才說著說著，Lite-on的動作就出現了.....
不要說在七月量產18x burner，第四季更要生產20x的機子。
看來我18x大戰說要收回，應該是20x V.S. 18x混戰。
不過兩年內仍是DVD burner大戰應該錯不了∼


http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/13553


Lite-On IT to produce 18x DVD writers in July, 20x in 4th Q.
Posted by Seán Byrne on 16 June 2006 - 15:51 - Source: DigitTimes Systems

Back in the days of CD writers, some probably recall manufacturers trying to introduce faster CD writers just when most thought 40x was going to be the limit. Eventually they stopped at 52x despite some rumours at the time that 56x was going to be the limit. Well, with pretty much all DVD writer manufacturers already offering 16x speed writers, according to a DigitTimes report, Lite-On IT will begin volume production of 18x DVD burners in July, followed by the production of 20x models in the 4th quarter.

With intense competition between competing brands of 16x writers, Lite-On aims to improve its overall gross margins with these upcoming more profitable 18x and 20 writers. Lite-On IT also announced that they will start volume production of Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD optical drives in August, however until the manufacturing costs of these new technologies come down, Lite-On will remain focused on DVD writers for the next two years. Thanks to D4rk0n3 for letting us know about the following news:

Lite-On IT will begin volume production of 18x DVD burners in July and plans to start production of 20x DVD burners in the fourth quarter of this year, according to Michael Gong, the company's Optical Disc Drive Business general manager, at a press conference following the company's 2006 shareholders meeting on June 15.

As OEM prices of 16x DVD burners drop further due to intense competition, the switch to production of more profitable 18x and 20x DVD burners is aimed at keeping overall gross margins from falling, Gong indicated.

Further details can be read on DigitTimes.

With very little difference between the time it takes to write a disc at 12x and 16x DVD with some DVD writers, it will be interesting to see if Lite-On’s upcoming 20x DVD writer could improve the time by much. For the average consumer, an improvement of something like 30 seconds or so is not really going to matter like the difference between a 40x and 48x writer, but for professionals who need to replicate 100’s of discs such as for handing out brochures or other samples on DVD, a difference of 30 seconds could mean a time saving of an hour for every 120 discs.