Technology Media Trends: Custom USB Flash Drives & DVDs

If you are considering producing your content on a USB flash drive or DVD in the near future, you may want to read more.

These new media options are growing as content exceeds the CD-ROM, costs continue to fall and associations desire to offer new media.

Although many Omnipress customers still choose to offer their conference materials in print and on CD, we are seeing more and more clients choosing customized flash drives and online delivery.

Omnipress has experience producing both types of media. Here are a few pros/cons about each media. Be sure to visit our web site to learn how we can help you with your conference content on digital media. We have demos, samples content ideas and more.

Visit www.omnipress.com to learn about creating a custom USB flash drive for your next event!

USB Flash Drives (a.k.a. Thumb drives, USB drives, memory sticks)

Compact size makes for easy transport and storage
Flash drives are customized allowing you to leave attendees with branded media they can use over and over.
Come in many memory sizes starting at 256 MB to 2GB – the amount of memory drives price.
Fast media to load and browse through the the product (e.g., no spinning of the CD).
Can be used as a complete media replacement or to compliment CD/DVDs by only producing small quantities for key committee members, speakers or VIPs.
A provided secure software can be included to the drive allowing users to make password protected folders for their personal use once they have the drive.

Substantially more expensive than CD production (e.g., anywhere from 5 to 10 times) – this depends on memory size and quantity.
Data on the Flash drive can be deleted.
No user-friendly means to lock data to the drive.
Many companies do not allow the use of USB flash drives due to security concerns – large amounts of data can be transferred very quickly.

DVD-ROMs

Pros	Cons
Can hold up to about eight times that of a CD-ROM (total ling 4.7GB or about 7 times that of a CD) Allows for dynamic video presentations. Data is "locked" to the disc and can have added software to prevent disc copying.	More susceptible to scratches than CDs, which can make the media unreadable. Can only be read by a computer DVD drive. Users who don’t have a DVD drive can’t read the disc. Slightly more expensive than CDs. Slow to load when comparing to custom flash media.

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