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From: mpm@hpfcla.UUCP
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Subject: Re: CD-ROMs
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Date: Sat, 28-Sep-85 11:45:00 EDT
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(Sorry about the preceding "blank" response, I screwed up while trying
to delete a previously-begun response.  By the way, are "hpfcla" and
brethren still causing orphaned responses?)

SUBJECT:  Cost of CDs

     The following comes from an article in the August 1985 issue of
Digital Audio:

     "Right now it costs the record companies about $2.50 for
     each CD at the factory door, vs. about 60 cents for a
     vinyl LP.
     ... CDs cost the record companies four times as much as
     a regular LP, but they don't sell for four times as much."
                              -- p. 89

     Please read the article on the cost of manufacturing CDs "with
current processes" before making (possibly) unfounded accusations
about how the record companies are bleeding us dry.

     I would love to see CDs costing $7 or $8 a shot.  And it may
happen in the next couple of years, but meantime there indeed is a
rough balance of supply and demand - the higher cost artificially
limits the "demand" (actually the number of CDs that consumers pur-
chase).  Remember:  demand is what you actually purchase, NOT what
you would LIKE to purchase.

     Having read how current CD manufacturing processes work, I am
somewhat surprised that I can get most of what I want for $10-$12.
(It pays to shop around.)

                             -- Mike McCarthy
                                (ihnp4 | hplabs)!hpfcla!hpfcms!mpm

Now if only the record companies would release MORE of the good old
stuff!