Plextor orders DVD burners from Lite-On IT

27 Jan 07 01:15 by DoMiN8ToR in category Uncategorized To news archive

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Digitimes is reporting that Lite-On IT has landed orders from Plextor. The website reports: "Lite-On IT has also landed PC-use DVD burner orders from Japan-based Plextor, following Plextor’s plan to suspend its own PC-use DVD drive business, according to industry sources". This will most likely mean that any consumer drives you will see on the market will be rebadged Lite-On drives.

What would make you to continue to buy Plextor drives?

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thyfleshconsumed: Posts: 174; Posted on: 27 Jan 07 01:55

Benq got absorbed by LiteOn, new plextors are going to be LiteOns... So who is left? Pioneer and NEC. Optorite was also making DVD writers using sanyo chipsets, but I haven't heard from them in a while. So it would seem LiteOn has successfully become the biggest DVD maker. Sad day...

Bobverens: Posts: 241; Posted on: 27 Jan 07 02:59

What about Sony? They've had a number of decent burners, though some of them were rebadged Benq. Sad day, indeed.

itsmezed: Posts: 5; Posted on: 27 Jan 07 04:37

Sony / NEC merged their optical drive divisions together into 'Optiarc'. Not too many left now, to be sure. Isn't Pioneer even using NEC hardware?

Saturniana: Posts: 5; Posted on: 27 Jan 07 10:47

Well, it's exactly like I said when cdfreaks posted that quote from the Plextor Europe or something guy that said "Plextor will still sell" Plextor branded drives. I hate being right in cases like this :c

johnzap: Posts: 499; Posted on: 27 Jan 07 11:29

Soon there'll be only LiteON drives! Amazing. Time to stock on some good (non-LiteON) burners, still available for sale...

dakhaas: Posts: 1944; Posted on: 27 Jan 07 12:23

At this moment for pc drives there are left: Lite ON LG Samsung/Toshiba NEC/Sony Pioneer Incase of slimdrives you can add. Nu (TECH)/QSI Only blu ray. (the rest they outsource !) matsushita Pioneer is ussing some of the components made by NEC (chipsets and stuff) however the end design is still Pioneer I think. Does anybody by the way know who makes that ultra slime external drive for plextor ? Because it seems to be continued.

cozappz: Posts: 15; Posted on: 27 Jan 07 17:48

Jeez, the news is more than a bad news for Plextor, it's flushing the Plextor brand down the toilet.

MetalSlayerX: Posts: 240; Posted on: 28 Jan 07 08:29

LiteOn is a monopoly now! :d They are going to own all the DVDRW hardware companies. :+

mbg: Posts: 22; Posted on: 28 Jan 07 14:15

It doesn't necessarily mean that Plextor will be using rebadged Lite-On drives. Lite-On may be using their facilities to manufacture drives to Plextor's specifications. Or, it could mean that they'll be using re-badged Lite-On drives. Personally, I don't think Plextor's quality is what it used to be anyway. The 760A seems flimsy to me, especially when compared to a SCSI 40/12/40S that I have in the same system. Cheaper drives seem to have a better build quality than my 760A. Plextor's strength is in the firmware. Also, haven't Plextor already used re-badged drives before now?

Jim Kiler: Posts: 237; Posted on: 28 Jan 07 19:28

Rebadged Lite On drives will still have better firmware from Plextor than from Lite-On.

cd pirate: Posts: 3234; Posted on: 29 Jan 07 07:04

Meh, I like pioneer and LG more anyway. Who is going to pay through the nose when they find out plextor is a liteon, I wonder?

Posterboy: Posts: 4; Posted on: 29 Jan 07 12:12

Why so negative? Plextor can choose any manufacturer they want, but apparently they have all confidence in Lite-On as a reliable partner. Ligth up! In every branche, brands outsource their production!

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