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Higher prices for CDRs they say in a news article
Wonder if the quality will improve..??
" wrote: Fuji to Boost Recordable CD Prices 10 - 15 Pct By REUTERS Published: November 6, 2003 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. unit of Japan's Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd. (4901.T) said it plans to raise prices on its recordable compact discs by 10-15 percent, citing supply shortages because of an increased demand for DVD discs. The price rise in CD-R and CD-RW media by Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., best known for its camera film, follows similar announcements in recent months from rivals Memorex Products Inc. and Maxell Corp. of America. Consumers typically buy blank CDs to record or ``burn'' personalized music or video discs or to store private data using a computer. On average, they can buy 50 blank disks at electronics chain stores for less than $15, or about 33 cents a piece. Prices on certain retail Web sites can be much lower. A Fuji representative declined to detail the price levels at which Fuji sells its CDs. The Valhalla, New York-based company said that over the past year, production costs for petroleum-based plastics used to make CDs, as well as transportation costs, have risen. ``In addition, escalating demand of DVD media has shifted manufacturing production from CD-R (CD recordable) to DVD production, causing a leveling-off of supply,'' Fuji said in a statement. Growth in sales of computers and standalone devices with built-in DVD burners have spurred a boom in demand for blank DVD discs. Moreover, the popularity of CDs have slipped for those music lovers who increasingly store tunes on hard drive-based devices such as Apple Computer Corp.'s popular (AAPL.O) iPod portable player. The new prices will take effect in January 2004, Fuji said. |
Mutley wrote in
: Wonder if the quality will improve..?? well if they go back to TY I will start buying them again. So far the Taiwan product retains data ok, but it tends to slow down often when reading. |
"They" have been saying that for several years now, John. I remember a few
years back here someone saying he took out a loan from the bank to buy $?,??? to "buy up while prices are cheap". Hasn't happened yet as mgf'ing techinques improve and sales are high and competitive. Don " wrote: Fuji to Boost Recordable CD Prices 10 - 15 Pct By REUTERS Published: November 6, 2003 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. unit of Japan's Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd. (4901.T) said it plans to raise prices on its recordable compact discs by 10-15 percent, citing supply shortages because of an increased demand for DVD discs. The price rise in CD-R and CD-RW media by Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., best known for its camera film, follows similar announcements in recent months from rivals Memorex Products Inc. and Maxell Corp. of America. Consumers typically buy blank CDs to record or ``burn'' personalized music or video discs or to store private data using a computer. On average, they can buy 50 blank disks at electronics chain stores for less than $15, or about 33 cents a piece. Prices on certain retail Web sites can be much lower. A Fuji representative declined to detail the price levels at which Fuji sells its CDs. The Valhalla, New York-based company said that over the past year, production costs for petroleum-based plastics used to make CDs, as well as transportation costs, have risen. ``In addition, escalating demand of DVD media has shifted manufacturing production from CD-R (CD recordable) to DVD production, causing a leveling-off of supply,'' Fuji said in a statement. Growth in sales of computers and standalone devices with built-in DVD burners have spurred a boom in demand for blank DVD discs. Moreover, the popularity of CDs have slipped for those music lovers who increasingly store tunes on hard drive-based devices such as Apple Computer Corp.'s popular (AAPL.O) iPod portable player. The new prices will take effect in January 2004, Fuji said. -- ~~~~~ Visit our NICKELL, GAUNCE, MOOTY genealogy Web Page http://nickell.tierranet.com ~~~~~ -----= Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News =----- http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- |
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rebate...g Tim K " wrote in message ... Fuji to Boost Recordable CD Prices 10 - 15 Pct By REUTERS Published: November 6, 2003 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. unit of Japan's Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd. (4901.T) said it plans to raise prices on its recordable compact discs by 10-15 percent, citing supply shortages because of an increased demand for DVD discs. The price rise in CD-R and CD-RW media by Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., best known for its camera film, follows similar announcements in recent months from rivals Memorex Products Inc. and Maxell Corp. of America. Consumers typically buy blank CDs to record or ``burn'' personalized music or video discs or to store private data using a computer. On average, they can buy 50 blank disks at electronics chain stores for less than $15, or about 33 cents a piece. Prices on certain retail Web sites can be much lower. A Fuji representative declined to detail the price levels at which Fuji sells its CDs. The Valhalla, New York-based company said that over the past year, production costs for petroleum-based plastics used to make CDs, as well as transportation costs, have risen. ``In addition, escalating demand of DVD media has shifted manufacturing production from CD-R (CD recordable) to DVD production, causing a leveling-off of supply,'' Fuji said in a statement. Growth in sales of computers and standalone devices with built-in DVD burners have spurred a boom in demand for blank DVD discs. Moreover, the popularity of CDs have slipped for those music lovers who increasingly store tunes on hard drive-based devices such as Apple Computer Corp.'s popular (AAPL.O) iPod portable player. The new prices will take effect in January 2004, Fuji said. |
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On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 16:28:42 +1300, Mutley wrote: Wonder if the quality will improve..?? Probably means what everyones been saying - they are switching to Taiwanese made disks and moving production into DVD disks . Probably means CDRs will be left more and more to generics and a few high quality makers like TY if they choose to remain, which may get more and more expensive as overall competition in higher quality disks disappears . Probably overall lower quality will be left but prices may raise if supply really does shrink. Or maybe quality would get even worse but supply will rebound as it becomes a throwaway, generic mkt , for cheapo companies kind of like floppy disks. Nobody cares about them anymore. Two factors will keep CDs of reasonable quality on the market: word gets around about crap (and/or reputable companies won't want to kill their reputations by putting their name on such--think of PNY, who's gotten out of their CDR line, which was clearly intended to keep their name in front of the computer public) and manufacturing does get better. Brendan -- |
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... Fuji to Boost Recordable CD Prices 10 - 15 Pct By REUTERS Published: November 6, 2003 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. unit of Japan's Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd. (4901.T) said it plans to raise prices on its recordable compact discs by 10-15 percent, citing supply shortages because of an increased demand for DVD discs. Hmmm...could this justify buying a DVD-R/W? I'll tell my wife I'm actually SAVING money! |
" wrote in message ... On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 16:28:42 +1300, Mutley wrote: Wonder if the quality will improve..?? Probably means what everyones been saying - they are switching to Taiwanese made disks and moving production into DVD disks . They never have had production as they don't make any of the media with their name on it. |
Okay, I'm too buzzed to follow this thread all the way. But if you
want the cheapest, yet good quality CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R and DVD-RW discs, then check out www.yesbuy.net I have written nearly 1000(yes, one thousand) Ritek brand 650mb CD-R's and have not had one fail due to manufacturing error. Get them at www.yesbuy.net. DVD-R andr DVD-RW for less than or very close to $1 each. CD-R and CD-RW for less than $.30 each Shipping is very reasonable too. Robert On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 03:24:48 -0800, Don Nickell wrote: "They" have been saying that for several years now, John. I remember a few years back here someone saying he took out a loan from the bank to buy $?,??? to "buy up while prices are cheap". Hasn't happened yet as mgf'ing techinques improve and sales are high and competitive. Don " wrote: Fuji to Boost Recordable CD Prices 10 - 15 Pct By REUTERS Published: November 6, 2003 NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. unit of Japan's Fuji Photo Film Co. Ltd. (4901.T) said it plans to raise prices on its recordable compact discs by 10-15 percent, citing supply shortages because of an increased demand for DVD discs. The price rise in CD-R and CD-RW media by Fuji Photo Film U.S.A., best known for its camera film, follows similar announcements in recent months from rivals Memorex Products Inc. and Maxell Corp. of America. Consumers typically buy blank CDs to record or ``burn'' personalized music or video discs or to store private data using a computer. On average, they can buy 50 blank disks at electronics chain stores for less than $15, or about 33 cents a piece. Prices on certain retail Web sites can be much lower. A Fuji representative declined to detail the price levels at which Fuji sells its CDs. The Valhalla, New York-based company said that over the past year, production costs for petroleum-based plastics used to make CDs, as well as transportation costs, have risen. ``In addition, escalating demand of DVD media has shifted manufacturing production from CD-R (CD recordable) to DVD production, causing a leveling-off of supply,'' Fuji said in a statement. Growth in sales of computers and standalone devices with built-in DVD burners have spurred a boom in demand for blank DVD discs. Moreover, the popularity of CDs have slipped for those music lovers who increasingly store tunes on hard drive-based devices such as Apple Computer Corp.'s popular (AAPL.O) iPod portable player. The new prices will take effect in January 2004, Fuji said. |
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