Fake DVD Media Mislead Taiwanese Market
Many cases of 8x and 4x DVD+R/-R discs being passed off as 16x and 8x respectively, have been reported in Taiwan lately. Reporting from Taiwan,...
DVD Sales Nearing Global Peak
Movie sales on DVD are likely nearing their peak worldwide as more people look to computer downloads and video-on-demand to watch their favorite programming, according...
Taiwanese Makers of Optical Discs Continue to Dominate the Market, Despite Losses
According to data published by Fujiwara-Rothchild, a consulting organization in Japan, Taiwanese producers of recordable optical discs continued to dominate worldwide production in the third...
Global Recordable DVD Demand Grows Sharply to 3.6 Billion Discs in 2005
The Japan Recording-Media Industries Association (JRIA) has released its survey results on global demand for recording media such as optical discs, magnetic tape and compact...
OEM Prices of DVDR Discs to Further Rise in Q4
Following the increased demand for DVD+R/-R discs this year, it is expected that prices of the DVDR OEM blank media to increase 10%-15% in total...
Ritek and CMC to Increase DVD DL Disc Production Volume
Following the growing global demand, Ritek and CMC Magnetics plan to expand their monthly production capacities of DVD DL discs. Ritek will monthly produce five...
Japanese DVD Disc Makers to Outsource DVD Production to Taiwan
Japanese manufacturers of DVD media will possibly place OEM orders to other Asian manufacturers in order to cut costs. The story was posted at Japanese...
CMC Magnetics Shifting CD disc Capacity to DVD
CMC Magnetics will increase its production capacity for blank DVD+R/-D discs by gradually transferring its existing CD-R capacity, and the company aims to have a...
DVD Recorder Market to Grow by 87% in 2005
Research and Markets has announced the addition of a report entitled "DVD Players, Recorders, and the Next Generation" to their offering of market analysis. DVD...
DVD Disc Prices Set to Jump 10%
Leading manufacturers of optical discs in Taiwan plan to raise quotations for DVD+R/-R discs by an average of 10% next quarter. Although any increase in...
