www.ecmix.com - E-C Mix vs. Computer Shops Comparison Table

General Points of Comparison	E-C Mix Records	Competitors/PC Shops/ Mall Stalls & Kiosks
• Disc Burning & Burning Speed	burns discs at the lowest possible time ensuring high quality disc content and performance.	fastest possible time that causes poor quality finished product which results to skipping, errors and low compatibility with other players.
• CD/DVD Blanks Used	original imported Sony or Imation blank media with standard studio high-grade quality	cheap brand imitation CD-R media sometimes generic blank discs with sub-standard quality
• Packaging & Presentation	complete E-C Mix standard pack with CD cover printed on board paper, and CD/DVD case.	contents printed on ordinary paper as CD cover, sometimes no cover at all, plastic CD case
• Proper Technical Knowledge	trained, experienced and professional	untrained with no professional technical and practical background
• Equipments & Hardwares	high-end studio standard	low-end consumer equipments
• Softwares & Techniques	always the latest and the best	lower versions and old techniques
• Quality Controlled	yes, finished products are always quality controlled and tested	no
• Over-all Quality	guaranteed professional studio lifetime quality; master grade	low street disposable quality
• Warranty	yes, 1 (one) week warranty. product will be replaced if proven or found defective.	no warranties
• Business Legitimacy	legally registered and licensed. issues official receipts. supports anti-piracy campaigns and illegitimate selling of copyrighted materials. has high respect for artists, musicians, composers, writers, and their intellectual property rights. does not sell disc contents, only sells discs services.	may be legally registered and licensed, but with no respect in the intellectual property rights and is indulged in piracy and illegitimately sells copyrighted materials like songs (including mp3s) and softwares.
• Customer Support	yes, with proper and formal office to attend to our clients. communication lines are always open giving you virtually 24 hours and 7 days a week attention, with land phone, fax, mobile phone, mailing address, internet messaging, not to mention our on-line website with direct e-mail feature support.	limited customer support with no proper venue to deal with clients. limited communication facilities.

Audio Quality Comparison	E-C Mix Records	Competitors
• Capturing/Recording	24-bit, 32-bit float	16-bit, sometimes does not care
• Dolby Digital Technology (DVD products only)	Yes. Aside from the original stereo sound, we encode and add two (2) more audio tracks with Dolby Digital AC3 Stereo Surround and Dolby Digital AC3 5.1 Surround Sound. With up to eight layers combinations of digital sound per video track.	No. Just plain ordinary stereo sound.
• Digitizing	yes. digitized, enhanced, and mastered for superb sound quality.	no. does not have knowledge.
• Finished Product	superb audio. better than source. master grade quality comparable and viable to commercially released CDs in record bars.	satisfactory sound but less than better than the original source. pirated CD quality.

Video Quality Comparison	E-C Mix Records	Competitors
• Capturing/Recording	Audio: 24-bit, 32-bit float Video: 32-bit captures footages/clips in better than DVD quality.	16-bit for both audio and video
• Editing	professional broadcast quality. movie/music video editing style. fully digital workstation.	home quality. old fashioned editing style. semi-digital workstation.
• Dolby Digital Technology (DVD products only)	Yes. Aside from the original stereo sound, we encode and add two (2) more audio tracks with Dolby Digital AC3 Stereo Surround and Dolby Digital AC3 5.1 Surround Sound. With up to eight layers combinations of digital sound per video track.	No. Just plain ordinary stereo sound.
• Conversion Formatting	5 process technique for better quality end product: Capture/Digitization, Edit & Render, Authoring, Transcode & Prepare, and Burn to CD. This ensures high quality end product for your discs.	direct 1 process technique: direct capturing while burning to CD.
• Finished Product	superb audio and video quality. minimal visible pixels in VCDs. high quality video resolution for DVDs.	low video clarity. prominent pixels in video.