While NEC is well known for their high quality drives, apparently they have decided to start sourcing between 200k to 300k OEM 16x DVD burners from Lite-On IT. Lite-On will start shipping the drives from the beginning of the next quarter and expects to ship this quantity each month there after according to sources. NEC plans to start producing OEM slim-line DVD burners (such as for laptops).
Currently, Hitachi-LG leads the market with an average of 2 million DVD burners shipped per month, with NEC in second place with an average of 1.5 million DVD burners per month. However, Lite-On has only just exceeded the 1 million mark for their first time last month, although this is likely to increase with the orders from NEC. edstar used our news submit to let us know about the following news:
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The orders are for half-height models, with an initial monthly delivery volume of 200,000-300,000 burners, the sources indicated. NEC is also considering OEM production of slim-type DVD burners, the sources pointed out. NEC currently ships 1.5 million DVD burners a month on average, and its second in the market after HLDS (Hitachi-LG Data Storage), which ships 2.0 million DVD burners per month, the sources added. Lite-On IT's monthly shipment volume of DVD burners exceeded one million units for the first time last month, according to the company. |
During the time CD burners were still popular, Lite-On was well known for its write quality, however this seems to have changed when DVD recorders started gaining popularity. Unfortunately, some NEC fans may be upset if they find their drive to be manufactured by Lite-On, considering some CD-R/RW quality issues with a few of its burners (see this example ).
Thanks to jsl for making a correction. Feel free to discuss about NEC DVD burners in our NEC DVD Burner forum.
Source: DigiTimes - daily IT news
