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Non-Tech : Any info about Iomega (IOM)?
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To: damniseedemons who wrote (24941)6/10/1997 10:33:00 PM
From: Jon Tara   of 58324
 
A couple of inaccuracies in your assesment of DVD-RAM:

1. I believe that the speed of DVD drives is currently fixed in the standard. I do think that this will be eventually address. There is considerable disappointment in the industry that DVD drives are currently slower than CD drives.

2. I doubt very much that DVD-RAM media will be "pennies", at least not for many, many years. The media will probably start out around $20, but I do expect it to reach the current price of CD-ROM media ($4-$5 - yes, the shortage is over, and CD-ROM media is cheap now).

3. Non-writable DVD does indeed have a capacity of nearly 30GB, if you use both sides. DVD-RAM, however, only has a capacity of 2.7GB.

I do think that DVD-RAM poses a threat that IOM will have to deal with, but neither an immediate nor an overwhelming one. It certainly will eventually cut into IOM's sales in certain sectors.
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