Volgens The Register zal de enorme vraag naar CD-R's deze zomer al leiden tot een tekort in heel Europa. Daardoor zouden de prijzen wel eens snel kunne gaan stijgen.
Nigel Lippard, managing director of Pine Technology, has predicted the situation will worsen for European consumers looking for top-level branded CDR media. He blamed falling hardware prices for the surge in demand.
"If demand continues to outstrip supply, we are looking at a real shortage of quality branded media in Europe until the summer at least," he said.Lippard claims European CDR hardware sales could rise to around 500 million units in 1999, compared to last year's 300,000. This means Europe will be the hardest hit when supplies start to run out.
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