GristyMcFisty used our news submit to tell us that the death of the VCR in favor of optical media, has created such a demand that manufacturing will have a hard time keeping up with the pace.
 WHILE UK HIGH Street giant Dixons said it was discontinuing sales of VCRs because DVD players were outsaling them by a ratio of 40:1, a report claimed a shortage of disks is likely in the first half of 2005.The Taiwan Economic News said that global demand for DVDs is likely to grow to as much as four billion in 2005, while capacity remains only three billion. Around 2.4 billion disks are likely to be bought in 2004, and so there"s been an excess and prices have fallen. But that"s meant few manufacturers have invested in the projected push forwards next year. |
Wonder how long it will be, until one day we no longer see a VCR for sale at retail?
Source: The Inquirer
