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To: fred whitridge who wrote (2256)	9/10/1998 11:51:00 AM
From: Tom Hoff	Read Replies (1) of 8393

From now on you get all the acronym posts. MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 1998--Today's optical disk drives are used for a diverse mixture of applications, and the list is growing. Here are other highlights from the 1998 DISK/TREND Report on optical disk drives: -- Rapid growth is now underway for writable versions of CD/DVD format drives, with an assist from falling retail price levels for CD-RW rewritable drives, now declining through the $400 price level. For years, the writable CD format was dominated by write-once CD-R drives, widely used in business and professional applications requiring quantities of CD-ROM disks too small to justify the cost of the mastering process for mass duplication. However, the combination of CD-RW's media flexibility and falling prices have made it possible for CD-RW to take over the current writable CD drive market, with over 90% of 1998's 4.8 million drive shipments. Multiple contenders for the DVD rewritable drive standard have confused the current market, but the report projects the start of rapid growth for rewritable DVD drives starting in 2000, with shipments rising to rival those of CD-RW drives.

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