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To: J Fieb who wrote (36624)	10/10/1998 4:12:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

DVD-Recordables delayed(not enough parts, because of the demand for DVD-ROM?)..................... October 12, 1998, Issue: 222 Section: News -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Suppliers Rewrite Retail Plan for Rewritable DVD Doug Olenick New York - Conflicting formats, hardware shortages and nagging compatibility issues have converged to render rewritable DVD drives a relative no-show at retail this year. While suppliers such as Creative Labs and Panasonic are finding some success in the corporate market, they, along with a roster of competitors, indicate 1999 is the year they will begin to target the retail market. Typical are plans like those of supplier Hi-Val, which postponed its May 1998 launch until next year. Even DVD developer Toshiba has delayed until later this year a DVD-RAM option set for its BTO program, a company spokesman said. Toshiba originally planned to ship a DVD-RAM drive in some high-end PCs this summer. It now expects this transition to take place in 1999. "[The delay] is a good move, considering the drives are expensive and there are still some technology issues that are just being solved," said Robert Katzive, vice president of research firm Disk/Trend, Mountain View, Calif. The vendors cited a variety of issues that will keep them out of the market until next year. more....................... techweb.com