BenQ has lowered the retail price for its Blu-ray Disc (BD)-ROM drive model, BR 1000, in the Taiwan market by 33% from NT$5,450 (US$179) to NT$3,650 (US$120), according to sources...
Lite-On IT holds a conservative outlook for its business operations in third-quarter 2008 mainly because of overwhelming inflation due to oil price increases, according to the comp...
Taiwan-based optical disc drive makers believe retail prices or Blu-ray Disc players may reach NT$10,000 (US$329) by the second quarter of 2009, according to industry sources in Ta...
Samsung Electronics on July 8 unveiled the BD-P1500, its new Blu-ray Disc (BD) player model, for immediate launch in the Taiwan market at a recommended retail price of NT$22,900 (US$753),...
Pioneer has landed OEM orders for Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo drives from Hewlett-Packard (HP) with shipments to begin in July 2008, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
Matsushita Electric Industrial (Panasonic) lowered the retail price for its Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo drive model, SW-4583, in the China market from 1,999 yuan (US$291) originally to...
CMC Magnetics and Ritek have 6x Blu-ray Disc (BD)-R discs in the process of certification by potential clients and plan to kick off volume production in August and some time in the...
Pioneer, on June 18, lowered the retail price for its BDC-S02BKZ Blu-ray Disc Combo drive in the China market by 41.2% to 999 yuan (US$145), from 1,699 yuan originally. The price...
The global demand for PC-use Blu-ray Disc (BD) drives has not yet emerged, but it will take off from slim-type models for use in notebook PCs rather than half-height (H/H) models...
The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), in light of the large market potential of BD products in China, has granted licenses to 11 China-based manufacturers allowing them to undertake...
U-Tech Media, the largest Taiwan-based producer of pre-recorded optical discs, has obtained an OEM order for Blu-ray Disc (BD) movie discs for the movie John Rambo (First Blood IV)...
