In the third quarter last year, the price of a CD-ROM suddenly fell from 60 US cents to 40 cents, which isn't far from the 30 cents it costs to make. It's a long way from the US $ 14 that they cost when they first hit the market five years ago.
去年第三季開始，全球 CD-R 價格呈現崩盤走勢，每片由年初的○．六美元跌至○．四美元，幾乎逼近○．三美元的成本價，離五年前初上市時的十四美元更是天差地遠。