Pookmans used our newssubmit to tell us that EEtimes.com reports that DVD writers may become less expensive soon. Prices might go down to $300 by the end of next year.
Intresting is that EEtimes also reports that MediaTek plans samples for the third quarter next year, which might be the sign that Lite-On will start making DVD-recorders by that time.
ALi will release samples of its DVD read and write processor in the first quarter, with an integrated TV encoder and compatibility with DVD+RW/-RW formats. The chip will link with its in-house analog front-end chip, for reading RF data from a laser detector and converting it to digital format, and a MPEG-2 encoder/decoder for data compression and decompression, which was developed in-house from its own intellectual property. Small-volume production of the chip set may start by the end of the second quarter. |
MediaTek Inc. plans samples for the third quarter next year. Its offering will be similar to ALi's, except that it will use a third-party MPEG-2 encoder/decoder.
Both companies will also spin their DVD-R IP into offerings for the PC market at around the same time. The new chips come at a time of increasing competition for MediaTek, which has seen ALi nip away at its DVD player market share and newcomer Via Technologies Inc. slash its margins on more mature CD-ROM chips.
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Source: EEtimes.com
