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Monday 14 March 2011
CMC hikes DVD disc prices by 10%, says paper
Taiwan-based CMC Magnetics has upward adjusted its March 2011 quotes for blank DVD discs by 10% to reflect increased polycarbonate costs, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News...
Thursday 27 January 2011
Optical drive component maker Topray sees strong growth in 2010 revenues
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...
Tuesday 2 November 2010
Japan DVD and CD outsourcing may not help Taiwan makers much, says sources
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...
Friday 23 July 2010
Taiwan market: Toshiba introduces R700 and W100 notebooks
Toshiba, on July 22, introduced two of its 25-year-anniversary notebooks in Taiwan, of which the high-end 13-inch Portege R700 will cost NT$46,000-58,000 (US$1431.5-1804.9) depending...
Friday 25 June 2010
Global demand for blank optical discs up for Blu-ray, down for CD, DVD, says JRIA
The global demand for Blu-ray BD-R discs will keep growing to 310 million discs in 2012, while that for CD-R/RW, DVD+R/RW and DVD-R/RW discs will be on the decline, Taiwan-based optical...
Monday 4 January 2010
Philips makes large cuts in CD-RW, DVD royalties for CMC, Ritek
Royal Philips Electronics has reduced royalty charges for CD-RW, DVD+R, DVD-R, DVD+RW and DVD-RW optical disc formats by 71.4-72.2% from US$0.035-0.036 per disc originally to US$0.01...
Monday 26 October 2009
CBHD player launches in the UK
A CBHD (China Blue High-definition Disc) player has been launched for sale in the UK market by UK-based distributor GBAX at GBP259.99 (US$425). This is the first time a CBHD player...
Friday 2 October 2009
Taiwan market: Sony to launch external slim-type DVD burner DRX-S70U
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...
Thursday 16 July 2009
MediaTek expected to post 10-20% sequential revenue growth in 3Q09
MediaTek is expected to see its revenues increase 10-20% sequentially in the third quarter compared to earlier market expectations of a 5-10% growth due to strong shipments of DTV,...
Monday 8 June 2009
PLDS debuts 24x DVD burner
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.
Thursday 21 May 2009
Taiwan market: Sony launches 24x DVD burners
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,...
Monday 18 May 2009
Toshiba accuses CMC, Ritek of DVD patent infringement
Toshiba has announced it filed a lawsuit on May 14 with the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin to charge US-based optical disc vendor Imation as well as several...
Friday 17 April 2009
IC designer Sunplus expected to see profits in 2Q09
Market watchers expect Sunplus Technology to turn losses into profits in the second quarter with a sequential revenue growth of 50% amid increasing demand for set-top box (STB) and...
Monday 2 March 2009
Taiwan maker Quanta Storage expected to land OEM orders for H/H DVD burners from Pioneer, says paper
Quanta Storage is negotiating with Japan-based Pioneer to land orders to OEM produce half-height (H/H) DVD burners. Shipments are to begin in the second half of 2009, according to...
Friday 20 February 2009
Lite-On IT to start volume production of 24x DVD burners in April 2009
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 (