When was the first cd-writer be introduced

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Posted by arj1o1 on Sep-21-2003 14:19:

When was the first cd-writer be introduced

does anybody know when the very very first cd-writer for consumers was introduced (year)
and does anyone have a pic

its for school
thanks

Posted by jon on Sep-21-2003 14:33:

when they where first introduced they whernt really for the consumer market as so expensive but over time the price fell, and i think around 1996 was when they came out in force

Posted by arj1o1 on Sep-21-2003 14:49:

yes but the ones, expensive or not, big or small, consumers can buy to write cd's

Posted by MrSquirrel on Sep-21-2003 16:36:

quote:
Originally posted by jon
when they where first introduced they whernt really for the consumer market as so expensive but over time the price fell, and i think around 1996 was when they came out in force

I bought my first one in late 1997..for like 300 bucks (got a wuper deal) was a 4x2x4X CD RW.
But yes, early on they were definitely NOT consumer products.

The lab I worked in in college had a JVC 1x cd writere that was in a small tower case and had an 800 MB hard drive in it to mirror the data before burning. I think they told me the lab had bought it in 1994 for $11,000.

Here is a link to a page abotu the history:

http://www.roxio.com/en/support/cdr/historycdr.html

MrS