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Ritek has climbed to the world`s No. 3 BD disc maker in this year from No. 4 in 2007. The Taiwan company is scheduled to install three new BD disc production lines to meet such growing demand. The company stressed that it has a very flexible production system so could expand capacity easily to meet changing market conditions.If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
Ritek and its subsidiary U-Tech Media Corp., a maker of pre-recorded media, jointly announced the Rambo IV BD disc, which will be shipped from August. The BD disc is the first pre-recorded BD disc (double-layer) with storage capacity of 50 Giga-byte (GB).
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Lite-On IT has obtained OEM orders for 22x DVD burners both from Sony and BenQ, with volume production to begin in the third quarter of 2008, according to industry sources.The article also mentions that Lite-On is working with Nero to incorporate SecurDisc into their drives. Drives with SecureDisc are also expected to go into production during the third quarter of this year. If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
Lite-On IT recently has been competing for orders for 22x DVD burners from Japan-based vendors and recently secured orders from Sony and BenQ, the sources indicated.
Taiwan-based Asustek Computer is evaluating the feasibility of offering 22x DVD burners and if it decides to offer such a product, Lite-On IT will most likely be the ODM or OEM maker, the sources pointed out. In addition to Asustek, Pioneer, Panasonic and other Japan-based PC vendor are expected to launch 22x DVD burners in the second half of 2008, the sources noted.
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Judging by its specs, the PX-B910SA is most likely based on the Panasonic SW-5583. The PX-B910SA is shipping now and can be picked up for about 40,000 Yen ($379US). More information, including a full list of specs, can be found here. Add a comment
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The DVSM-X22FB will hit store shelves around mid-June and is priced at 7400 Yen ($71US). Full details can be found here. Add a comment
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LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drives are available now for a suggested retail price of $649.99. If you'd like to read more, LaCie's entire press release can be found website. Add a comment
LaCie announced today that is has doubled burn speeds to 4x for it d2 Blu-ray Drive and has updated the aluminum alloy case and software suite. The drive records, rewrites and reads 25 gigabytes (GB) or 50GB BD-R (recordable) and BD-RE (rewritable), as well as DVD±RW DL and CD±RW. The LaCie d2 Blu-ray Drive come fully equipped with Roxio burning software and dual FireWire 400 and USB 2.0 interfaces.
“In early 2007, LaCie was the first vendor to ship worldwide an external solution for professional Hi-Def video recording for both Mac and Windows. Since that time, Blu-ray technology has proven to be the dominant source for video recording and playback,” said Patrick Salin, LaCie Business Development Manager. “Burning up to 50GB of data can take a reasonable amount of time, so doubling burn speeds not only increases work performance, but provides a cost-effective, long-term archival process for storing data to sturdy scratch-resistant media.
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Under its new Medium-term Management Plan, JVC is currently reforming its businessstructure and management foundation by focusing on consumer electronics, professionalsystems, and entertainment as its three future core businesses. These reforms includeconcentrated efforts to strengthen these core businesses, as well as fundamental review ofother businesses.It's good to see JVC and Taiyo Yuden working together. Hopefully, this way we'll actually see the DVD-RW DL media that JVC has been developing. If you'd like to read more, JVC's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
In the process of JVC's investigation of thorough structural reforms the company consideredthe transfer or spin-off of its recordable media business.
As a result, JVC decided to spin-off this business to the new company Victor AdvancedMedia Co., Ltd. and transfer a portion of the shares of this company to Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.JVC judged this to be the best option for business continuity. It will also make maximum use ofthe brand strength, technology, and know-how that JVC has cultivated up to the present;ensure continuity in responsibility for product supply to existing customers; and secure the employment of JVC personnel working in the recordable media business.
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I/OMagic (OTCBB: IOMG), a leading online retailer of personal data storage devices to major retailers, announced today the availability of internal and external Blu-Ray drives from their new redesigned website. I/OMagic is among the pioneers of optical storage and has maintained a strong presence in this market by offering quality, reliable CD and DVD optical drives. The addition of the Blu-Ray optical drives is an ideal extension of the I/OMagic optical drive line, which already encompasses internal and external dual layer, LightScribe, and slim notebook drives.Unfortunately, I/OMagic has not released any details about the drives themselves or how much they will be. As we find out more, we'll let you know. In the mean time, I/OMagic's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
"There is strong demand for Blu-Ray burners for video editing, data backup and archiving, playing high resolution movies and state-of-the-art games," says Don Wallis, VP of Marketing. "With ever increasing need for more storage for video, photos, and data, Blu-Ray discs satisfy this need with their huge 25GB to 50GB data storage capacity on a single disc."
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Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage, the largest Taiwan-based ODM/OEM makers of half-height and slim-type optical disc drives (ODDs), respectively, are planning to increase their ODM/OEM pricing by 3-10%, depending on the type of ODD, in the third quarter of 2008, according to industry sources in Taiwan.With the price of oil going through the roof, we should feel lucky that manufacturers are raising prices by only 10%. If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
The planned hike in pricing is because procurement costs for key materials and components have cumulatively risen to levels beyond Lite-On IT and Quanta Storage's tolerance, the sources explained.
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I/OMagic Corporation (OTCBB: IOMG), a leading provider of data storage products, announced today that they are shipping their Portable USB 2.0 DVD ReWritable disk drive that comes in a sleek, sturdy, black enclosure. This attractive and easy to use Portable USB 2.0 DVD-RW is powered by the USB port making it a very easy to use add-on to a personal computer or notebook for burning large amounts of music, photos and video, and data.I/OMagic's Portable USB 2.0 DVD disk drive is available now for suggested retail price of $99.99. Full details can be found here. Add a comment
"The greatest demand for our Portable DVD burners are notebook users," says Tony Shahbaz, I/OMagic's CEO. "Most of the less expensive notebooks only have DVD readers and sub-notebooks have no DVD at all, so the need for Portable DVD burners is growing as the notebook market grows."
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At this point, it is not clear whether or not the PX-820A and PX-820SA are original Plextor designs. However, going by the lack of advanced features, I'd have to say that they are most likely based on designs from another company such as Pioneer, NEC or LG.
Shinano Kenshi has not announced a price. However, AV Watch expects the PX-820A and PX-820SA to be priced at about 7,000 Yen ($67US) and about 7,500 Yen ($72US) respectively. Add a comment
