JVC/Taiyo Yuden CD/DVD blanks = dead

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June 22, 2015 at 2:24 pm Quote #46178
ron (11779)	To Our Valued Business Partners: June 11, 2015 Business Withdrawal by Victor Advanced Media Co., Ltd. and Subsidiaries Victor Advanced Media Co., Ltd. hereby announces that it has decided to withdraw from all businesses including the recording media business as explained in detail below. Victor Advanced Media Co., Ltd. and all of our associates would like to take this opportunity to express our heartfelt appreciation for your long-lasting support. We are truly grateful for your business. 1. Reasons behind the business withdrawal Victor Advanced Media has developed businesses centered on optical recording media. As the larger storage capacity of hard disc drives (HDDs) and the use of cloud computing is driving changing market conditions, the market for optical media products has been diminishing. Due to the decline in demand in recent years and market outlook it has become increasingly difficult to expect improvement in the future business environment. Amid such circumstances and consistent with the policies of our parent company, TAIYO YUDEN CO., LTD., we have decided to withdraw from our businesses in their entirety. 2. Affected companies 1) Victor Advanced Media Co., Ltd. 2) JVC Advanced Media U.S.A. Inc. (U.S. sales subsidiary) 3) JVC Advanced Media EUROPE GmbH (European sales subsidiary) 4) JVC Advanced Media (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. (Chinese sales subsidiary) 3. Future schedule Our sales activities are scheduled to be terminated in December 2015. Sincerely yours, Hiroki Okamatsu President and Representative Director Victor Advanced Media Co., Ltd. ronQuote
June 22, 2015 at 7:04 pm Quote #46183
mrmojohalen (6467)	So who is left ? When you turn on your stereo, does it return the favor? mrmojohalenQuote
June 23, 2015 at 10:14 am Quote #46224
georgethree33 (128)	Time to stock up I guess. Taiyo Yuden made the best discs! Which stands to reason since they created the format. If they are out, it’s the beginning of the end. Darn. georgethree33Quote
June 23, 2015 at 12:46 pm Quote #46234
VOODOO (2375)	Smart TVs really have taken the necessity of burning discs away. I download the torrents, back everything up onto external hard drives and just plug the drive into my TV and play the “DVD” and “Bluray” that way. A lot of times, I’ll find the shows on YouTube and just watch them on YouTube on the TV, too. It’s a nightmare trying to organize the shelves and shelves of discs I have burned. I don’t do all the artwork printing and all that. Just slip them in paper sleeves and shelve them. VOODOOQuote
June 23, 2015 at 1:02 pm Quote #46235
frankm (4891)	I guess it was bound to happen … but it makes me very sad. I had a hard drive crash and lost a ton of stuff. I strongly believe in burning back ups. frankmQuote
June 23, 2015 at 1:06 pm Quote #46236
single-8 (222)	I don’t take any chances..and I don’t trust any digital media…I burn to tape and gold archival DVD/CDR/BDR media…maybe those discs will be around longer than my Parrots.. single-8Quote
June 23, 2015 at 6:43 pm Quote #46253
jroundy (1418)	frankm: I guess it was bound to happen … but it makes me very sad. I had a hard drive crash and lost a ton of stuff. I strongly believe in burning back ups. You need to have your digital media backed up. I use external hard drives to store all my Van Halen bootlegs, and I have a clone of each drive. I had one external drive stop working, bought a new one to replace it, and copied everything, so I have a backup of a backup. The poor folks play for keeps down here…They’re the living dead. Nobody rules these streets at night like Van Halen!! jroundyQuote
June 23, 2015 at 10:42 pm Quote #46258
mrmojohalen (6467)	I don’t think blanks will become extinct. They still make audio & video tapes. May end up costing more though. When you turn on your stereo, does it return the favor? mrmojohalenQuote
June 23, 2015 at 10:48 pm Quote #46259
georgethree33 (128)	Well though the cd-r format will probably be alive for many years, and some brands may even see an increase in business since Taiyo Yuden is getting out of the business – it’s more of an issues if you prefer their brand products to the others. Myself I stuck to either TY or gold archival. Looks like I’ll have to defer to the gold as my standard georgethree33Quote

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