DVD-R Disc Prices Expected To Rise In 2Q

[joepic]

According to an article at DigiTimes, the price of DVD-R disc is expected to rise in the 2Q of this year due to strong demand, short supply and higher plastic material costs

Second-tier optical storage discs manufacturers, such as Princo, Acer Media Technology and Nan Ya Plastics, have raised price quotes to distributors for 2.4x DVD-R discs in Europe to US$0.70 in March, up by US$0.10 from February. Quotes in North America and Japan will rise soon, sources said.

First-tier manufacturers Ritek, CMC Magnetics and Prodisc Technology have not raised their price quotes to brand vendors, but they all said that a price hike in the second quarter is possible. Currently, they are quoting 2.4x DVD-R discs at US$0.80-0.90 per unit and 4x DVD-R discs at US$1.50-2 per unit.

http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article.asp?datePublish=2003/03/04&pages=01&seq=1

[beintot]

Dvd-r have already risen 3 times in the last fortnight here in the uk,price is almost double what it was a month ago.

[NightWing]

Last batch of 25 I bough went up about 16 cents each from the previous batch. At least is not going as fast as the price of gas in CA! Sheech! Since you hope to fill the tank at the pump before they up the price!

Kind of glad PIC7 can do SVCD/VCD beside a strate DVD to DVD!

[Bob W]

Guess I better order another 100 or so now.

[thxkid]

I know Riteks for -R are just about the same price I am paying for the +R's by them and the +R's are going down in price, 3 months ago the -R's were double what the +R's were in Ritek's now there is about a 30-40 cents difference. Plus name brand +R's are cheaper than name brand -R's, I can't find any place selling a name brand -R like +R verbatuim's for $2 a disc.