DVD-RAM RECORDERS CAPTURE 70% MARKETSHARE IN FIRST QTR '03.

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