Disc manufacturing in the USA

[mandrix]

On a quick check for Blu-Ray discs I found this place in "Joisey". Are there more?
I wonder if any of the labels use them...

https://www.discmakers.com/products/bluray.asp

 

[JediJoker]

On a quick check for Blu-Ray discs I found this place in "Joisey". Are there more?
I wonder if any of the labels use them...

https://www.discmakers.com/products/bluray.asp

DiscMakers is the ubiquitous "everyman" optical disc replication company here in the U.S. I didn't know they did Blu-ray, but I'm not surprised. Surely, there are larger companies/plants contracting with the major labels and studios, no?

 

[key_wiz]

DiscMakers is the ubiquitous "everyman" optical disc replication company here in the U.S. I didn't know they did Blu-ray, but I'm not surprised. Surely, there are larger companies/plants contracting with the major labels and studios, no?

Are larger companies needed? Geez, it's a big deal if they press up 5,000 copies of a title these days. Long gone are the days where they might move 1,000,000 units in a week.

 

[Quadwreck]

On a quick check for Blu-Ray discs I found this place in "Joisey". Are there more?
I wonder if any of the labels use them...

https://www.discmakers.com/products/bluray.asp

Natives of the Garden State pronounce it as "Jeuhzy", Brooklyners call it "Joisey".

 

[mandrix]

Natives of the Garden State pronounce it as "Jeuhzy", Brooklyners call it "Joisey".

I don't live in either one. Though from what I remember Jersey is prettier.
(no offense meant to Brooklynites)

DiscMakers is the ubiquitous "everyman" optical disc replication company here in the U.S. I didn't know they did Blu-ray, but I'm not surprised. Surely, there are larger companies/plants contracting with the major labels and studios, no?

Well that's what I'm asking, JJ. I know, or think I do, there used to be more disc manufacturers overall in the US. How many now that do BD's in an unknown.

Not the same thing, but I know LP's are still being made in the US, and from a documentary I saw the equipment for that was manufactured quite some years ago and is repaired as needed and keeps on choogling.

 

[Ranasakawa]

PDO in Europe made some great CDs in the late 80s. Most of them are stuffed

 

[Mr. Afternoon]

Most major disc manufacturers in the US do not operate anymore. Only Europe and Japan. Some have started up again, but only for vinyl (bleh).

Check your discs. You'll be surprised to see more of them are made outside of the US now than you expected.

Wikipedia is quite helpful in some regards. See this.

 

[JediJoker]

I know Technicolor operates an optical disc plant in Mexico.

 

[Mackspower]

Sniffed back a tear of pride . . . Australia pulling its weight.

 

[mandrix]

I know there used to be a disc stamping plant in Ohio. CD's I think.