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Taiwanese Company to Mass Produce Rewritable HD Discs

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the places-to-put-your-stuff dept.

Lucas123 writes "Ritek Corp. plans to start mass producing BD-RE and HD DVD-RE next quarter. 'Initially, however, BD-RE and HD DVD-RE discs will be pricey. The average cost per disc will remain around $10 in retail outlets, despite production costs of around $5 per disc, said Eric Ai, a Ritek representative. Prices won't likely come down until other mass disc producers in Taiwan win accreditation to make the discs, and ramp up volumes.'"

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  1. Re:$10 for 20GB+ R/W is cheaper than a thumb drive by CastrTroy · · Score: 1, Redundant

    It looks pretty bad when you can get 500 GB hard disks for less than $150. 25 times the storage for 15 times the price isn't bad. Also, I've never seen rewritable media that comes anywhere close to the reliability of a hard drive.

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  2. Re:But... by DustyDervish · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Also, what's up with RE instead of RW? Is there some conspiracy to just confuse the crap out of people?