Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 01/11/51 11:36

On 4 Jan 2006 13:26:13 -0800, "NYC XYZ" <jack_foreigner@yahoo.com>
Gave us:

>Justin wrote:
>>
>>
>> Oh, certainly, costs per unit go down dramatically the more you produce.
>
>Yes, but I'm not just saying that costs go down per title, but that
>they do for any given title, since it's all the same to the facility
>what's being turned out, right?
>

For the most part, a disc is a disc is a disc. The only difference
are the layer count and form factor as in:

http://www.deluxemedia.com/support/dvdtech/dvdrom/dvd_formats.xml#DVD-5


>> If those 50 take 5 years to sell they'd most likely not make a next
>> batch.
>
>But that's what I'm not getting -- if the cost is negligible to the
>point of being non-existent, why not? Again, the assumption here is
>that things operate like a paper press putting out business cards -- I
>can certainly throw in Jane and Mary at five hundred each for very
>little additonal charge, given that you're running Tom, Dick, and Harry
>for five thousand each.

Scheduling. There are MANY titles to be pressed, and pushing back a
schedule is not easy and DOES have a higher cost attached to it.
>
>> Well, maybe it is correct. Who knew!
>
>Ah, well, it's Japanese anyway. I wonder if they really sell "Castle
>in the Sky" as "Laputa" in spanish-speaking regions.

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