Ritek to start volume production of DVD+R DL in mid-June

June 4, 2004

A
couple of days ago we reported that the largest Taiwanese optical disc manufacturers
including Ritek will start volume production of DVD+R DL media in mid-June.
Ritek's marketing director now confirms the company's plans in an article at MacWorld.co.uk:

"We'll be starting disc
mass production for the DVD+R DL on June 20," said Vincent Lee product
marketing director for disc-maker Ritek. "We are demonstrating a DVD-R DL
prototype and have no production schedule because they are still working
on the specification."

…

Ritek's Lee said the
company is expecting to sell its first discs for a premium of around 75
per cent over single-sided discs and thinks that will fall over time to a
premium of around 50 per
cent.

Hopefully this will mean Ritek
will able to deliver cheaper DL discs than the 10-15 dollar each Verbatim's
DVD+R DL discs currently cost. The rest of the article is available at
MacWorld.co.uk here.

Source: MacWorld