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Blu-ray Disc Combo drives to go mainstream in 2009 |
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Wednesday, 19 November 2008 |
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Blu-ray Disc Combo drives will be the mainstream BD drive format in 2009 for PCs & BD burners will become the mainstream format in 2011, according to Lite-On.
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Global volumes of BD-ROM drives, BD Combo drives & BD burners together increased from 700,000 units in 2007 to 1.7 million units in the first half of 2008, Digitimes reports.
OEM quotes for BD Combo drives stand at US$100-200 currently & will remain at that range in 2009. BD burners are forecast to drop to US$50-100 in 2011, Lite-On IT pointed out.
As for consumer BD, the global demand for BD players will rise from five million units in 2007 to 10 million units in 2008 & further to 22 million units in 2010.
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