H3rB3i used our news submit to tell us this news from over at DigiTimes this morning. It looks like LiteOn is going to produce some more drives for Sony. The reason is exciting (for Sony anyway and us) because Sony is going to focus it's efforts on Blu-ray.
|  The Japanese company plans to phase out its production of own brand ODDs and contract more of the production to Lite-On IT, the makers stated. In addition, Sony also OEM manufactures ODDs for other makers, and these orders will be transferred to Lite-On IT, the makers noted.
 Although Lite-On IT was not the first Taiwan maker to produce slim-type ODDs, the company is now a technology leader in Taiwan, and currently produces slim-type burners at speeds up to 8x. The company has current monthly shipments of about 400,000 slim-type ODDs, with more than 200,000 being DVD burners and the remainder being Combo drives, according to the company.
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I don't know about anybody else, but frankly I am very anxious for the new HD discs to appear and the appropriate players/recorders. Whether it's HD-DVD or Blu-ray who knows, but let's see some hardware.
Source: DigiTimes
