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Plextor orders DVD burners from Lite-On IT
Posted on 27/01/07 01:15 by Jan Willem
Digitimes is reporting that Lite-On IT has landed orders from Plextor. The website reports: "Lite-On IT has also landed PC-use DVD burner orders from Japan-based Plextor, following Plextor's plan to suspend its own PC-use DVD drive business, according to industry sources". This will most likely mean that any consumer drives you will see on the market will be rebadged Lite-On drives.
What would make you to continue to buy Plextor drives?
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thyfleshconsumed
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Karma: 3370 , Sat 27 Jan 2007 01:55
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Karma: 3370 , Sat 27 Jan 2007 01:55
Benq got absorbed by LiteOn, new plextors are going to be LiteOns...
So who is left? Pioneer and NEC. Optorite was also making DVD writers using sanyo chipsets, but I haven't heard from them in a while. So it would seem LiteOn has successfully become the biggest DVD maker. Sad day...
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Karma: 3390 , Sat 27 Jan 2007 02:59
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What about Sony? They've had a number of decent burners, though some of them were rebadged Benq.
Sad day, indeed.
Sony / NEC merged their optical drive divisions together into 'Optiarc'. Not too many left now, to be sure. Isn't Pioneer even using NEC hardware?
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Saturniana
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Karma: 100 , Sat 27 Jan 2007 10:47
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Well, it's exactly like I said when cdfreaks posted that quote from the Plextor Europe or something guy that said "Plextor will still sell" Plextor branded drives.
I hate being right in cases like this 
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Karma: 8370 , Sat 27 Jan 2007 11:29
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Soon there'll be only LiteON drives! Amazing. Time to stock on some good (non-LiteON) burners, still available for sale... 
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Karma: 19670 , Sat 27 Jan 2007 12:23
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At this moment for pc drives there are left:
Lite ON
LG
Samsung/Toshiba
NEC/Sony
Pioneer
Incase of slimdrives you can add.
Nu (TECH)/QSI
Only blu ray. (the rest they outsource !)
matsushita
Pioneer is ussing some of the components made by NEC (chipsets and stuff) however the end design is still Pioneer I think.
Does anybody by the way know who makes that ultra slime external drive for plextor ? Because it seems to be continued.
Jeez, the news is more than a bad news for Plextor, it's flushing the Plextor brand down the toilet.
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MetalSlayerX
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Karma: 2660 , Sun 28 Jan 2007 08:29
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LiteOn is a monopoly now! 
They are going to own all the DVDRW hardware companies. 
They are going to own all the DVDRW hardware companies.
It doesn't necessarily mean that Plextor will be using rebadged Lite-On drives. Lite-On may be using their facilities to manufacture drives to Plextor's specifications. Or, it could mean that they'll be using re-badged Lite-On drives.
Personally, I don't think Plextor's quality is what it used to be anyway. The 760A seems flimsy to me, especially when compared to a SCSI 40/12/40S that I have in the same system. Cheaper drives seem to have a better build quality than my 760A. Plextor's strength is in the firmware.
Also, haven't Plextor already used re-badged drives before now?
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Jim Kiler
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Karma: 5240 , Sun 28 Jan 2007 19:28
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Rebadged Lite On drives will still have better firmware from Plextor than from Lite-On.
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cd pirate
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Karma: 33430 , Mon 29 Jan 2007 07:04
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Meh, I like pioneer and LG more anyway.
Who is going to pay through the nose when they find out plextor is a liteon, I wonder?
Why so negative?
Plextor can choose any manufacturer they want, but apparently they have all confidence in Lite-On as a reliable partner.
Ligth up! In every branche, brands outsource their production!
