Ritek fears there's a DVD disc shortage looming

December 10, 2004

Ritek let it slip over at DigiTimes that demand just may outstrip
supply by next year for DVD+R/-R.

Gordon
Yeh, CEO of Taiwan's second-largest optical-disc maker, Ritek, stated
global demand for DVD+R/-R discs will grow to 3.8 billion discs in 2005,
while supply may only rise to 3.6 billion discs, based on projections made
by the Japanese research firm Fujiwara-Rothchild

Yeh also indicated that Taiwan makers of DVD+R/-R discs are
more optimistic, and project global demand to reach 4.5 million
discs

Well I guess you know what that
means, start hoarding now! Yeh went on to say that next year, demand
will grow the fastest for 16x DVD+R/-R discs. He expects 16x DVD+R/-R discs
sales to increase from 10% to 30% of the total disc demand due to everyone
buying the new 16x drives. Couple this with the rising costs and shortages of
polycarbonate woes and discs could get pricey.

Source: DigiTimes