According to DigiTimes, Lite-On is predicting that Blu-ray combo drives will go mainstream by 2011 and BD burners by 2011. Lite-On backs up this predition with statistics showing that the volume of BD drives has already increased from 700,000 units in 2007 to 1.7 million units in the first half of 2008.
Blu-ray Disc Combo drives will be the mainstream PC-use BD drive format in 2009 and BD burners will become the mainstream format in 2011, according to Lite-On IT.
Despite the impact of the global financial crisis on demand for PC-use BD drives, global volumes of BD-ROM drives, BD Combo drives and BD burners together increased from 700,000 units in 2007 to 1.7 million units in the first half of 2008, Lite-On IT cited statistics as indicating.
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