Spreadshirt Video and Are all heat-transfers lousy

I saw this video from spreadshirts, and noticed that they heat-transfer images.

http://tcritic.com/archives/brilliant-video-from-spreadshirt-showing-the-end-to-end-process-for-a-t-shirt/

I had always assumed companies like that used DTG. Does anyone use heat-presses for one-offs, and has the quality gotten any better recently i.e. do they still feel like iron-ons?

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   mattschoch said 4 months ago

   i use a heat press and inkjet transfer paper.
   it still leaves a shadow from the paper and isn’t amazing quality, but its very cheap and you can use unlimited colors.
   i also use a vinyl plotter(like they used in the video) for single color stuff.
   and recently we got a new dark garment transfer paper, which you can feel on the shirt like the iron ons, but this stuff stretches and is extremely durable.
   the place i work is like partnered with the guy who invented the process of transfering ink into cotton.(which was thought to be impossible)

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