For professional videographers — or anyone who authors their own DVDs — tired of mass-produced, generic, preprinted DVDs, or tired of producing sub-pro work with their own equipment, Chicago Digital Post (CDP) released Pre-Packaged Recordable DVDs (PPDVDs) at the 2004 WEVA Expo in Las Vegas this past August. CDP boasts 26 different package designs suitable for a variety of events including weddings, christenings, communions, bar/bat mitzvahs, graduations, dance recitals, sporting events, and theatrical productions.

Once a client specifies the theme they want, they can order the discs in a chosen quantity and record their content to them as they would any other disc. If nothing in the catalog of pre-existing designs suits the producer’s need, CDP offers personally customized PPDVDs for "any" occasion, corporate or personal. For these customized PPDVDs, the videographer may provide the designs they want used, or CDP can create a custom package according to the videographer’s specifications.

"We believe wholeheartedly that PPDVDs will save producers time and money, while providing them with the opportunity to take presentation and performance of DVD-authored products to the next level," says Tim Montague, creative director at CDP.

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