Taiwan-based maker of pick up heads (PUH) for optical drives, Topray Technology, saw its revenues reach NT$1.11 billion (US$38.2 million), up 41.36% from NT$784 million in 2009, according...
Sony will launch its DRX-S70U, a new external slim-type DVD burner intended for use with netbooks, in the Taiwan market later in October 2009 at a recommended retail price of NT$2,890...
Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions (PLDS) unveiled a 24x DVD burner, the iHAS524, for sale under Lite-On IT's brand Liteon during Computex Taipei 2009.
Sony on May 21 unveiled two new DVD burners, the DRU-870S and DRU-875S, for launch in the Taiwan market at tentative retail prices of NT$1,000 (US$30) and NT$1,100, respectively,...
Lite-On IT has been developing 24x H/H DVD burners and will begin volume production in April 2009, according to the Chinese-language newspaper Economic Daily News (
Quanta Storage, the largest Taiwan-based maker of slim-type optical disc drives, has purchased molds for half-height (H/H) DVD drives from the optical disc drive business unit of...
Taiwan-based Quanta Storage and Lite-On IT may face more competition from Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS) and Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology (TSST) in the slim-type DVD burner...
Optical disc drives makers Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS) and Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology (TSST) lowered their quotes for half-height 20x DVD burners by 15-20% from US$20 at...
Lite-On IT will begin volume production of DVD burners supporting Qflix, a technology jointly developed by US-based Sonic Solutions and Pioneer to allow consumers to directly download...
Lite-On IT has reportedly obtained orders from Japan-based Plextor to manufacture a 20x DVD burner, the PX-806SA, with shipments to begin in the fourth quarter of 2008, according...
External slim-type DVD burners offered by Sony, Pioneer, LG, Asustek, BenQ and other international brands have been selling in the Taiwan market since the second quarter of 2008 due...
Samsung Electronics launched the TS-H653F, 22x DVD burner, in the China market in May 2008 at an initial retail price of 289 yuan (US$41), and has successively lowered the price to...
