Lite-On IT sees growing shipments of DVD burners

Dom · Aug 24, 2004, 03:07 PM

Lite-On IT, the largest manufacturer of optical disc drives in Taiwan, expects its DVD burner shipments to rise from a monthly average of 500,000-600,000 units in previous months to 700,000-800,000 units in August and further to 900,000 to a million units each month next quarter, according to the company.

Next quarter, Lite-On IT may become the largest maker of DVD burners worldwide, the company emphasized.

The growth in shipments is partly due to an adequate supply of DVD burner chipsets from MediaTek, Lite-On IT indicated. Other DVD burner makers in Taiwan, including BenQ, Behavior Tech Computer (BTC), Quanta Storage and Accesstek, are considering adoption of Mediatek’s chipsets because the company offers lower prices than imported products and can act as a second source to secure stable supply. Mediatek recently began volume shipments of chipsets for use in 16x DVD burners, Lite-On IT said.

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Source: DigiTimes

Matth · Aug 24, 2004, 07:59 PM

Maybe Liteon will finally ship USABLE firmware for the MISERABLE 12x drive [color=#ff0000]SOHW-1213S [/color]

The latest "match more media" TS0C firmware update doesn't match ANY more media than TS08 and TS09, and considerably less than for the 8x drive range.

Results with media that other drives tolerate quite well, are questionable, and it seems Liteon have not got to grips with the Mediatek "3S" chipset at all - it is believed that the 16x models will use the same chipset, and very much hoped that it will spur them to make much needed improvements.

The rumour mill suggests that (as in the new Sony), they are working towards P-CAV mode, and greater use of running OPC rather than requiring fixed strategies for every new media, especially as DVD media ID is looking to become as unreliable as CD-R media ID, with clones, fakes and lower grade outsourcing, and generic codes like "Media Id 001".

If Liteon don't get to grips with getting the best burn they can out of media from the highest quality, down to variables like Bulkpaq (some good, some bad, and not necessarily the same ID under the same "name"), they no longer have the edge on price, with a rash of new burners from other, frankly BETTER, manufacturers.

Aug 24, 2004, 03:07 PM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	Lite-On IT sees growing shipments of DVD burners Lite-On IT, the largest manufacturer of optical disc drives in Taiwan, expects its DVD burner shipments to rise from a monthly average of 500,000-600,000 units in previous months to 700,000-800,000 units in August and further to 900,000 to a million units each month next quarter, according to the company. Next quarter, Lite-On IT may become the largest maker of DVD burners worldwide, the company emphasized. The growth in shipments is partly due to an adequate supply of DVD burner chipsets from MediaTek, Lite-On IT indicated. Other DVD burner makers in Taiwan, including BenQ, Behavior Tech Computer (BTC), Quanta Storage and Accesstek, are considering adoption of Mediatek’s chipsets because the company offers lower prices than imported products and can act as a second source to secure stable supply. Mediatek recently began volume shipments of chipsets for use in 16x DVD burners, Lite-On IT said. -More Info ______________________ Source: DigiTimes

Aug 24, 2004, 07:59 PM	#2
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,411 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	Maybe Liteon will finally ship USABLE firmware for the MISERABLE 12x drive [color=#ff0000]SOHW-1213S [/color] The latest "match more media" TS0C firmware update doesn't match ANY more media than TS08 and TS09, and considerably less than for the 8x drive range. Results with media that other drives tolerate quite well, are questionable, and it seems Liteon have not got to grips with the Mediatek "3S" chipset at all - it is believed that the 16x models will use the same chipset, and very much hoped that it will spur them to make much needed improvements. The rumour mill suggests that (as in the new Sony), they are working towards P-CAV mode, and greater use of running OPC rather than requiring fixed strategies for every new media, especially as DVD media ID is looking to become as unreliable as CD-R media ID, with clones, fakes and lower grade outsourcing, and generic codes like "Media Id 001". If Liteon don't get to grips with getting the best burn they can out of media from the highest quality, down to variables like Bulkpaq (some good, some bad, and not necessarily the same ID under the same "name"), they no longer have the edge on price, with a rash of new burners from other, frankly BETTER, manufacturers.