Re: FLASH: Wondering about CD CVs?

[David Gary]

doctorfrankensite [dot] com

 wrote:


> > I've recently seen a new (well, 'new' to me anyway) CD product. Its a CD

> > that's been cut/shaped down to the size of a business card and has four

> > little dimples that help it sit in the "CD single" little tray of your

> > standard CD player.

>

>         The company that makes and distributes these DigiCards in America is called

> Ember Media (http://www.embermedia.com/). They play like any CD-ROM and hold

> 16MB as you said.

>

>         For a minimum run of maybe 1000, I remember the pricing being something

> like $3 per card. That's an informal recollection of a price, so you can't

> quote me, but it's probably close.

>

>         For a personal business card, it is usually out of everyone's range, but

> for a small (or large studio) who wants to show off (or give away a

> promotional item to coincide with a major site launch), it's a functional,

> stunning and unique little conversation piece.

>

>         I know they've made them for groups like HBO and they usually pack a few

> minutes of video and audio into a multiplatform Director presentation --

> same as a 650MB CD, just only 16MB worth.

>

>         -- Doctor Frankensite


Ive seen this electronic business card before and was curious at what something like

this would cost.

After speaking to the sales Rep at embermedia I got a general idea of what each card

would cost with all the

"added" fees that were dropped in.


For 500(minimum) each card would cost you around $5.00. This is extremely expensive

compared to what you could

manufacture 1000 pressed CDs for. Also take into consideration the skeptisism people

would have about placing this component into thier CD-ROM. Also note that a CD holds

about 50 times the amount of data.


I dont see any "real" significance in using this product other than it is unique.


-DG-






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