What's Wrong With This Picture
Got an email this morning from the folk at CD-DVD-Supplies.com touting their latest specials:
A dual layer DVD is just a single layer DVD with twice the capacity. Given that, in a world of honest values, if single layer DVDs start out at 28¢ then their dual layer counterparts should enter the picture somewhere close to 56¢, not $1.95. This is an artificial price premium similar to what the hard disk industry attempted to maintain 20 years ago on drives.
I'm sure there are people who are willing to pay that price for a DL disc. Heck, folk ran out and bought the Yugo... But, until the idustry realizes that gouging is not in its own best interest, I'm not on that list.
William, DVD-R from 28¢, Dual Layer from $1.95
A dual layer DVD is just a single layer DVD with twice the capacity. Given that, in a world of honest values, if single layer DVDs start out at 28¢ then their dual layer counterparts should enter the picture somewhere close to 56¢, not $1.95. This is an artificial price premium similar to what the hard disk industry attempted to maintain 20 years ago on drives.
I'm sure there are people who are willing to pay that price for a DL disc. Heck, folk ran out and bought the Yugo... But, until the idustry realizes that gouging is not in its own best interest, I'm not on that list.
posted by Bill at 9:22 AM
2 Comments:
<disclaimer - IANAPhilipsEmployee> -- I do believe that to make a dual layer disc, they need to make two thin disks, dye-coat them both, then glue them together, and put a final layer of laquer on the result, and *THEN* it has to pass QA, I don't know what the factory figures are, but if the yield of good disks is a lot lower, that would explain the price difference...
An 6x difference? No offense, but at that point I'd just stop making them. It's a pointless. But thanks for the insight. Appreciate it.
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