Facts, figures, & finding - multimedia reports released by Cahners In-Stat Group - Industry Trend or Event

Emedia Professional, Feb, 2000

DVD doing well in the living room, not so well in PCs

According to multimedia reports released by Cahners In-Stat Group, DVD player shipments will double in 2000, while DVD-ROM drives will experience lower growth. According to In-Stat, the DVD drive market is not meeting original expectations, and CD-ROM drives will continue to outship DVD-ROM drives until 2002. The popularity of CD-RW drives is impacting PC OEM's choice between incorporating a CD-RW or DVD-ROM drive. In-Stat's research also found that high prices, format wars, and copy protection issues will keep DVD-Video recorders out of the mainstream for several years, and that once combination drives reach $100, they will account for 25 percent of the total CD/DVD drive market. (http://www.nstat.com)

disk STORAGE holds its own

Despite continued predictions of imminent failure by producers of competitive products, the low-capacity standard 1.44MB floppy is still shipping in large quantities, according to the 1999 DISK/TREND Report. Its capacity is adequate for typical word processing applications, and most system manufacturers consider today's prices nominal. According to DISK/TREND, shipments are projected to finally peak in 2001, with a slow decline in the following years. Although numerous product announcements have been made during the last few years, the only high-capacity floppy drives currently produced in quantity are the Iomega 100/250MB Zip and 40MB Clik! Drives, plus the 120MB SuperDisk, backed by several companies. In spite of confusion on the interchange standards, DISK/TREND reports that 12.7 million drives were shipped in 1998, with growth to 34.3 million drives forecast for 2002. More drive manufacturers are expected to join the fray by 2002, and miniaturized models such as the Clik! are expected to get off to a promising start with producers of mobile equipment, such as digital cameras. (http://www.disktrend.com)