Lite-On won't launch DVD- R or DVD+R drive before next year
Posted on 03/10/02 15:19 by Jan Willem                             
Lite-On won't launch DVD- R or DVD+R drive before next year

Digitimes reports that several Taiwanese optical storage drive manufacturers will not be launching their DVD-/+R drives before next year. Also Lite-On has said it will wait, and the company seems to be mainly waiting because it doesn't know if it should go DVD+ or DVD-.


Lite-On IT said that it will launch its own DVD optical drives next year but has not decided on the format yet, saying it is better to launch the drive after one format becomes dominant.

AOpen is the only Taiwanese company that has launched a rewritable DVD optical drive. The company expects to ship 10,000 to 20,000 drives, supporting the DVD+RW format, from September to the end of the year.

Separately, CMC Magnetics, which announced Taiwan's first Philips-certified DVD+RW disc with a 4.7GB memory capacity on October 2, estimated that the by the end of the year DVD drive demand would surge and the price of a DVD+RW drive would drop to US$200 from US$380 at present.

Source: Digitimes.com

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By Guest, Thursday 03 October 2002 17:52
I can't wait to buy a home unit once one format is crowned.
By Thudmeizer, Thursday 03 October 2002 18:05
Lite-On -> Take your time! No rush as yer DVD burner should rock all others just like your CDR/W is currently the king of such hardware! Hopefully, you'll be 4x DVD-R/+R speeds and perhaps even support the main formats and not just one! Since when we're combo drives a bad thing? I suppose when they do one thing better and neglect another - this is never a good thing.
By hardgiant, Friday 04 October 2002 02:02
screw 4x by that time 8x will be coming down the pike.Smilie
By Namoh, Friday 04 October 2002 09:11
NamohJust by the SONY DRU500A DVD-writer, it can write the following "standards": DVD-R (4x), DVD-RW (2x), DVD+R (2,4x), DVD+RW (2,4x), CD-R (24x), CD-RW (10x) or the NEC ND-1100 DVD-writer, it can write the following "standards": DVD-R (4x), DVD-RW (2x), DVD+R (4x), DVD+RW (2,4x), CD-R (16x), CD-RW (10x). If Lite-On isn't gonna release a DVD-writer soon one of this babies will soon be in my PC!! Stick Out Tongue
By Guest, Friday 04 October 2002 16:30
One standard would be less confusing. But I don't see the problem in both,.. both standards don't seem to be fully compatible with the old players. So why not make new drives compatible with both standards and like sony, produce writers that burn both
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