Wholesale prices for CD-recordable discs will spike this summer, a new report asserts, though the effects should be short-lived. The wholesale price of CD-R discs is expected to as much as triple this ...

First-tier optical disc manufacturers Ritek, CMC Magnetics and Prodisc Technology all plan to begin volume production of 40× speed CD-R discs in March. In contrast, second-tier competitors have ...

Q: Is there a difference between blank CD-R discs advertised for data, and music? A: Basically there is no difference. The extra cost for the CD-Rs marketed for music rather than data comes from the ...

CMC Magnetics, a Taiwan-based optical storage disc manufacturer, yesterday announced that it has raised its quote for CD-R discs to US$0.19 per unit, up US$0.01 from last month. The market anticipates ...