...te the fact
that Toshiba has trimmed down the chip, the performance potential is
impressive.
Taipei (Taiwan ) – During Computex 20008 we had a chance to visit Corel's suite at the Grand Hyatt hote...
Monday, June 09, 2008 00:30
...elling such a display. The bragging rights of owning such a
TV come at a hefty price, of course. Taipei (Taiwan ) – Not that you could really take advantage of the resolution of a quad HDTV today, but...
Friday, June 06, 2008 10:52
... visit our suite,” she mustered in her best
Chinese-accented English. How could we resist? Taipei (Taiwan ) – Did you know that Corel now owns WinDVD ? We sure didn’t and we thank Corel’s 5...
Thursday, June 05, 2008 08:40
...mputer is needed and you can even pop in four AA batteries and make the unit completely portable. Taipei (Taiwan ) – You never know what you’ll find at the Computex tradeshow in Taipei and we spied a p...
Wednesday, June 04, 2008 09:04
...or the Xbox 360.” These quotes somewhat contradict a steady stream of rumors coming out of Taiwan , suggesting that a Blu-ray Xbox 360 is set for a September launch. However, according t...
Friday, May 23, 2008 13:36
...els (BD-ROM plus DVD +RW/-RW) for mid-range PCs to maximize market share, according to industry sources in Taiwan .
More here at Digitimes. ...
Friday, May 23, 2008 08:57
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-
Thursday, May 22, 2008 08:55
CyberLink, a Taiwan -based provider of digital multimedia software solutions, stands a good chance of having its Blu-ray Disc (BD) software products bundled with BD optical disc drives shipped by
Monday, May 12, 2008 08:00
... competing products in July and the third quarter of 2008, respectively, according to industry sources in Taiwan . BenQ will have Lite-On IT, the largest Taiwan -based maker of half-height optical disc ...
Thursday, May 08, 2008 08:45
...rter of 2008, 18x and 20x are still the mainstream burning speed levels, according to industry sources in Taiwan . 22x DVD burners take 4.5 minutes to burn a 4.7GB 16x DVD +R/-R disc, faster than 6-8 mi...
Monday, March 24, 2008 10:23
...ROM drive, BD-ROM is expected to become the mainstream among all BD formats in 2008, according to leading Taiwan -based makers of optical disc drives. The Sony BDU-X10S is an internal PC BD-ROM drive f...
Monday, March 03, 2008 09:02
...s that Blu-ray Disc (BD) is very likely to finally win the next-generation blue-laser war, sources in the Taiwan optical disc drive (ODD) industry commented that Taiwan -based makers Lite-On IT and Qua...
Monday, February 18, 2008 09:46
... whether dual-format will become the mainstream in the battle between BD and HD DVD , according to leading Taiwan -based ODD makers. PX-B300SA supports BD-ROM, BD-R (recordable), BD-RE (rewritable) and ...
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 08:06
... network HDTVs through power lines CES 2008: Big TVs for a big show CES 2008: Taiwan -based TV makers highlighting 42-inch and larger LCD TVs CES 2008: Samsung...
Friday, January 11, 2008 08:00
Ritek, the second largest Taiwan -based producer of optical discs, has signed a Qflix technology and IP licensing agreement with US-based Sonic Solutions, a global provider of digital media software, a
Wednesday, January 09, 2008 09:09
International PC vendors, including Hewlett-Packard (HP), Sony and Taiwan -based Acer and Asustek Computer, have had Blu-ray Disc (BD) or HD DVD optical disc drives on their roadmaps to launch in 2008
Friday, December 14, 2007 10:20
...the upper hand in the PC-use drive segment. Sony has recently launched a new BD burner, the BWU-200S, and Taiwan -based Asustek Computer is promoting its BC-1205PT BD Combo drive in the China market, a...
Thursday, November 29, 2007 09:07
...equipped with a built-in DVD burner which also supports, the HP-developed, LightScribe technology, in the Taiwan market initially at the IT Month expo to take place in Taipei during December 1-9, acco...
Wednesday, November 28, 2007 08:06
Toshiba recently outsourced pre-recorded HD DVD disc orders to Taiwan -based disc makers, according to sources at the makers. The volume of the orders is estimated at 100,000 units and several members
Wednesday, November 21, 2007 09:52
...shortages have now extended to the DVD -ROM and slim DVD burner segments, according to industry sources in Taiwan . Hitachi-LG Data Storage (HLDS), the largest global OEM/ODM maker of optical disc drive...
Tuesday, October 09, 2007 09:32
Lite-On IT, the largest Taiwan -based maker of optical disc drives (ODDs), has received additional OEM orders for internal DVD -ROM drives for use in Xbox 360 consoles from Microsoft and consequently ha
Friday, October 05, 2007 09:55
...rum is just a preliminary version (version 1.9) rather than a final one, according to industry sources in Taiwan .Although Toshiba unveiled the new disc standard at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show i...
Monday, September 17, 2007 09:35
...an the on-quarter drops of 8-10% in the preceding four to five quarters, according to industry sources in Taiwan . While there has been tight supply of slim-type DVD burners due to booming global sales...
Monday, August 27, 2007 08:45
... especially during the third quarter peak season for DVD burners/drives, according to industry sources in Taiwan .Matsushita Electric Industrial, Sanyo Electric and Sankyo Seiki are the world's maj...
Wednesday, August 15, 2007 08:11
Lite-On IT, the largest Taiwan -based maker of optical disc drives (ODDs), may obtain more orders from Microsoft for internal DVD -ROM drives for the Xbox 360 game console due to the Halo 3 video game,
Monday, August 13, 2007 09:57
... DVD +R/-R discs that pirate their M-Codes, which would affect some second-tier makers of optical discs in Taiwan because they are producers of a large portion of such DVD +R/-R discs, according to indu...
Thursday, August 09, 2007 10:12
Ritek, the second largest Taiwan -based maker of optical discs, has secured certification for blank 2x HD DVD -R (recordable, write once) discs, according to industry sources in Taiwan . The company had
Tuesday, August 07, 2007 11:06
...US$179 in August and may therefore seek additional OEM makers to reduce the production cost of the drive, Taiwan -based Lite-On IT is likely to secure OEM orders from Microsoft, according to industry s...
Monday, July 30, 2007 09:29
...DVD formats, for sale at a recommended price of $400 later this quarter, according to industry sources in Taiwan .Although LG is a member of the BD Association, the company has also adopted the HD DVD ...
Monday, July 23, 2007 09:05
Taiwan -based optical disc makers will receive significantly more OEM orders for CD-R and DVD +R/-R discs this quarter than in the second quarter of 2007, but will suffer unavoidable rises in the procur
Monday, July 16, 2007 13:45
...t at a tentative price of 400 Euro ($545) in the fourth quarter of 2007, according to industry sources in Taiwan . More here at Digitimes. ...
Wednesday, July 11, 2007 10:04
... Core 2 Extreme mobile processor as well as a low-cost “mobile” PC. Extra: Slideshow Taipei (Taiwan ) – Intel today launched its long awaited 3-Series chipsets, previously code-named...
Tuesday, June 05, 2007 02:00
Coverage from Computex 2007 (Taipei, Taiwan , June 5-9, 2007). Computex 2007 Taipei, Taiwan June 5-9 Top Story Intel re
Monday, June 04, 2007 00:01
...a decrease of the lag in adoption of LabelFlash behind that of LightScribe, according to sources from the Taiwan -based optical disc drive manufacturing industry.LabelFlash is a disc labeling technolog...
Monday, May 28, 2007 11:29
...fication for both HD DVD -R (recordable, write once) and HD DVD -RW (rewritable) formats, becoming the only Taiwan -based producer of optical discs to receive certification. The technological barrier for...
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 08:49
...tion of the latter by global OEM/ODM clients such as Dell and Hewlett-Packard, according to ODD makers in Taiwan .Many international OEM/ODM clients have requested for use of SATA in place of ATAPI for...
Wednesday, May 16, 2007 00:10
... (ODDs)/players will quickly grow to 47 million units in 2008 and further to 100 million in 2010, leading Taiwan -based makers of ODDs indicated that the promotion of Blu-ray Disc (BD) and HD DVD will ...
Thursday, May 10, 2007 00:40
...rease in price, the production cost of the game console could be reduced by as much as $100, according to Taiwan -based makers of game consoles and components. Sony Shiroishi Semiconductor, a wholly ow...
Monday, May 07, 2007 07:11
...later in other markets around the world at a recommended retail price of $299, according to Pioneer's Taiwan subsidiary Pioneer High Fidelity Taiwan .Pioneer on April 17 debuted its BDC-S02 Blu-ray...
Wednesday, April 18, 2007 11:02
...tions for 12x and 16x DVD +R DL (single-sided double-layer) burning speeds (termed v1.2), and in response, Taiwan -based Lite-On IT has geared up R&D producing burners featuring the 16x recording st...
Friday, April 13, 2007 09:32
...e print also reveals that Cyberlink has developed a driver for Microsoft's Xbox 360 HD DVD drive. Taipei (Taiwan ) - Cyberlink announced a new version of its PowerDVD video playback software. The big n...
Wednesday, December 27, 2006 19:16
Increasing competition between makers of optical disc drives (ODDs) in Taiwan and China as well as decreased costs for small-and medium-size TFT-LCD panels have caused global retail prices of
Tuesday, December 26, 2006 15:46
Although Japanese DVD burner vendors have maintained strong ties with Taiwan OEMs, Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology (TSST) recently grabbed orders for DVD burners for Sony. Although Japanese
Thursday, December 14, 2006 14:48
...ard for optical drives in the second half of 2007, according to optical disc drive (ODD) manufacturers in Taiwan . Intel's P965 chipset and Microsoft's Vista operating system are expected to speed up ...
Tuesday, November 28, 2006 15:32
Sources at Taiwan optical disc makers makers indicated demand has been warming up for DVD +R/-R DL (single-sided double-layer) discs recently, following the increased availability of a modding h
Thursday, November 09, 2006 14:32
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 $27-28, but some expected orders were shifted t
Monday, November 06, 2006 15:21
...Toshiba-Samsung Storage Technology (TSST) facilitated OEM prices to further drop, according to sources at Taiwan -based optical disk drive (ODD) makers. While Lite-On IT is expected to start shipping ...
Thursday, November 02, 2006 12:22
...ser format at an October 10 general meeting, according to a press release issued by the organization, but Taiwan pre-recorded optical disc makers still see Hollywood studios as being the key decision ...
Monday, October 23, 2006 13:27
...cturing quotes for slim-type DVD burners dropped 20% in the third quarter due to fierce competition among Taiwan , Korea and Japan makers, according industry sources. Contract-manufacturing quotes for...
Tuesday, October 17, 2006 15:57
...and the state-run China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC), according to industry sources in Taiwan . The forum announced the plan at its latest conference in Japan on October 5, the sourc...
Wednesday, October 11, 2006 14:18