Philips-BenQ sees increased demand for its DVD writers

December 13, 2004

Philips-BenQ
Digital Storage (PBDS) seems to be doing well because Digitimes reports that the
company now is shipping over one million DVD burners per month which is close to
Taiwan's largest ODD manufacturer Lite-On IT's numbers. The increased demand for
PBDS' DVD writers has however led to a problem with short supply of pick-up
heads from Philips according to BenQ's Imaging Network Business Group vice
president William Wang.

Digitimes
also has some interesting comments regarding PBDS plans for next
year:

Currently focusing on Dual (+R/-R) DVD models, PBDS plans to
launch Super Multi DVD burners in the first quarter of 2005 at the
earliest. In addition to Philips, Hitachi may be a
possible PUH supplier for Super Multi DVD burners, Wang indicated. Also in
2005, PBDS hopes to obtain ODM orders for blue-laser DVD burners from
Japan.

The complete article is
available at Digitimes here
and if you want to discuss Philips-BenQ's DVD writers be sure to check out CD
Freaks' popular Philips-BenQ forum here.

Source: Digitimes