Updated instant quote system

Our recently launched online quote system, has been a real godsend for us, as well as providing instant pricing access for our clients. In response to valuable client feedback,We've just updated it's functionality again to provide a more logical interface.

Published by David | July 2010 | Tag : News | 2 comments

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Blu-Ray soon to be obsolete?

Just as we were starting to embrace Blu-Ray, Sony announces plans to supersede the next technology with the next generation, semiconductor based media. Claimed to hold over 1 Tb of data (25 times that of BD), this is a firm reminder the speed of advancement in the digital media world.

Read more about Sony's new semiconductor later technology here

Published by David | July 2010 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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Artwork templates

While our templates page has a large catalogue of CD / DVD / BD templates, we are proud to offer total flexibility when it comes to making your own packaging. Just let us know what you want and we'll be glad to create your very own custom packaging template.

Published by David | July 2010 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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Core Values

We've always believed that a consistent set of values are paramount to achieving our goal of being Australia's most recognised and trusted digital media specialist.
When we put our core values on paper, they weren't just fancy words, but a true reflection of what we live by. Please take a moment to read our values page. If you're a past client we hope we've lived up to these values. If you are considering working with us, we encourage you to put us to the test, we'd love to prove ourselves.

Published by David | July 2010 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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Video production packages

We offer a range of video production packages from script writing, filming, production through to editing and implementation. Call or email for more information.  

Published by David | July 2010 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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CD and DVD Specials

We've recently added a bunch of new CD and DVD duplication and printing specials for a range of quantities and styles. While our online quote page is always kept up to date, it doesn't cater for these further reduced packages, so please visit http://www.diskbank.com.au/specials/ to see what we have on offer.

Published by David | July 2010 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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Custom CD and DVD packaging

A creative, original and memorable CD or DVD package has never been more affordable! The cost to create a distinctive package custom cut and folded to your specifications has dropped even further. You can draw or design your packaging requirement, otherwise leave it to us to come up with a package that suits the concept of your CD or DVD.

Published by David | June 2010 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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Price beat policy

We've always been proud of our reputation for providing Australia's best prices for CD, DVD, USB and our range of transfers services. If you happen to find a better price than we're offering for a comparable quality product, please let us know and we'll be glad to beat it.

Published by David | June 2010 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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Film Guide

If you'd like some help with measuring the length or determining the type of you're film, please visit our online guide - Film Guide.
If you proceed with a DiskBank film transfer, we'll provide you with an exact measurement of your film (not to mention free cleaning, colour correction and restoration!)

Published by David | June 2010 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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DiskBank online instant quote

We've recently added an instant online quote option to our website. For those of you needing a price on the spot (or who were finding our standard 1-3 hour wait too long!), you'll receive an up to date, competitive price emailed right back to you.
Of course if you'd still rather receive your quote from a regular human, please just enter you're requirements into the custom quote section and an account manager will contact you asap.

Published by David | June 2010 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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Blu-Ray Authoring, Replication and Printing

DiskBank offer a complete Blu-Ray Authoring, replication, duplication and packaging service. With prices for Blu-Ray dropping and the number of consumers using the medium growing dramatically over the last year, this groundbreaking medium is now in easy reach.
For some more information, click here or contact us on 1300 66 38 22 or sales@diskbank.com.au

Published by David | June 2010 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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WAMi winners for 2010

WAMi Craft Awards categories were announced Monday 17 May at The Rosemount Hotel, North Perth.
All other awards were announced at the WAMi Awards night, Thursday 20 May at Capitol, Perth.

Congratulations to all who were nominated and this year's prize winners.

Public Voted Awards

Most Popular Act
Presented by The Department of Culture and the Arts
Birds of Tokyo - winner
Gyroscope
Karnivool
Sugar Army    

Most Popular Live Act
Presented by X-Press Magazine
Boys Boys Boys!
Karnivool - winner
Sugar Army
Tomás Ford
   
Most Popular Music Website
Presented by City of Perth
Fasterlouder.com.au - winner
Perthbands.com
Rtrfm.com.au
Spaceshipnews.com.au

Most Popular Album
Presented by triple j
Eskimo Joe - Inshalla
John Butler Trio – April Uprising
Karnivool – Sound Awake - winner
Sugar Army – The Parallels Amongst Ourselves    

Favourite Newcomer
Presented by RTR FM
Emperors
The Jackards
The Joe Kings - winner
Tim and Jean
    
Most Popular Music Venue
Presented by the Western Australian Museum
Amplifier Bar - winner
Mojos Bar
Rocket Room
Rosemount Hotel

Most Popular Single / EP
Presented by PerthNow & Moshtix
Eskimo Joe – Foreign Land
French Rockets / Injured Ninja – 12” Split + DVD - winner
John Butler Trio – One Way Road
Umpire – Streamers    

Most Popular Music Video
Presented by Empyrean Northbridge
Blac Blocs - NVDA - winner
Brash and Sassy – No Milk For You
Injured Ninja – IDDQD
Sugar Army – Tongues in Cheeks    

Most Popular Music Event
Presented by Sonicbids
Big Day Out (Perth)
In the Pines
Soundwave (Perth) - winner
St Jerome’s Laneway Festival (Perth)

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Industry Voted Awards

Most Promising New Act
Presented by Peel Music Foundation
Boom! Bap! Pow!
Emperors - winner
Goodnight Tiger
The Joe Kings

Best Live Sound Engineer
Presented by Kosmic XPD/AVID Venue Console
Dave Carter - winner
Ian Stewart
James Newhouse
Rene De Vries

Best Record Producer / Engineer
Presented by SAE
Al Smith
Dave Parkin - winner
Max Ducker
Rob Agostini

Indigenous Act of the Year
Presented by ABMUSIC
Djiva
Moana Dreaming
Peter Brandy
Yabu Band - winner

Best WA Based Record Label
Presented by AIR
Firestarter Music
Good Cop Bad Cop - winner
Jarrah Records
Walking Horse

Media Award - Individual
Presented by The Cake Factory
Aarom Wilson
Bob Gordon
Dave Cutbush - winner
Mike Wafer

Media Award - Organisation
Presented by Diskbank CD & DVD
Fasterlouder.com.au
RTR FM - winner
The Drum Media
X-Press Magazine

Management Award
Presented by EPRA
Jodie Regan
Laith Tierney
Philip Stevens
Steph Edwardes - winner

Golden WAMi
Presented by City of Perth
Aarom Wilson
Andrew Ryan
Dave Cutbush
Peter Barr - winner

Best Male Vocalist
Presented by Devilles Pad
Brendon Humphries (The Kill Devil Hills)
Ian Kenny (Birds of Tokyo, Karnivool) - winner
Pat McLaughlin (Sugar Army)
Will Stoker

Best Female Vocalist
Presented by Music Feedback
Abbe May - winner
Felicity Groom
Hayley Beth
Novac Bull (Boom! Bap! Pow!)

Best Guitarist
Presented by Cut & Paste
Andrew Ryan (Adam Said Galore, Felicity Groom & the Black Black Smoke, Fall Electric)
Drew Goddard (Karnivool)
Jay Marriott (The Novocaines)
Luke Dux (The Floors, Timothy Nelson & the Infidels, Will Stoker & the Embers) - winner

Best Bassist
Presented by WAM
Anthonny Jackson (Birds of Tokyo)
Cameron Hines (Mile End/Mongrel Country)
Ian Berney (Sugar Army)
Ryan Dux (The Floors, The Kill Devil Hills, Will Stoker and the Embers) - winner

Best Drummer
Presented by Berklee Music
Adam Weston (Birds of Tokyo) - winner
Ben Stacy (Tangled Thoughts of Leaving)
Jamie Sher (Sugar Army)
Matt Maguire (Schvendes, Adam Said Galore)

Best Instrumentalist
Presented by WAM
Alex Archer (The Kill Devil Hills, Abbe May, Felicity Groom and the Black Black Smoke) - winner
Chris Cobilis (The Tigers, The Sabre Tooth Tigers, smrts)
Glenn Sarangapany – (Birds of Tokyo)
Tristan Parr (Schvendes, Fall Electric)

Best Electronic Producer
Presented by Twin Cities FM
Tomás Ford - winner
Naik
Trilby Temperley (Cloud Kollectiv, She Selexx)
ShockOne

Best DJ
Presented by The Drum Media
Charlie Bucket - winner
Micah
Rex Monsoon
ShockOne

Best Rock Act
Presented by The Drum Media
Karnivool
Sugar Army
Tame Impala
The Kill Devil Hills - winner

Best Commercial Pop Act
Presented by Sony Music
Boys Boys Boys!
Eskimo Joe - winner
Gyroscope
Tim and Jean

Best Indie Pop Act
Presented by Rusty
6s + 7s
Boys Boys Boys!
Felicity Groom and the Black Black Smoke - winner
Umpire

Best Hardcore / Punk Act
Presented by Fasterlouder.com.au
Break Even
Chainsaw Hookers
Extortion
Project Mayhem - winner

Best Hard Rock / Metal Act
Presented by WAM
Chaos Divine
Eleventh He Reaches London - winner
The Devil Rides Out
Voyager

Best Blues / Roots Act
Presented by Clancy’s Fish Pub
Abbe May - winner
Blue Shaddy
Cal Peck and the Tramps
The Kill Devil Hills

Best Funk Act
Presented by WAM
Boom! Bap! Pow!
Funkalleros
The Brow Horn Orchestra - winner
Sneaky Weasel Gang

Best Jazz Act
Presented by Media Entertainment & Arts Alliance
Adam Hall and the Velvet Playboys
Jamie Oehlers Quartet
Johannes Luebbers Dectet
The Graham Wood Trio - winner

Best Country Music Act
Presented by Boyup Brook Country Music Club
Connie Kis Andersen
Jane Germain and the Yahoos
The Fancy Brothers - winner
The Jayco Brothers

Best Urban Hip Hop Act
Presented by APRA
Downsyde
Drapht
Mathas
The Typhoons - winner

Best Electronic Act
Presented by WAM
Naik
The Transients
Tomás Ford - winner
Voltaire Twins

Best World Act
Presented by Braziliano
David Hyams and the Miles To Go Band
Grace Barbé - winner
Ziggy New Generation
Zydecats

Published by David | May 2010 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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Promotional Pens a hit

DiskBank's partner business Red Promotional have some great deals on Custom printed Pens. Priced from around 50c each, it's hard to go past for a great value promotional item.

Published by David | April 2010 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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The demise of thermal printing

One of the best developments in the disc printing industry over the last few years has been the dramatic improvement in the quality of inkjet printing technology. We're not talking about domestic desktop paper printers which double as disc printers, but the industrial grade, robotics machines. With a capacity of around 500 discs, photo quality print way beyond what thermal print can offer, deep rich, colour density and the ability for glossy, scratch resistant coating, could this spell the end of even the latest upgrade of thermal printers?
If you are a consumer of printed disc media, you should ask your supplier to show you the difference between these options, you'll be amazed at what is now possible.

Published by David | April 2010 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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HD film transfers

Our Sydney and Perth offices have been offering high definition film to blu-ray or hard drive transfers for almost a year now. Out transfer involves scanning your original films one frame at a time in full high definition (1080 x 1920 pixels). The uncompressed image is colour corrected, blank sections removed and enhanced in every way possible.
If you're comparing HD film transfer methods, be sure the film is scanned 1 frame at a time and captured with the full capabilities of HD resolution.

Published by David | April 2010 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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Drop in Blu-Ray replication prices

Our Blu-Ray replication prices have just dropped again. It's interesting to note the similarity to the price curve for DVD. Blu-Ray players were first shipped in mid 2006 - almost 4 years ago (DVD players started shipping in late 1996). 4 years in, prices of BD media had dropped considerably faster than DVD at a similar point in its cycle.

It remains to be seen whether BD will be widely accepted for anything outside of major movie releases (one of DVDs major areas of popularity was as a marketing tool, means of distributing information and other such corporate purposes).

Either way, it's great to see that things are moving along for the most exciting technical development in the last few years.

Published by David | April 2010 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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Next Big Thing 2010

The Next Big Thing is one of Australia's leading showcases of Perth's up and coming music talent. DiskBank are proud to again be sponsoring this years competition with CD replication and packaging prizes for the first 3 places.

Heats are held throughout Western Australia, from the Kimberley, Wheatbelt, South West, Pilbara, Great Southern, Peel and Perth metro areas.

For more information, check out www.nextbigthing.net.au - entries close 13th May. Definitely a must for anyone dreaming of being, well, The Next Big Thing.

Published by David | April 2010 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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Short run Packaging

Whilst we've been offering short run cardboard sleeves for many years now, we've recently dropped our prices on small runs of digicases, gatefold cardboard sleeves and single cardboard sleeves.
A standout package for an EP, promotional CD etc is now a cost effective option.

Published by David | February 2010 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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Search Engine Optimisation

Do you need more visitors to your website? Is your current website ‘Search Engine’ friendly? DiskBank offers a cost effective SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) service designed to get you results regardless of your budget. We will discover how people can best find your website, adjust your content and coding to suit and produce a successful package which will deliver online success. Want to know more about SEO?

Published by David | September 2009 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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Graphic Design

Need help setting up or designing artwork for your next CD or DVD release? Whether you need concept direction or just some advice, DiskBank have a dedicated in-house graphic designer ready and waiting to help. With years of experience, DiskBank will give you the confidence that your discs, paper parts and printed packaging will look just as you intended.

Published by David | March 2009 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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Interactive Presentations

Do you have an upcoming conference, event or exhibition? Make a lasting impression with our easy to navigate menu driven presentations. Our interactive CD-ROM, DVD, Website or even Custom printed USB Drives will enhance your branding and make an innovative, cost effective marketing tool.

Published by David | March 2009 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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Christmas 2009

The team at DiskBank take this opportunity to wish you a safe, happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year.
To our clients and friends, thank you for your business over the last year, we look forward to working with you again in 2010!

Our offices will be closing over the Christmas period, please note the following dates:

Subiaco, Western Australia
Closing at 12pm, 24th December 2009
Reopening Monday 4th January 2010

Balcatta, Western Australia
Closing at 12pm, 24th December 2009
Reopening Monday 4th January 2010


Brookvale, New South Wales
Closing at 12pm, 24th December 2009
Reopening Monday 11th January 2010

Published by David | February 2009 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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Christmas holidays

After another fantastic year, DiskBank Perth and Sydney will be closing from the 24th of December and re opening on the 5th January. If you have urgent requirements during that time, please email sales@diskbank.com.au

Published by David | January 2009 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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A Christmas Gift for the whole family

Our Film and Video Transfers to DVD make an original and memorable Christmas gift. Let us upgrade your old films, videos and camcorder tapes into a quality DVD production. What better way to spend Christmas day than to relive your precious family memories on the latest technology? Call or email us for more info. Gift VOuchers available.

Published by David | January 2009 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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DVD & Blu-Ray Authoring

DiskBank provide a complete DVD & Blu-Ray authoring service. From project planning to high grade encoding, menu design, scene indexing, Dolby Digital sound, subtitles, region encoding and PAL & NTSC formatting, we offer it all. Call us for free advice and pricing.

Published by David | January 2009 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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Unique Corporate Gifts

Let DiskBank take care of your Corporate Christmas gifts this year with corporate gift pens with built-in USB Drives. Featuring refillable ink, custom printing, duplication, packaging and a premium reusable USB Drive, perfect for those with a mobile lifestyle.

Published by David | January 2009 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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Diskbank Goes Blu

DiskBank is proud to offer a complete range of Blu-Ray duplication, manufacturing, authoring and packaging services. Boasting full 1080p image quality, uncompressed linear sound, and high density data storage, the future is here and its Blu!

Published by David | August 2008 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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Custom USB Drives

Looking for the perfect promotional item? DiskBank offer a stunning range of USB flash drives, custom printed with your logo and packaged to suit your requirements. Available in capacities ranging from 64mb through to 32gb, USB drives make a practical, durable and environmentally considerate gift whilst building your brand at the same time.

Published by David | August 2008 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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DiskBank Sydney Opens

In an effort to better service our Eastern states clients, DiskBank recently opened a new branch on the North Shores of Sydney, in Brookvale NSW. Please feel free to contact one of our representatives on (02) 9091 0300 for the same great level of personalised service you have learnt to expect from our West coast team.

Published by David | January 2008 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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DiskBank Balcatta Opens its Doors

February 2008 saw the opening of a second DiskBank branch in Western Australia, DiskBank Balcatta. Our new office not only offers convenience for those customers located in the Northern suburbs but houses DiskBank’s new multimedia and conversion suite. Our new branch is located at 7/231 Balcatta Road, Balcatta WA 6021.

Published by David | January 2008 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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Green Packaging Options

DiskBank’s range of custom printed packaging and paper parts solutions are now available on 100% recycled stock and printed with either soy or vegetable inks. (Please note that a minimum order of 500 units applies)

Published by David | January 2008 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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8mm and 16mm Reel to Reel Conversions

DiskBank are fast becoming one of Australia’s leading agents in the area of 8mm & 16mm film transfer. If you have an upcoming special event or simply wish to convert those old reels that have been sitting in the back of the closet for years, why not give us a call? Our film transfer process is currently the most advanced of its kind, enabling us to produce superior quality transfers, whilst giving your treasured memories the care they deserve.

Published by David | January 2008 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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DiskBank Go Green

We are proud to announce that DiskBank have gone green! In an effort to reduce our carbon footprint we have transferred all of our energy supply across to 100% renewable resources.

Published by David | January 2008 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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DiskBank Introduces USB Drives

DiskBank now offers a unique and exciting range of USB drives. Whether you are looking to promote your business, school or an event, we are now able to provide custom logo flash drives/duplication services to suit your marketing requirements and ultimately add value to your or your client’s business. For more information visit our website at www.diskbank.com.au/USB

Published by David | January 2008 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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DiskBank Now Incorporating WA Duplication

February 2008 was a busy month at DiskBank as we merged with Perth based multimedia business, WA Duplication. This recent venture has provided us with the opportunity to not only offer our clients further savings on their CD and DVD projects, but to strengthen our knowledge and experience in the areas of film, audio and slide transfers.

Published by David | January 2008 | Tag : News | 0 comments

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