If you thought that the DVD-RAM format was going the way of the dodo, think again. DigiTimes has reported that for the month of August, Super-Multi drives accounted for more than 66% of the world's DVD burner shipments.
Super Multi DVD burners have surpassed DVD Dual burners in global shipment volume with 12x DVD-RAM set to become mainstream in 2007, according to Kenji Koishi, director for the Compatibility Working Group of the Recordable DVD Council (RDVDC) at a symposium held in Taipei on October 31.
Of about 12 million DVD burners shipped globally in August of this year, eight million units, or 66.7%, were Super Multi models and four million were Dual ones, Koishi cited survey statistics as saying. The proportion of Super Multi for August of 2005 was less than 40%, Koishi indicated.
With Maxell deciding not to sell their 12x DVD-RAM media outside of Japan, its going to be hard for it to become mainstream. If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes.
