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As sales of recordable DVD products continue to skyrocket, feature-rich, stand-alone consumer recorders based on the DVD-RAM format are leading the way, having captured 70.2 percent of the U.S. DVD consumer recorder market in the first three months of 2003, according to leading market information company The NPD Group.
In the past year, sales of consumer DVD recorders have grown almost ten-fold and DVD-RAM recorders accounted for 62.8 percent of stand-alone consumer recorders sold between October 2001 and March 2003. According to the Recordable DVD Council, such figures confirm that DVD-RAM continues to be the format of choice for consumer DVD recorders.
"We knew that for consumers to embrace this new technology, they would demand features they couldn't find on existing VCRs," said Tony Jasionowski, director of North America - Recordable DVD Council and group manager for Panasonic Technologies Company. "So, it was no surprise that features such as worry-free recording, simultaneous playback while recording, and advanced functions like Time-Slip and Chasing Playback would lead...