"I own a DVD publishing company. If you want to pay me the $399 plus $9.99 plus 5% that Customflix charges for a 2-hour DVD with one static menu screen, I'll take your money. In fact, I'll charge you $299 plus $8 per disc and that's all! This includes real-time hardware encoding, custom graphics for disc and case, etc."


Look the main reason I posted this was for people who author their own DVD's so they could see a huge list of DVD players and what type of compatibility they have with DVD-R's not to promote that company. Did you read what I said? I said it was pricey but if you would like it packaged professionally that it may not be to bad, did I mention anywhere that they would make great DVD's? I am not flaming but maybe you ought to read between the lines and see what my point was. It has a huge compatibility list that could be a big help to some people and that is why I took the time and the reason I posted about it. The main reason I even mentioned them was that it was a free resource and I thought I would be fair and mention them since it was their list. And if you took the time to look at what the offer you can create your own dvd menus or the entire DVD if you like that's just a service they offer. Believe me I don't need help making DVD's but it would be nice to not have to print all the jacket cover's and DVD menus if you need 2 or 3 hundred of them.

The reason I responded the way I did (it's clear that you DID read between the lines ;)) was because your post was factually incorrect and appeared solely for the purpose of advertising a business.

The site you connected to, dvdrhelp.com, has nothing to do with Customflix. They are simply providing a link to and exceptional resource, now known as DVDRHELP.COM. Unless Baldrick has something to do with Customflix (which I doubt) then perhaps as it relates to reading carefully and checking one's facts you might have saved folks from that misconception and withheld your post since you stated you only wanted to acknowledge them for providing the list of players and compatibility. (By the way, the list is not perfect. The Samsung P421 does NOT play SVCD). I've been a contributor to the site in the past, providing new media codes and performance characteristics.

Still, even then, the prices charged by Customflix are only credible if you produce the occasional video on tape for an audience of 300 or more. If you produce any more content than that then aside from authoring, your costs should not exceed $8 per disc in a DVD case with a custom printed insert label combined with on-disc printing. Actually the cost is much lower if you do it yourself and if all you're looking for is simple
DVD performance, then there's a variety of software packages available with an ROI of a few weeks at most. The equipment needed for on-disc printing has less than a one-year payback.

If you want a DVD that plays your content perfectly in virtually any set-top player or computer, that features motion menus with transitions and custom routing with multiple audio channels with subtitles and closed captions in true Dolby Digital 5.1.... Hire a pro or become one. There's no real middle ground. The audience is huge and the process of authoring tier-1 DVD's is not as easy as it looks but the opportunity exists.

Most of us just don't like the $22K price-tag on the cost of admission.

"The reason I responded the way I did (it's clear that you DID read between the lines ;)) was because your post was factually incorrect and appeared solely for the purpose of advertising a business."

So let me get this write if I post a link to company "X" that has some information about information "Y" that could be helpful to users "Z" than I must be doing it solely to promote company "X"? Well I apologize if I mislead anyone since I must have a tie to that company write? I just stumbled across them from the cow forums found something useful on their site and thought other people might be interested in it. And excuse me for not knowing that they also link to somebody else's information and not "checking one's facts". I don't pretend to be a "DVD" guru or anything like that, write now this is still a hobby to me as many of us here are, though I would like to get more serious about it in the future.

The business I do know is network consulting and network design and I am a regular on many different IT forums that are based on advanced networking and design issues. On these forums many people post, some with little knowledge of what they are talking about. If I see something that is incorrect or if I can save them some money. I wouldn't say "Just because you bought a Cisco 1700 series router doesn’t make you a "CCNP" (Cisco Certified Network Professional) you need to know what you are talking about when you post a link about help information on another site... That there is not going to help my business, if they don't know what they are doing I would say hay look here is a better resource or offer some of my experience and maybe make a customer out of the topic!

If DVD authoring is what you do that's great but you need to quit blowing people out of the water because it may be wrong or you don't agree with them. If you are interested look at my post profile here on the forums does it seem like I am here to promote any company other than maybe Sonic Foundry, I looked through yours and all I seen was pretty much how DVDA lacked true "PRO" features.

http://www.sonicfoundry.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?Forum=22&MessageID=173521
http://www.sonicfoundry.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?Forum=22&MessageID=170456

Maybe the title of the topic was a little confusing but to say that I was just promoting a company is wrong. If somehow this erked you because this "IS" what you do I am sorry. BUT you need to realize that you are not the only one who knows about this stuff and quit chastising people who don't and maybe you could make some new customers.