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Thursday 18 December 2008
Acer chairman forecasts global notebook shipments to hold level in 2009, says paper
Acer chairman JT Wang recently said he expects global notebook shipment in 2009 to hold level compared to 2008, according to a Chinese-language Economy Daily News (EDN) re...
Wednesday 10 December 2008
Taiwan ODD sector – 3Q 2008

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Monday 8 December 2008
Taiwan market: Philips lowers Blu-ray Disc player pricing
Royal Philips Electronics, which launched its BDP7200 Blu-ray Disc (BD) player in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$26,900 (US$802) at the end of October 2008,...
Monday 1 December 2008
Taiwan market: price-cut competition for BD devices at IT Month fair
At the annual IT Month fair taking place in Taipei from November 29 to December 7, 2008, Taiwan-based maker Forworld Electronics offers a self-produced Blu-ray Disc (BD) player and...
Monday 1 December 2008
Pioneer showcases 16-layer 400GB optical disc
Pioneer is exhibiting its super multi-layer read-only optical disc which features 16 separate layers on a single side with 25GB storage capacity on each layer for a total capacity...
Wednesday 26 November 2008
Taiwan market: LG and Buffalo to launch new Blu-ray drives
LG Electronics has unveiled a network Blu-ray Disc (BD) player, a BD Combo drive and a 8x BD burner while Japan-based vendor Buffalo debuted an external 8x BD burner and internal...
Thursday 20 November 2008
Taiwan market: Sony to launch first 8x Blu-ray Disc burner
Sony will launch BWU-300S, its first model of 8x Blu-ray Disc (BD) burners, in the Taiwan market on November 29 at a recommended retail price of about NT$11,000 (US$332), according...
Wednesday 19 November 2008
Blu-ray Disc Combo drives to go mainstream in 2009, BD burners in 2011, says Lite-On IT
Blu-ray Disc Combo drives will be the mainstream PC-use BD drive format in 2009 and BD burners will become the mainstream format in 2011, according to Lite-On IT.
Wednesday 19 November 2008
Blu-ray-R disc market to reach critical mass in 2009, says Ritek
Blu-ray Disc-R (BD-R) discs are expected to reach a crucial market size of 20 million units in 2009 that will give the format momentum for sharp growth thereafter, according to Ritek,...
Monday 10 November 2008
Blu-ray player prices may drop to US$150-200 range for holiday season, says ABI Research
The need for healthy holiday sales in a bear market, competitive pressure from movie download services, and media speculation about the future success of the Blu-ray format itself...
Friday 7 November 2008
Taiwan maker Kenmec to start shipping Blu-ray players in 1Q09
Kenmec Mechanical Engineering, a Taiwan-based producer of automation equipment and flat panel display manufacturing equipment, has extended its business to providing EMS (electronics...
Thursday 30 October 2008
Taiwan market: Philips to launch first Blu-ray player
Royal Philips Electronics on October 29 unveiled the BDP7200 Blu-ray Disc (BD) player for launch in the Taiwan market in November 2008 at a recommended retail price of NT$26,900 (US$808)...
Monday 27 October 2008
MediaTek to see better performance in 4Q08 compared to rivals
Although global handset market demand failed to meet expectations in the fourth quarter, MediaTek's market share in China and export markets continues to increase thanks to difficulties...
Friday 17 October 2008
Taiwan market: Sony to launch new Vaio PCs later this month
Sony is planning to launch four new series of Vaio PCs in Taiwan on December 24 this year. Sony Taiwan expects its Vaio series PCs to maintain a market share of 10% in 2008 in Taiwan,...
Friday 3 October 2008
Taiwan maker U-Tech Media ready for volume production of Blu-ray movie discs
U-Tech Media, the largest Taiwan-based producer of pre-recorded optical discs, has finished the establishment of its first Blu-ray Disc (BD) production line and is thus poised for...