From: "Geo." 

You want to know why video is doing well? I just got Stargate season 6 for
$48. If they keep the season DVD sets under $50 it sells, if they do like
Paramount and price them at 90 or 100 or $150 then people pirate them.

Geo.

"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
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> Music is down, Video is still doing well, with the release of more and
more
> film catalog.  DVD sales at the replicator end, is making up for more than
> the loss/drop on the CD side of things.
>
> --
> Glenn M.
>
>
> "Geo."  wrote in message
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> > I thought it was both the Movie Industry (DVD's) and the Music Industry
> > (CD's) that was suffering a 15% decline in sales due to rampant piracy
by
> > little old ladies and 10 year old kids?
> >
> > Unless you are saying they are busy making blanks? (what other
> directions?)
> > I'm in the plastics industry, most molders are still running 10-20%
below
> > normal.
> >
> > Geo.
> >
> > "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
> > news:4043e605$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > Most of the capacity is being taken up with CDROM production, and many
> > > plants have presses that convert from CD to DVD molds, and they're
> > swinging
> > > over to DVD work.  PLUS, the same basic machines that mold CD's can be
> > > converted/upgraded to CDR manufacture.  While music sales may be down,
> > > utilization of capacity at the plants has gone in other directions of
> > > optical disks.
> > >
> > > --
> > > Glenn M.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Geo."  wrote in message
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> > > > I thought sales were down 15% now, should be lots of
extra capacity
> just
> > > > waiting for work to come along, no?
> > > >
> > > > Geo.
> > > >
> > > > "Glenn Meadows" 
wrote in message
> > > > news:40410f3e$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > > Even with our small "relative to these
numbers" of audio CD's, our
> > lead
> > > > time
> > > > > for short runs, is in the order of weeks to a
month. Getting that
> kind
> > > of
> > > > > capacity for a large run would really be in that
time frame.  Yea,
> we
> > > can
> > > > > get 500 in a day or two, all things being equal. 
To generate that
> > kind
> > > of
> > > > > volume, in a short turnaround, would require the use of MANY
plants,
> > and
> > > > > probably a buy out of their capacity for some time.
> > > > >
> > > > > Major music releases doing 1 million CD's
typically can take 6-8
> week
> > > lead
> > > > > times using multiple plants.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Glenn M.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > "Tony Ingenoso"
 wrote in message
> > > > > news:40387b45{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > > > Order hundreds of thousands of CD's some time
and see how much
> lead
> > > time
> > > > > the duplicator gives you.   2-3 months from gold master to
> > > > > > users mailbox would be exceptional turnaround IMO.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote in message
> > > > > news:40363e84$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> > > > > > > As it's a start I can appeciate that.
I'd appreciate it even
> more
> > if
> > > > it
> > > > > was
> > > > > > > a bit more up-to-date.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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