On Digitimes we can read that the DVD-R disc production is increasing and this results in lower prices for the discs. There is however still something that delays production, the choice what DVD-R standard to support.
Prices of DVD-R discs from first-tier manufacturers have been declining by 3-5% per month, while those of second-tier manufacturers have been falling by 10-20% per month, with some instances of prices of under US$1.50 per disc already being reported. |
Ritek shipped about 500,000 discs in January, 700,000 to 800,000 in February and over one million in March. Though CMC Magnetics declined to disclose its first-quarter shipments, they were likely on par with Ritek's. CMC is the sole Taiwanese licensee of DVD-R technology from Pioneer, the world's largest DVD vendor.
GigaStorage, Prodisc Technology, Princo and Lead Data have all seen consecutive monthly growth in shipments, according to sources.
Well prices of DVD-Rs should go down to increase the popularity of both the media and the drives. Read the entire article on [url=
http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article.asp?IR=N&ClassID=303&datePublish=2002/04/22&pages=06&seq=39]Digitimes.com[/url].
Source: Digitimes.com
