Optodisc and Prodisc to merge
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2005 6:22 pm
I've just received information from a reliable source that Optodisc and Prodisc have officially agreed to merge into one company.
This comes as quite a bit of a shock to many, but makes quite a bit of sense in many corporate ways. For instance, Prodisc has been completely unable to make even a DVD+RDL disc properly, whereas Optodisc is already working very hard on the futuretech of HDDVD and BluRay. So while Optodisc brings newer technology to the merger, Prodisc brings a strength in production numbers on current DVDR tech. which will allow them to remain competitive both in this market, and in the one to come in the following years.
I for one can only hope that Optodisc becomes the dominant company of the 2, since I'd hate to see Optodisc dragged down by Prodisc's love of using 5 or 6 MID codes for a single disc type, and selling them randomly without explanation to distributors.
This comes as quite a bit of a shock to many, but makes quite a bit of sense in many corporate ways. For instance, Prodisc has been completely unable to make even a DVD+RDL disc properly, whereas Optodisc is already working very hard on the futuretech of HDDVD and BluRay. So while Optodisc brings newer technology to the merger, Prodisc brings a strength in production numbers on current DVDR tech. which will allow them to remain competitive both in this market, and in the one to come in the following years.
I for one can only hope that Optodisc becomes the dominant company of the 2, since I'd hate to see Optodisc dragged down by Prodisc's love of using 5 or 6 MID codes for a single disc type, and selling them randomly without explanation to distributors.