Lite-On 40/12/48 on sale in Japan...

xize used our newssubmit to tell us that Lite-On has also released their 40x writer on the Japanese market:

Suddenly it hit the market with the same pricing as Plextor's 40x drive: 19800 Japanese yen (about U$150-165)...

You can find the technical details of the new Lite-On drive here.

Source: ascii24.com (Japanese).

Source: ascii24.com