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Guess I'll be the odd man out.But I'd rather have an audio CD.I'll have to transfer it any way.No VCR-DVD or TV in my music room.I watch TV in the family room or bed room. I've never seen the need for video for teaching steel.But I didn't see the last stock market crash coming either. Glad you're teaching again.Hope you sell a million.---bb
As a television producer, my thoughts are as follows:
Your market right now, is saturated with folks who own and use VHS machines.
Many of them will prefer VHS initially but ...
More and more people, however, are moving to DVD. It is simply a superior format to VHS in every possible way and much better for training/teaching applications. Take a look at Homespun Tapes website. they are converting their library to DVD because the market demands they do so.
Here are the real world extra costs you'll incur by going to DVD:
- additional video editing to "chunk" the exisiting program into segments that can be randomly accessed.
- addtional graphic design for menus and packaging
- about $1,000 to program & set-up the menus
- about $150 to set-up for the disc/print packaging
- It's much cheaper to duplicate 200 than 10. 100 DVD's should cost in the neighborhood of $1,200.
- all the above is for DVDs that meet professional commercial standards. You want to avoid making DVD-R's on a Mac as they will not play on 100% of players. I got burned doing this for one of my own projects.
I don't feel the CD-ROM is the best application for this kind of instruction.
Feel free to e-mail me, Paul, I'll be happy to help with vendor names & additional info.
Your market right now, is saturated with folks who own and use VHS machines.
Many of them will prefer VHS initially but ...
More and more people, however, are moving to DVD. It is simply a superior format to VHS in every possible way and much better for training/teaching applications. Take a look at Homespun Tapes website. they are converting their library to DVD because the market demands they do so.
Here are the real world extra costs you'll incur by going to DVD:
- additional video editing to "chunk" the exisiting program into segments that can be randomly accessed.
- addtional graphic design for menus and packaging
- about $1,000 to program & set-up the menus
- about $150 to set-up for the disc/print packaging
- It's much cheaper to duplicate 200 than 10. 100 DVD's should cost in the neighborhood of $1,200.
- all the above is for DVDs that meet professional commercial standards. You want to avoid making DVD-R's on a Mac as they will not play on 100% of players. I got burned doing this for one of my own projects.
I don't feel the CD-ROM is the best application for this kind of instruction.
Feel free to e-mail me, Paul, I'll be happy to help with vendor names & additional info.
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I can play either, but I prefer DVD for its random access. It's a much more convenient format to learn from,b ecause it's so easy to jump to a specific segment.
Also, they cost less to ship!
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Also, they cost less to ship!
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Thanks for the helpful insights! I was already pricing both formats when I started this thread, so my frustration with manufacturing costs was starting to wear thin.
DVD is my personal favorite and I believe it will become the industry standard in the near future. Right now, ALL players own VHS-I guess the answer is to start there.
This is my first experience teaching through videos so my start up production and editing costs are alot more than I had originally anticipated. Quality and content are first and foremost with me. I can't sacrifice spending money there. Again, I have not given up on making both available for these first two videos. I am still shopping!!!!
Here's what I have found--DVD costs are two to three times higher depending on the company used than VHS. The DVD price starts to equal out in orders of a thousnd plus. I am not sure I could sell enough DVD's to warrant the larger orders.
My main concern is to not go in the red on these first videos so that I can continue to teach using this technology. I am very excited about these lessons. The visual ability to show, as well as to explain in depth what I like to do, is a teachers dream.
Thanks again to all,
Paul
DVD is my personal favorite and I believe it will become the industry standard in the near future. Right now, ALL players own VHS-I guess the answer is to start there.
This is my first experience teaching through videos so my start up production and editing costs are alot more than I had originally anticipated. Quality and content are first and foremost with me. I can't sacrifice spending money there. Again, I have not given up on making both available for these first two videos. I am still shopping!!!!
Here's what I have found--DVD costs are two to three times higher depending on the company used than VHS. The DVD price starts to equal out in orders of a thousnd plus. I am not sure I could sell enough DVD's to warrant the larger orders.
My main concern is to not go in the red on these first videos so that I can continue to teach using this technology. I am very excited about these lessons. The visual ability to show, as well as to explain in depth what I like to do, is a teachers dream.
Thanks again to all,
Paul