NEW SURVEY FORECASTS STRONG RECORDABLE DVD MARKET IN 2003.(IDC survey)

CD Computing News, August, 2003

According to a recent survey conducted by IDC and sponsored by Panasonic, consumers are expected to purchase some 16 million stand-alone and PC-attached DVD recorders in 2003, a near- threefold increase over 2002, that the study shows will be fueled by attractive pricing and a host of new features and functions -- from worry-free recording and defect management to simultaneous play/record and on-disc editing.

"DVD recording is at the threshold of mass adoption with consumers in the U.S. We expect stand-alone and PC-attached DVD recorder purchases to grow from six million in 2002 to 16 million in 2003," said Wolfgang Schlichting, IDC's Research Director, Removable Storage Research.

The IDC study, "DVD Applications and Usage Patterns," polled more than...

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