Lite-On IT, a well known optical disc drive manufacturer originally had a target of 5 million slim-type optical drives for shipment for 2006, however at this stage they with such a growing demand for slip-type optical drives for laptop computers, they now estimate to reach between 9 and 9.5 million by the year end.
With such as strong growth, Lite-On now expects this figure to double for 2006. Besides slim-type, half-height and standalone ODD's, Lite-On IT has developed DVD camcorders and in-car DVD players where they expect to begin production between in the 2nd quarter and 2nd half of 2006 respectively.
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About half of the slim-type ODDs shipped this year were DVD burners, Wu indicated, adding that the estimated shipment volume is much larger than the original goal of five million for this year. |
It seems like Lite-On is back to gaining popularity in the optical drive market, much like they have done back in the days when CD writers where at their height, particularly with how often they are coming out with new DVD writer models and improved specifications and writing performance.
Feel free to discuss about Lite-On DVD PC optical drive products in our LiteOn DVD Burner / Sony DVD Burner sub-forum. For the discussion of LiteOn standalone DVD based products, see our Lite-On DVD Recorder and Player Forum.
Source: DigiTimes - daily IT news
