DVD burners overtaking CD burners
Posted: Thu May 29, 2003 4:57 pm
When do you think this will happen? Already prices are coming down to a point where a CD burner is about 1/4 the price of a DVD burner. Soon we will start seeing DVD burners in sub $1000 machines and then it will be a "must have" feature. I predict that in 6 months we will see a rift change where CDR drives are no longer developed and DVDR will be everywhere for around $100. Manufactures will be hard pressed to give up the lucrative profit margins afforded by the DVDRs considering CDRW drives are sold on slim margins. In order for this to happen, there will need to be a new cash-cow. Enter the blu ray DVDR with extra capacity up to 50GB. The other issue is that DVD RW standard has yet to pick a true winner, but with drives supporting both, this may become a none issue.