This costs only a few dollars and the photo CD will play on your CD-i player. Next stage, take the photos into your computer, add a sound track and you have made a simple multimedia title. If you want to use Video in your title, send your edited video to an MPEG encoding bureau who will create an MPEG Video stream. This can be part of your Video CD or CD-i production. One Offs' and small runs can be created using a Worm Burner, either in house or at your chosen developers.
Larger quantities are pressed, using a glass master.
Depending on quantities, pressed discs cost from 80 cents to a few dollars. This includes the cost of a label, which can be an important part of your corporate message. Remember they are cheaper to mail, easier to store and will last for many years. Several of the larger companies are covering the costs of their training programs by developing training titles for their own staff which with little extra expense can be marketed as Generic training to the smaller companies within their industry. This is particularly useful in the realm of Government regulations, safety and other mandatory training.