DVD±R prices likely to go up due to oil prices

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High oil prices are affecting more then just the price of petrol you pay for at the pump. It is also influencing the price of DVD±R media, according to Channel Register, who report that the price of optical-grade polycarbonate, the material used to protect the data-storage layers within DVD+R and DVD-R discs, has risen to the previous all time high of $3.5 per kg, compared to $3.2 per kg back in April.

That is forcing disc makers to up their own prices, with Taiwanese manufacturers now planning increases of around ten per cent during Q3, local sources claim, according to the report. Last year, aggressive competition forced them to absorbed a 20 per cent increase in material costs, again driven by rising oil prices.

Taiwan's optical disc makers include some of the industry's biggest players, including Ritek, CMC Magnetics and Prodisc. Together, they supplier more than half of the world's DVD±Rs, not to mention a comparable percentage of the CD-R and CD-RW discs that ship around the globe.

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