I've read the other reviews and I want everyone to know I've been doing business with Media xpress for almost 10 years. I highly recommend them. If you wish to contact me, please do, brian@cdsalesnow.com.
My first reply rebuttal is to Ethan S. from Seattle WA. Copying DVD's has its limits not because of what Media xpress does, but its a function of the DVD player formatting that the DVD is going to be played on.
http://www.videohelp.com/dvdplayers lists the compatibility of DVD players and the types of media.
NOT ALL DVD PLAYERS ARE COMPATIBLE WITH STANDARD DVD MEDIA!!!
I am sure that Media xpress copied your DVD's exactly because their machinery won't allow a bad copy to be spit out. Their machinery checks the DVD based on the number of bits and bytes on the DVD. What does this mean? If the master you supplied to Media xpress has 1.24 gig's of data on it, their machine will record exactly 1.24 gigs of data. Any disc that doesn't have that exact amount will be discarded. Their machinery doesn't look at the program you wrote, just the total number of bits and bytes.
Here's why this happened. When CD's were first introduced to replace records ALL of the companies making CD's agreed to just one standard of laying the information down on the CD's. The bits and bytes chain was the same no matter if it was Sony, or Phillips that produced the CD player...ALL CD PLAYERS WERE OF THE SAME COMPATIBILITY. By the way, Phillips and Sony are the patent holders for CD's and DVD's so check with them if you don't believe me.
When DVD's were introduced, the game was changed. Almost every manufacturer of DVD PLAYERS decided that they would have their own format of laying the information down on the DVD's. There were billions of dollars at stake so companies like Mitsubishi, Sony, Philips...any company making DVD players were all vying to become the one company that would have "the standard DVD format" over any other company's format.
So the bits and bytes chain was different for many DVD players...and that's totally confirmed on the above mentioned website.
So why would some of the DVD's that Media xpress play and others not? Because Ethan S's customers DVD players were not compatible with the DVD media that Media xpress produced...NOT because of the DVD's that Media xpress made. The DVD players are the problem...believe me on this and if you do further research you'll see I am telling the whole truth.
Next the rebuttal to Honest L.
CD's were pirated at an alarming rate once people figured out how to copy them on their desktop computers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_infringement
http://www.audiolock.net/
As a result many companies developed a programming code that wouldn't allow people to copy the CD's in their computers. This programming code was basically designed to fool the desktop computer that there was 1kb on the disc or no information on the CD after being copied...or it wouldn't let the pirating person copy the CD because there was too much data to be copied on the CD. CD's have a 700mb limit on capacity.
What I am sure happened in this case is Honest L put that anti-copying/anti-pirating software on the CD's and didn't let Media xpress know. They would have never taken the job if they did know in advance. Again, Media xpress's copying machines copy exactly what the customer provides, bit by bit, byte by byte. ANY copy that Media xpress makes that doesn't have exact number of bits and bytes as the master gets rejected.
You noted that Honest L said, "Digital versus Audio"...and that the final product didn't play in the stereo? Well if you ask any CD replicator they will tell you that's exactly what would happen when using a master CD that's protected.
The only fault of Media xpress in this case was that they were not informed in advance of this need by HONEST L!!! Again Media xpress doesn't care what's on your disc...they copy it exactly...without any questions asked. Honest L wasn't so honest...he should have known that his CD's had this coding on it...and let them know in advance. read more