Taiwan optical disc makers: OEM prices of 4x, 8x DVD discs drop to below cost

03:54 - Wednesday 17 November 2004 by Wolfgang Gruener
Source: Tom's Hardware – Keywords: taiwan, optical, disc, makers, oem, prices, of, 4x Category : Miscellaneous

Anticipating that 16x DVD+R/-R discs will soon become the mainstream optical-disc product, leading optical-disc makers have begun lowering OEM quotations for 8x DVD+R/-R discs to US$0.30 and for 4x DVD+R/-R discs to US$0.22-0.24, which is lower than production cost for other makers as the price of the key component polycarbonate (PC) has been driven up to US$3.1 per kilogram, according to Taiwan optical-disc makers.

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