Markets for recording media roll forward; tape flattens
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The world audiotape markets will drop 5% from 1997 figures to 1.67 billion reels, as forecast by the Japan Recording Media Industries Assn. The association projected that the world market for full-sized videotapes will remain the same at 1.19 billion reels. Meanwhile, the world market for camcorder-use videocassette tapes such as 8mm, Compact VHS (VHS-C) and Miniature Digital Videocassette models is predicted to improve by 3% to 149 million reels.
Publication Name: Journal of the Electronics Industry
Subject: Electronics and electrical industries
ISSN: 0385-4515
Year: 1998
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After explosive demand for CD-Rs, concerns arise about oversupply
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There might be an oversupply of recordable CDs (CD-Rs) as demand for the product is rapidly increasing, rising to 76 million units in 1996 from 23.5 million units in 1995. Forecasts show that sales of CD-Rs might reach 250 million units in 1997. Factors that spurred the exponential gain of the CD-R market were drive price decreases and improvement in the use of the product from big copanies to general offices to personal users.
Publication Name: Journal of the Electronics Industry
Subject: Electronics and electrical industries
ISSN: 0385-4515
Year: 1998
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