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To: Stoctrash who wrote (33024)	5/8/1998 9:43:00 AM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 50808

DVD-RAM media are $17 for one-sided (2.6GB) and $27 for two-sided (5.2GB)...... nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com <<The price of PDs with a storage capacity is 650MB declined from about 2,000 yen to about 1,400 yen. This is largely due to the impact of the DVD-RAM drive released in April by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. With this DVD-RAM drive, it is possible to read and write on a PD. In effect, the PD has taken the position of a 640MB version of a DVD-RAM. DVD-RAM media with one side for recording 2.6GB of data is priced at around 2,300 yen (US$17), and DVD-RAM media with both sides for recording 5.2GB is selling for about 3,600 yen (US$27). The price of PD media is declining. Additionally, CD-R (650MB) media declined in price by about 100 yen (US$0.70) to about 250-300 yen (US$1.90-$2.30). >>

To: Stoctrash who wrote (33024)	5/8/1998 12:00:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

Sorry for the caps... 4,000 CHINESE-MADE DVD PLAYERS TO BE MARKETED 05/08/98 Xinhua News Agency - CEIS (Copyright 1998) XIAMEN (CEIS) -- XIAMEN GONGHE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. IN SOUTHEAST CHINAS FUJIAN PROVINCE WILL SOON PUT ITS 4,000 DVD PLAYERS ONTO THE MARKET. THE DVD PLAYERS, JOINTLY DEVELOPED BY QINGHUA UNIVERSITY AND THE XIAMEN COMPANY, ARE SECOND GENERATION PRODUCTS WITH 50 PERCENT OF THE ELEMENTS MADE DOMESTICALLY. XIAMEN GONGHE ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. IS A HIGH-TECH NON-GOVERNMENTAL ENTERPRISE ENGAGED IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION OF AUDIO AND VIDEO ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS FOR YEARS. IT IS CHINAS FIRST A-CLASS MEMBER OF THE WORLD DVD FORUM. IT IS LEARNED THAT THE COMPANY HAS BEEN ENTRUSTED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO COOPERATE WITH QINGHUA UNIVERSITY AND THE CHINA ELECTRONICS STANDARDIZATION INSTITUTE TO DRAFT THE STATE STANDARDS FOR DVD DISCS AND PLAYERS.