Magneto Optical Disc Pricing to Increase in 2013

Sony just announced a 10% across the board price increase for all  3.5” and 5.25-inch MO disks. The new higher pricing will be effective on the 1st of April. Current MO disk capacities that will be affected:

5.25” r/w3.5” r/wWORM
EDM-2300cEDM-640CCWO-2600c
EDM-2600cEDMG13CCWO-5200c
EDM-4100cEDMG23CCWO-9100c
EDM-4800c
EDM-5200c
EDM-8600c
EDM-9100c

Sony is the largest manufacturer of MO discs in the market, so this price increase will hit online resellers and end users at some point in the 2nd Qtr of this year.

We have heard rumors of a possible second price increase by Sony in Q3 of 2013. More to come.

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