We
heard last week that it was possible that Lite-On would receive orders for the
external HD-DVD movie players for the Xbox 360. Now it appears that this is the
case.
IT Corp. is reported to begin shipping Microsoft stand-alone high-density digital versatile disc (HD DVD) players for Xbox360 game consoles in the first quarter of 2007, Lite-On's another big windfall after landing orders to supply DVD-ROM players for Xbox360s. Taiwan's industry watchers expected the latest order to considerably help boost Lite-On's revenue for next year The report came shortly after Lite-On openly supported HD DVD camp spearheaded by Toshiba. Microsoft has until now contracted Toshiba to make the game machine's stand-alone HD DVD players. But industry insiders pointed out that Toshiba has intensively solicited support from Lite-On for its HD DVD format in hopes of combing its specialization in slim optical-disc players with Lite-On's profession in half-height DVD players to speed up prevalence of HD DVD format. |
The report can be read in it's entirety by
following this link to the MyEgov Taiwan Headlines website. We
have to wonder if they will also get orders from Sony for the Blu-ray
drives in the PS3!
Source: Taiwan Headlines
