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Posted by Roy L. Fuchs on 06/14/06 05:09
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 20:33:48 -0500, "Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.org> Gave us:
>On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 21:10:35 GMT, Roy L. Fuchs wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:47:10 -0500, "Jay G." <Jay@tmbg.org> Gave us:
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>>>Can you explain why a production facility would cut prices on disc
>>>production unless they actually managed to cut costs?
>>
>> It STILL cannot compete with a hong kong stamping facility.
>> American wages will mean that the disc COM will be tripled.
>>
>> You ARE familiar with that acronym, right?
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>Cost Of Manufacture. And the facility is patenting their manufacturing
>techniques, which means they can license it to lower cost manufacturers if
>they like.
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>And as of now, you have *no* idea what the actual COM is for *any* HD disc,
>either HD DVD or Blu-Ray.
>
>-Jay
Yes, I do... Using all but standard processes HD DVD is off and
running, with a slightly higher dropout rate than std DVD has, and
that makes its COM slightly higher. Blu ray, on the other hand is an
entirely different fab process, and is as yet unmanufacturable without
excessive dropout rates on the stamped discs.
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