Back in
the days of CD writers, some probably recall manufacturers trying to introduce
faster CD writers just when most thought 40x was going to be the limit.
Eventually they stopped at 52x despite some rumours at the time that 56x was going to be the
limit. Well, with pretty much all DVD writer manufacturers already
offering 16x speed writers, according to a DigitTimes report, Lite-On IT will
begin volume production
of 18x DVD burners in July, followed by the production of 20x models in the 4th quarter.
With intense competition between competing brands
of 16x writers, Lite-On aims to improve its overall gross margins with these
upcoming more profitable 18x and 20 writers. Lite-On IT also announced
that they will start volume production of Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD optical drives
in August, however until the manufacturing costs of these new technologies come
down, Lite-On will remain focused on DVD writers for the next two years.
Thanks to D4rk0n3 for letting us know about
the following news:
As OEM prices of 16x DVD burners drop further due to intense Further details can be read on DigitTimes. |
With very little difference between the time it takes to
write a disc at 12x and 16x DVD with some DVD writers, it will be interesting to
see if Lite-On's upcoming 20x DVD writer could improve the time by much.
For the average consumer, an improvement of something like 30 seconds or so is
not really going to matter like the difference between a 40x and 48x writer, but
for professionals who need to replicate 100's of discs such as for handing out
brochures or other samples on DVD, a difference of 30 seconds could mean a time
saving of an hour for every 120 discs.
Source: DigitTimes Systems
