Sony DADC sent out a press release this morning, announcing that
they've produced their 10 millionth 50GB Blu-ray Disc. The ten millionth disc was manufactured at Sony DADC's Terre Haute facility and
was "Spider-Man 3."
Sony DADC today announced theproduction of its 10 millionth 50 Gigabyte Blu-ray Disc (BD50). Sony
DADCmanufactures BD50s in its three plants, located in Terre Haute, Indiana;Salzburg, Austria; and Shizuoka, Japan. The ten millionth
BD50 wasmanufactured at Sony DADC's Terre Haute facility, and was "Spider-Man(TM)3" from Columbia Pictures.
Since the launch
of this High Definition format, Sony DADC has producedmore than 50 million Blu-ray Discs in its three plants, In addition, thesethree
plants have a combined Blu-ray manufacturing capacity of 21 milliondiscs per month.
The press release also points out
that Sony DADC is seeing a yields of about 85% for 25GB Blu-ray Discs and between 75% and 79% for 50GB Blu-ray Discs. Full details can be
found here.
