I don't know the answer to your question -- it seems today that only a
few DVD-RWs are needed. I've almost quit using them.
But, several years ago the DVD write once was very expensive, and the
success rate of writing to them was not too good. I adopted the
practice of always writing to a rewritable DVD first (sometimes two or
three tries were needed to make a success) then copying it to the
non-rewritable in order to save the cost of throwing away a bad disk.
Once made, I tended to save the RW disks because I might want to make a
second DVD. Now, I have an "archive" of perhaps 30 rewritable DVDs all
in full-sized jewel boxes.
Perhaps the answer to your question is simply inertia -- it once was
this way and so it continues.
Steve Rigby wrote:
How come a consumer cannot seem to be able to buy just a couple of
DVD-RWs? Why do I have to buy a 10-pack? Who needs 10 rewritables?
Is this the "Costcoization" of the marketplace? Everything like this
in bulk?
Steve
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