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Thursday 17 March 2011
Taiwan market: Blu-ray expected to see 10% share of media player shipments in 2011
Shipments of Blu-ray disc players in Taiwan in 2010 reached only around 30,000 units, accounting for less than 5% of the total media player shipments of 630,000 units; however, sources...
Wednesday 16 March 2011
Prices for white-box Blu-ray Disc loaders fall to below US$20, say Taiwan makers
Quotes for white-box Blu-ray Disc (BD) loaders, main bodies including BD chips and pick-up heads for being assembled into BD players or PC-use drives, have dropped to below US$20,...
Friday 11 March 2011
Taiwan market: 60,000-72,000 Blu-ray Disc players to be sold in 2011
Sales of Blu-ray Disc (BD) players, including recorders, will reach 60,000-72,000 units in Taiwan in 2011, according to local retail channels.
Wednesday 1 September 2010
Taiwan market: Sony unveils 3D Blu-ray Disc player
Sony on August 31 unveiled the BDP-S470 3D-ready Blu-ray Disc (BD) player and the BDV-SF470 3D BD home theater system for launch soon in the Taiwan market at recommended retail prices...
Thursday 5 August 2010
Royalty fees account for 18-19% of Blu-ray Disc player production cost, say Taiwan makers
While production costs for a Blu-ray Disc (BD) player have been reduced to US$75-80 currently due to decreased costs of pick-up heads and chipsets, royalty fees for BD patents may...
Wednesday 4 August 2010
Taiwan market: LG launches 3D network Blu-ray Disc player BX580
LG Electronics on August 3 announced the launch of a 3D network Blu-ray Disc (BD) player, the BX580, in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$19,900 (US$622).
Wednesday 23 June 2010
Taiwan market: HP launches first Blu-ray Disc player through Blockbuster
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has licensed Lite-On IT to produce a Blu-ray Disc (BD) player, the HP BD-2000, which will be sold at Taiwan's Blockbuster, according to Lots Home Entertainment,...
Thursday 27 May 2010
Taiwan market: LG cuts price for Blu-ray Disc player BD350 by 25%
LG Electronics on May 26 announced a 25% cut in the retail price of the BD350 Blu-ray Disc (BD) player in the Taiwan market from NT$7,990 (US$249) to NT$5,990, in a bid to increase...
Monday 24 May 2010
Global Blu-ray Disc player sales to reach 40 million units in 2011, says Digitimes Research
The global sales volume of Blu-ray Disc (BD) players will increase to 40 million units in 2011 and further to 52 million units in 2012, according to Digitimes Research.
Wednesday 19 May 2010
Taiwan market: Sony unveils BDP-S370, aims at 50% of BD player sales in 2010
Sony on May 18 unveiled a Blu-ray Disc (BD) player model, BDP-S370, for launch in the Taiwan market on May 27 at a recommended retail price of NT$7,990 (US$251). The vendor expects...
Thursday 25 March 2010
China market: China Hualu offers Blu-ray Disc player at 1,499 yuan
The China-based China Hualu Group is showcasing its new Blu-ray Disc (BD) player model, BDP1001, at the 2010 China Content Broadcasting Network Expo (CCBN) in Beijing during March...
Thursday 25 March 2010
Forworld ships sub-US$100 Blu-ray Disc players to Europe vendors
Taiwan-based Forworld Electronics has begun shipping Blu-ray Disc (BD) players at ODM prices of below US$100, lower than the general ODM/OEM quotes of US$110-150, to white-box vendors...
Tuesday 23 March 2010
China market: Demand for Blu-ray Disc reportedly short of expectation
Despite active promotion by the Blu-ray Disc (BD) Association and China-based makers of optical discs and optical disc drives, sales of BD players and BD movies in China have so far...
Wednesday 17 March 2010
Taiwan market: Sony tops 2009 sales of Blu-ray Disc players
In the Taiwan market, about 13,000 Blu-ray Disc (BD) players were sold in 2009 and Sony was the largest vendor with a 50% market share mainly due to price cuts, according to industry...
Monday 14 December 2009
Taiwan-based Kenmec to ship 20,000 Blu-ray Disc players in 2009
Kenmec Mechanical Engineering, a Taiwan-based maker of manufacturing equipment and EMS provider, expects to ship 20,000 Blu-ray Disc (BD) players on an OEM basis to bring in sales...