DVD Burner Industry Report

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The DVD Insider is back with his latest report on the DVD industry - this time from the perspective of DVD burners and the surrounding manufacturer and technology issues. Today’s DVD burners have become multi-writing hydras that all look fairly similar except for the names on the front. Burning speeds have hit 8x (10 minutes for a 4.7GB burn) and shortly they will be 16x (under 5 minutes to write a complete disc) – with no increase in price.
Prices have dropped so rapidly for the DVD burners you buy today that Japanese manufacturers have all but ceased their own manufacturing and outsourced it to Taiwanese and mainland China manufacturers. Korea’s LG continues to be the world’s highest volume manufacturer but Taiwan’s BenQ clearly has a goal to replace them as the leader. Next you have AccessTek (MSI), LiteOn, Quanta, AOpen and mainland China’s TLS, Funai and SVA Group. Profits are so hard to come by that Pioneer and NEC have already moved much of their production to the mainland and Matsu****a (Panasonic) will be there shortly.

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DVD Insider Report - October 4, 2004

<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>As always, the DVD Insider is writing to keep you abreast of the DVD industry - which is tricky, especially when they have to decipher all of the smoke/mirrors, claims/counterclaims. This week's column deals with some of the emerging dual-layer DVD issues as well as some advances (read: faster Linux-based and RAM-embedded mini-BIOS systems) that involve boot-up and speed incresaes - something that has plagued the integration of the home theater and computer worlds for some time.</FONT></P>
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