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Lite-On IT, the largest Taiwan-based maker of optical disc drives (ODDs), has lowered its OEM/ODM prices for half-height (H/H) 16x DVD burners to US$27-28, but some expected orders were shifted to Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology (TSST), the company's main competitor, because TSST offered prices as low as below US$25, according to industry sources in Taiwan.The article also mentions that the competition for OEM/ODM orders is expected to continue and that prices may drop even further. If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
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Sunland International (SLI), a leading distributor of optical and data storage products, today announced they will expand their product offering to include the new DIGISTOR Slim-line Internal DVD Writer. DIGISTOR's new drive, DW-ISD081, will offer an industry leading 24 month warranty.The DW-ISD081 will begin shipping on November 10th. More information can be found here. Add a comment
Designed with the needs of notebook and server manufacturers in mind, the DW-ISD081 offers the ability to record DVD±R/RW+RDL with speeds of up to 8X as well as CD-R/RW at up to 24X. The new drive is also fully compliant with the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directeive 2002/95/EC of the EU.
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Super Multi DVD burners have surpassed DVD Dual burners in global shipment volume with 12x DVD-RAM set to become mainstream in 2007, according to Kenji Koishi, director for the Compatibility Working Group of the Recordable DVD Council (RDVDC) at a symposium held in Taipei on October 31.With Maxell deciding not to sell their 12x DVD-RAM media outside of Japan, its going to be hard for it to become mainstream. If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
Of about 12 million DVD burners shipped globally in August of this year, eight million units, or 66.7%, were Super Multi models and four million were Dual ones, Koishi cited survey statistics as saying. The proportion of Super Multi for August of 2005 was less than 40%, Koishi indicated.
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While Lite-On IT is expected to start shipping 18x DVD burners to Hewlett-Packard (HP) this month, the growing tension in competition between Lite-On IT, Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS) and Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology (TSST) facilitated OEM prices to further drop, according to sources at Taiwan-based optical disk drive (ODD) makers.If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
The sources detailed that this month, Lite-On IT starts shipping internal (940i) and external (model 940e) models of 18x DVD burners to HP. Both burners support the latest 1.2 version of HP's LightScribe technology.
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BenQ today expands its optical storage lineup with the DW1800 and DW1680 DVD Re-Writer. The DW1800 and DW1680 offer 18x and 16x writing speed respectively and both feature BenQ's exclusive SolidBurn technology and convenient QSuite application package. The DW1800 offers a fast DVD RAM writing speed of up to 12x, currently the fastest available on the market and supports both DVD+R and DVD-R Double Layer recording at 8x.No word on pricing or avaialability. As we find out more, we'll let you know. In the mean time, BenQ's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
Equipped with BenQ's exclusive SolidBurn technology, the DW1800 & DW1680 DVD Re-Writer offer superior optical writing with over-speed burning while maintaining at an excellent burning quality. Users can take advantage of the QSuite application package which includes a variety of convenient functions such as QScan function and Test Write function.
