibility issues on certain players. Using our Eclipse system, structural elements of the discs are examined, including sectors and VOBU length, coding, IFO and BUP files. As complicated as this might sound, pre-mastering essentially lets our customers know that their replicated discs will be as accurate as possible. By testing each master before we replicate, and notifying you of any potential concerns, we ensure a higher quality replicated disc. It’s just another way we strive to get you the best quality product possible.
Double Duplication Capacity
Speaking of recordable media, we’ve doubled our capacity for CD-R and DVD-R duplication. Adding multiple new towers to our system, with the ability to print and record a larger variety of media types (like the high resolution disc mentioned above), we are your essential source for any kind of media duplication imaginable. Literally, whatever you need, whenever you need it, we can do it.
Short Run, High Resolution
There are times when you only need a few discs, but you want them to look like you pressed a million. There are times when you also need them extremely quick. No problem! We now offer a quick turn CD-R/DVD-R that features high resolution, high gloss, smudge-proof, waterproof inkjet printing. Similar looking to offset printed discs, these discs are perfect for quick-turn, short-run projects that include photographic elements within their design. Ask us about adding high resolution printing on your next CD-R or DVD-R project.
Ready, Set, Retail!
A growing number of our customers are looking to sell their digital media projects in a retail environment. But most large retailers do not accept products without a barcode. Fear not, GLMT can print and apply barcode labels for a variety of CD and DVD packages. People working in entertainment sectors, film, software, and publishing need to follow standards for retail tracking and processing in order to have their products placed. Now we will be able to help those people get their products to market.
The process is simple. Customers can either provide existing barcodes or purchase them through Great Lakes Media Technology. The labels are then printed with the corresponding product information and applied to the spine of the packaging. Once these products arrive at retail locations, the barcode labels are scanned upon purchase for the retailer’s inventory. Let us know if you need spine barcode labels on your next project.
Video Master Formats
Interested in transfering video footage to a different format? Or, just interested in making some more copies? Here’s a handy list of our format capabilities for whatever your needs might be. Bring in your master on any of these formats and we’ll help you out.
Betacam SP
Digital Betacam
Betacam SX
MPEG IMX (Betacam)
Beta
VHS
S-VHS
D-2
3/4″
1″
Mini-DV
DV-CAM
DVC PRO
HI-8
Digital 8
DVD-R/RW
D9 HD
Also, if you’re bringing in your master for a project and you’re concerned that the shell or tape might be damaged, it may be possible to repair. Let us know your concerns and we’ll do our best to fix it before proceeding with the job.
Anti-Piracy
GLMT has added HexaLock CD Copy Protection Technology to our CD services. Now, virtually any content type distributed on CD-R or CD-ROM can be protected from illegal copying and use. Be sure to ask us about copy protecting individual files, or the entire program, on your next project.
Choosing the Right DVD Authoring Software
There are a variety of DVD authoring software options available today, and there will likely be even more of them in the future. While some might be low-cost, “easy-to-use,” or bundled with another program you’ve purchased, there are definite differences in the capabilities of each program, which can seriously affect the functionality of the disc if you choose to have it replicated. For professional quality authoring, we recommend using the following software products to ensure your program is created “replication ready”:
Apple:
DVD Studio Pro 3 and higher
Compressor 2 or higher
Adobe:
Encore 2 or higher
Sonic:
DVD Producer 5 or higher
Scenarist (any version)
DVDit
Ulead:
DVD Workshop 2
Sony:
DVD Architect
When a DVD master fails in the pre-mastering testing process, it usually can be traced to the version or format of software used to author the content. If you are authoring a program yourself, we recommend using one of the products mentioned above. Of course, having your content encoded and authored by Great Lakes Media Technology will ensure that there are no issues with your master when it goes into production. Call us with any questions on how we can help you with your authoring project.
