Re: FLASH: Wondering about CD CVs?

[May Wong]

Wow, this is the first time I've heard about this!  Is anyone else

interested in getting the cards because if there are enough people out

there interested, then we could split the order.



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doctorfrankensite [dot] com wrote:

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>> > 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.

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>>         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

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>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.

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>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.

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>-DG-

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