DVS - New Media and Technologies

DVS named Finalist for Innovation Michigan awards.

Business Review named DVS as a finalist along with 34 others for the 2008 Innovation Michigan awards.  Eight winners will be announced at the July 17 celebration in Grand Rapids at the GVSU Pew Campus Courtyard, honoring the companies and individuals.

Finalists were selected based on their innovation, the positive impact of the innovation, and timeliness of the innovation.

DVS proud to be a finalist along side such great companies as Amway, Metro Health, Steelcase, and Saint Mary's Health Care.

DVS was nominated for it's innovation in Direct to Disc Digital Printing and use of Blu-Ray technology.

4-Color Direct to Disc Digital Printing

DVS 1-Color Rotary Silk Screen Press

For all color CD, DVD, and Blu-Ray printing, DVS will be utilizing it's revolutionary Direct to Disc Digital Print Process.  This unique print process is ideal for printing on CD, DVD, and Blu-Ray - both Duplicated and pre-printed discs.

The DVS 4-Color Direct to Digital Print Process is a 2 stage process.
1.  4-Color (CMYK) InkJet direct to disc print
2.  Clear UV coat to seal the Inkjet

With inkjet printing, ink on the discs will smear when the print gets wet, even from the sweat on your hands. 

InkJet Printed Disc with no protective coat

With the DVS Digital Print Process, the clear UV coat seals the print in, adding contrast, vibrance to colors, a high gloss finish, and durability.  The Direct to Disc InkJet provides image resolution that rivals replicated discs with offset printing.

Water on UV coated discs

Other types of disc print protection on the market are slow, expensive per print, and leave an orange peel look to the disc.  The DVS print process is fast at 1000 discs per hour, has a low cost per print, and leaves a professional high gloss finish to the disc.

Direct to disc printing is essential for the next generation of media like Blu-Ray.  Adhesive labels cause playability and readability issues, and unprotected disc print will smear.

DVS mentioned in Mediaware magazine

From Eco Packaging to No Packaging: DisCling
From the May/June 2008 MEDIAWARE article by Dan Daley

If going green has to do with reducing packaging then why not go the whole way, and eliminate it completely?  This is the approach for DisCling disc packaging - no boxes, sleeves, or hubs, just the disc directly attached to an insert or mailer.

DisCling is a surface polymer that is clear and non-sticky (there's no resident to rub away).  It can be applied like a label to virtually any substrate.  Attach a disc, and it holds with the same force that holds cling signage up on store windows.  But the disc can be easily peeled off when you want to use it.  And the materials is reusable, so you can re-attach the disc again and store it.

"Without the layers of packaging that go into making envelopes of the plastics that make up a tray, DisCling is really a more environmentally friendly means of packaging," says Alexandra Gordon, DisCling inventor and president of Clinghesive (orignally known as Disc Mount).  "There's less waste involved, and less weight in shipping too."

The product has been tested for the past 18 months, and approved by binderies across the U.S.  Charles Cadmus of Tri-Media Services, a custom manufacturing and project management company based in the New York area, had led the product's introduction to major publishers and marketing agencies.  "It's been exciting to see the DisCling product sail through trials," he says, "with unanimous approval and minimal slow down rates compared to other CD bind-ins."

DVS also has designed a thin multipak for 5-8 discs that is just 1/2 inch thick.  "We used the DisCling material in a spiral bound book about the size of a Blu-Ray case," says David Valko, vice president of sales and marketing.  "The book is small, but with a lot of real estate for printing full color graphics, and a unique way of presenting the disc.  The client loved it."

Clinhesive also has a variety of uses beyond discs.  It can be used to create resealable, reusable closures that are thin and clear.  And compared to fugitive glue and low tack adhesives for plastic and card packaging, there's no sticky glue residue, and the card can be replaced on the holder, useful for gift card wallets and hotel key cards.

Read the article in PDF here.

DVS adds HD Edit Suite

DVS adds a High Definition Edit Suite in the style of a 1940's era detective office.

Private Detective H.D. Suite's Office 

Final Cut Pro Studio 2 Workstation 

2008 TECH IN 1940's STYLE
With a Film-Noir look and feel, the DVS HD Suite looks like it's home to a detective in the likes of Sam Spade.  This detective's office is complete with period furniture and dressed with photos of Grand Rapids from the 40's era.

Don't let the look fool you, this suite is packed with technology including, at it's heart, and Intel Dual Quad Core Xenon 3 GHZ Mac Pro with 8GB of RAM to power your edit and a 42" Panasonic Plasma to view your edited programs in resolutions up to 1080P!

SOFTWARE PACKAGES
Included with the sutie is the entire Final Cut Pro Studio 2 and Adobe Creative Suite 3 packages.

CREATURE COMFORTS
When editing at DVS in the HD Suite, clients have a large list of amenities including:

• Wireless Internet Access
• Producer Desk
• Plenty of room for client review
• Lunch from local restaurants
• and many more...