This question come up all the time from customers, and I usually ask them 2 questions. What is the quantity needed? How soon do you need them?

Duplication is a “burn” disc from either a CD-R or DVD-R, the turnaround time is faster than replication, and on an extreme case we can push to get 500 done in a day. However, the cost per unit is higher once you break the 500 quantity mark. Duplication doesn’t have any minimum and can be done as low as 1 copy.

Replication is a “press” disc from our big machines, there are a few big machines involved for a replication job. The usual turnaround time is 10-12 business days. Replication has a lower per unit cost, because once the machine is set up we will just let it run (takes about 3 seconds to do a disc). If you are doing 500 more and can wait for 2 weeks you should consider replication.