Taiwan market: Sony unveils 3D home theater system BDV-E880

Sep 15, 15:34

Sony has unveiled its 3D Blu-ray Disc (BD) home theater system, BDV-E880, for immediate launch in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$27,900 (US$962).

Optical disc maker CMC Magnetics expects 10% growth in 3Q11 revenues

Sep 8, 01:50

Optical disc maker CMC Magnetics expects its third-quarter revenues to grow 10% sequentially and is also expected to turn a profit, as second-tier disc makers are gradually phasing...

Fire in Sony London warehouse to further worsen blank disc shortages

Aug 11, 01:30

Sony's warehouse in London, the UK, which stores blank optical discs, was recently struck by fire and is expected to cause the optical disc market, which is already suffering from...

ODD shipments still facing a crisis in 2H11 as Intel focuses on the ultrabook

Aug 2, 01:25

Optical disc drive (ODD) shipments are facing a great uncertainty in the future as Intel is aggressive pushing its new ultrabook design, which will not require the adoption of an...

Blu-ray disc makers slow down capacity ramp projects

Jun 24, 10:51

Taiwan-based blank optical disc makers, mainly Ritek and CMC Magnetics, have slowed down their capacity expansion projects for Blu-ray Disc (BD) due to lower than expected growth...

Taiwan BD makers facing strong competition from India-based MBI

May 24, 01:55

Despite global Blu-ray disc (BD) sales are rising in 2011, since Taiwan-based BD makers including CMC Magnetics and Ritek, will only have limited capacity growth in 2011, while competitor...

Taiwan pre-recorded disc makers facing risk of weakening gross margin

May 5, 01:30

Taiwan-based pre-recorded DVD makers in 2011 are facing strong pressure from increasing raw material costs, with related end sales significantly impacted by online multimedia sharing...

Quanta Storage to focus on maintaining gross margin

May 5, 01:15

Taiwan-based optical drive maker Quanta Storage, facing declines in both shipments and revenues in early 2011, has turned conservative about its performance in the future and is also...

Taiwan market: Blu-ray disc player sales expected to surpass 100,000 units in 2011

Apr 14, 01:40

Blu-ray disc player sales in Taiwan may surpass 100,000 units in 2011 as players such as Toshiba, Sony, LG, Panasonic and Sharp all launched models with prices less than US$100 in...

Sony, Nintendo console sales impacted by Japan earthquake

Mar 24, 01:25

Supply of Sony's Blu-ray drive pick-up heads is facing danger of seeing shortages as the plants of Sony Shiraishi Semiconductor, a Blu-ray drive pick-up head manufacturing subsidiary...

Taiwan market: Blu-ray expected to see 10% share of media player shipments in 2011

Mar 17, 01:30

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...

Prices for white-box Blu-ray Disc loaders fall to below US$20, say Taiwan makers

Mar 16, 12:05

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,...

Taiwan market: 60,000-72,000 Blu-ray Disc players to be sold in 2011

Mar 11, 12:18

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.

Global demand for blank Blu-ray Discs to grow to 412 million units in 2013, says JRIA

Mar 7, 11:06

The global demand for blank Blu-ray Discs (BD) in 2010 was estimated at 113 million units, up 156.82% from 2009, and is projected to be continue growing to 412 million discs in 2013,...

Fire strikes Ritek plants causing tight supply of Blu-ray discs

Feb 24, 01:25

A fire broke out at optical disc maker Ritek's plants in Hsinchu, Taiwan before the Lunar New Year holidays. Despite the company announcing that the fire would not impact its operations,...

Optical drive component maker Topray sees strong growth in 2010 revenues

Jan 27, 01:55

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...

CES 2011: Lite-On IT joint venture PLDS to showcase Blu-ray Disc drives, SSDs

Jan 5, 01:30

Philips & Lite-On Digital Solutions (PLDS), a joint venture of Lite-On IT and Philips will exhibit three Liteon Blu-ray Disc (BD) drives, Plextor BD drives and SSDs at the upcoming...

CMC expects revenues proportion for Blu-ray Disc to rise to 25% in 2011

Dec 24, 11:19

Taiwan's largest optical disc maker CMC Magnetics, in view of relatively high gross margins for Blu-ray discs, will increase output and expects the corresponding proportion of total...

Blu-ray disc drive penetration will not see giant boost

Nov 23, 02:05

Although the price of the Blu-ray disc (BD) drives has already dropped from US$100 to about US$70-80, market penetration of BD drives in 2010 is unlikely to see strong growth compared...

Japan DVD and CD outsourcing may not help Taiwan makers much, says sources

Nov 2, 02:20

As Japan-based optical disc maker Taiyo Yuden was recently reported to have cut its CD and DVD production by 40% due to the rising Japan exchange rate, market watchers believe the...

CMC, Ritek expected to expand 50GB Blu-ray Disc capacities in 2011

Oct 13, 01:00

Since global demand for 50GB single-sided double-layer Blu-ray Disc (BD) discs will grow significantly and Japan-based makers including Sony, Panasonic and TDK are expected to not...

Two second-tier Taiwan-based optical disc makers step into Blu-ray Disc

Oct 5, 14:17

Optodisc Technology and Infomedia, two second-tier Taiwan-based makers of blank DVD discs, have stepped into production of 25GB single-sided single-layer Blu-ray Disc (BD), with the...

Taiwan expected to become the largest Blu-ray disc maker by the end of 2010

Sep 30, 01:45

Although Taiwan currently only has two makers, Ritek and CMC Magnetics, manufacturing Blu-ray discs, as the Japanese Yen exchange rate appreciates, Japan-based makers are starting...

CMC Magnetics obtains 6x 50GB Blu-ray Disc-R DL certification

Sep 14, 10:29

CMC Magnetics, the largest Taiwan-based maker of blank optical discs, on September 13 announced it has obtained certification from the Blu-ray Disc (BD) Association for its 50GB single-sided...

CMC expects proportion of revenues for Blu-ray Disc to exceed 50% in 2012

Sep 1, 11:37

Taiwan-based optical disc maker CMC Magnetics expects the proportion of its consolidated revenues for Blu-ray Disc (BD) discs to reach 10% in 2010, increase to 20-25% in 2011 and...

Taiwan market: Sony unveils 3D Blu-ray Disc player

Sep 1, 11:35

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...

Ritek to start volume production of 50GB DL Blu-ray Disc in 4Q10, 100GB BDXL in 2H11

Aug 11, 14:55

Taiwan-based optical disc maker Ritek on August 10 announced it is undertaking pilot production of 50GB single-sided double-layer (DL) BD-R (Blu-ray Disc recordable) discs and will...

Royalty fees account for 18-19% of Blu-ray Disc player production cost, say Taiwan makers

Aug 5, 12:20

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...

Taiwan makers expected to surpass Japan makers in Blu-ray Disc output

Aug 4, 11:38

As Japan-based makers including Sony, Sharp and TDK have been shifting their focus of blank Blu-ray Disc (BD) disc production from 25GB BD-R (recordable, write once) and BD-RE (rewritable)...

Taiwan market: LG launches 3D network Blu-ray Disc player BX580

Aug 4, 11:14

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).

CMC, Ritek no plans to offer Blu-ray XL

Jul 21, 09:56

While Japan-based Sharp and TDK will launch 100GB Blu-ray Disc (BD) XL discs in late July and September 2010 respectively, CMC Magnetics and Ritek, the two largest Taiwan-based makers...

Prices for Blu-ray Disc PUHs expected to fall to US$10-12 in 2011, say Taiwan makers

Jul 20, 10:37

International quotes for Blu-ray Disc (BD) pick-up heads (PUHs) have dropped to below US$20, and are expected to keep falling to US$10-12 in 2011, according to Taiwan-based makers.