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Originally Posted by Mark Talmadge
It all comes down to the bottom line. Why do you think that studios still continue to use double sided DVD's in their sets? ON a six disk DVD set, say it costs the studios $10. To cut costs and increase their profit, they decide to use 3 double sided disks. They save $5 per set on production costs but don't pass those savings onto the consumer.
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That's not correct at all.
You save space by using 3 discs instead of 6, so you might save a little money on packaging costs, but the disc price is the same.
DVD 10s (double-sided discs) are basically two DVD 5s (single layer, single sided) glued together and six DVD 5s costs the exact same as three DVD 10s.
The thing is, you still have to author it as if it was 6 discs, because each side of a DVD 10 is independent of the other. Both sides need their own sets of menus and content navigation. In fact, up until they are actually pressed, DVD 10s are considered two DVD 5s.
The only place you could possibly save money is on printing full color art vs. black and white "ring art", but even that is negligible. We pay the same price for either type of printing and most of our runs are much smaller than the average studio run.