gordonl@microsoft.UUCP (Gordon Letwin) (10/03/84)
According to the Oct 3 WSJ, as definitive a source as I'm likely to find, "A joint venture of CBS Inc. and Sony last week opened the first compact disk custom-pressing plant in the U.S. The plant's initial capacity will be 300,000 disks a month but will double as demand requires." These guys do their homework much better then most sources, so I consider this highly reliable. Other quotes: "More tha 1200 compact disk titles are available, up from 650 last year; in 1985 more than 2000 will be on the market, says Emiel Petrone, head of cmpact disk marketing for Polygram." "In august, 24% of our volume was compact disks", says Arthur SHulman, the store's [Laury's Discount Records/Chicago] director. "Eighteen months ago, the business didn't exist." "Sony Corp. yesterday introduced the first portable compact disk player - similar in concept to Sony's popular Walkman tape player - complete with headphones and battery pack. The player, which will retail for about $300, measures 5 by 5 1/4 inches and will be in stores next month. Sony is also preparing to ship car-stereo versions of the disk players."