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The European Union (EU) in March of 2002 decided to impose a five-year 37% antidumping duty on blank CD-R discs exported by leading Taiwanese makers, including CMC Magnetics, Ritek and Prodisc Technology, and the expiration of the punitive tax in early 2007 is expected to help Taiwanese makers market CD-R discs in Europe, according to Taiwan industry sources.The article also points out that manufacturers will need to sign up for Philips' Veeza licensing system. If they don't, their products will be banned from the European market. If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here. Add a comment
However, the expected benefit for CMC and Ritek should be less significant than for second-tier or smaller makers in Taiwan, since the two makers have been shifting part of their CD-R manufacturing to production of blank discs for DVD+R/-R and other DVD formats, the sources pointed out.
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Sony NEC Optiarc, a joint venture between Sony (55% stake) and NEC (45% stake), has begun shipments of optical disc drives (ODDs) for use in IT products and game consoles as well as audio/video optical disc devices, and expects to become the world's largest supplier for such products by the end of 2007, according to the Kyotaro Imamura, general manager of the Computer Peripherals & Optical Media Devices Division of Sony Taiwan.If you'd like to read more, head on over to DigiTimes. Add a comment
Sony NEC Optiarc, which began operations in April of this year, can offer total solutions which include Sony's optical pick-up heads and NEC's DSP (digital signal processor) chipsets as well as economical OEM/ODM production by Taiwan-based partners, Imamura pointed out. In addition, Sony and NEC are each leading names in IT, audio/video consumer electronics and game console products, Imamura said.
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Plasmon (LSE: PLM - News), the trusted source in data archiving, today announced that they have begun initial shipments of their new UDO-DMD (Ultra Density Optical - Digital Master Disk) drives and media to HD DVD content management and mastering solution providers for testing and integration. The UDO-DMD format is part of a technology and business alliance between Mitsubishi Kagaku Media (MKM), Memory Tech Corporation (MTC), and Plasmon to provide secure distribution and long-term storage of HD DVD content between authoring studios and disc mastering facilities.If you'd like to read more, Plasmon's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
Plasmon has passed a major milestone with the initial shipment of DMD to application providers in the high density content mastering market. Two strategic solution providers currently working with DMD are DCA - the optical industry's leading provider of world-class signal processing technology, and MTC - who together with Toshiba developed the original HD DVD technology. Both companies have already been shipped evaluation DMD drives and media for system testing and integration into their applications. First generation DMD30 (30.2GB) is designed for the distribution and archive of new HD DVD and existing DVD content. Second generation DMD60 (60GB) is scheduled to launch in mid 2007 and will also support Blu-ray.
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CyberLink Corp. (5203.TW), a world leader in digital home solutions, announced today that Blu-ray Disc creativity and burning software suite CyberLink BD Solution is available with LG's XPION X600 series desktop computers.If you'd like to read more, CyberLink's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
CyberLink BD Solution features award-winning DVD player software PowerDVD, which provides the software player functionality for enabling the XPION X600's high-definition video playback and enjoying the advanced navigation features of Hollywood Blu-ray Discs.
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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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Leading chip vendors such as Broadcom, STMicroelectronics and NEC Electronics told EE Times they are developing ICs that allow high-definition optical drives and players to comply with the two competing specifications. These suppliers appear to have specific knowledge that their potential customers—whose names they declined to disclose—will roll out universal players as early as 2007.While its great that these companies are developing chipsets compatible with both Blu-ray and HD DVD, the biggest hurdle will be the optical units as each format stores information at a different depth. Thankfully, companies like Ricoh are already working on this problem. If you'd like to read more, EETimes' entire article can be found here. Add a comment
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