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Subject: CD-ROMs
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Date: Tue, 24-Sep-85 12:37:42 EDT
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Posted: Tue Sep 24 12:37:42 1985
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In "Dun's Business Month", Sept. '85, there is an article entitled,
Here Come Computer Compact Disks.  In this article the statement is
made that Sony plans to market an audio player that converts to a
disk drive at the flip of a switch.  Does anyone know more about
Sony's plans?  Is there any connection between the direct digital
output of the Sony CDP-XXXES series and CD-ROMs?
.P
The same magazine article states that;
"The compact disks themselves are cheap to
make and getting cheaper.  Factories stamp them out like cookies
from thin sheets of partially melted plastic at a cost of less than
$1 each.  About 15 million disks will be produced this year, according
to Mark Anderson, assistant manager of development at 3M Corp.
Matsushita, for one, which currently produces 200,000 audio
CDs a month, plans to eventually shift to CD-ROMs next January at a
new plant in Menomonie, Wisconsin, Anderson says."
It appears that manufactures are using a pricing factor of 14, is this
a standard value in the audio business?