CD-R Holds its Own.(CDs continue to be popular, and manufacturers, such as Sony, continue to...

Predictions that CDs are on the verge of falling to the wayside, trampled by the wonders of broadband Internet downloading and DVD recordable media, infest every trade show. But the reality of such emergent technologies has yet to fully materialize. Fact is, consumers want CD recording devices, and the market has been there to appease the demand for both PC lovers and audiophiles.

In the PC world, Sony began shipping faster versions of the Spressa line of CD-RW drives that it introduced last fall. These drives will all support a 10x CD-R, 4x CD-RW and 32x CD-ROM. The co