At what speed do you think CDRW's will stop being made?

[Nerd]

I mean I know after CDRW's stop being made, there will be new platforms such as DVDRW, and what not. But I was wondering what speed you guys think that CDRW's will stop being made.

Right now Yamaha is like the first in the US to introduce a 20x10x40x CDRW (no burnproof technology).

I'm sure Plextor will follow.

It says that it can burn a full CD in under 4 minutes.

Imagine burning a full cd in under a minute, now that would be cool.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

sanyo has a 24x one out eventually. like 3 min i believe.

 

[IamDavid]

Probably around 32X will be the limit.Pretty soon it will take longer to write an entire floppy disc then to write a full cd.

 

[Alienwho]

When it takes longer to put the CD in the drive, then it takes to burn the CD, they'll stop making them.

 

[erub]

when ppl stop demanding higher speeds (i'd say less than a minute per burn, ppl will start to switch over to some DVD backup) The problem with DVD backup now is that the media is expensive, the drives are dog slow, and there's a standard war. CDRW sales for me look good for the next 2 years at least.

 

[evergreen96]

Well. I guess it will never end. Well actually the question should be How long as we have to wait to finish recording. My guess for now probably somewhere in the 40X range..

 

[MichaelD]

Hmm. That's an interesting question. I started thinking about "the limitations of certain media" and how (physically) the data is recorded. Hard drives do it with magnetism, CD burners do it with light. But HD disks are metal, CDRs are plastic...which one has the best qualities for "absorbing data" for lack of a better term.

I'm sure that this thread should turn into a really neat, long scientific-type discussion. Quantum physics, here we come! WEEEEEE! :Q