Lite-On IT receives Toshiba orders for HD-DVD burners

According to DigiTimes, Lite-On IT has received orders from Toshiba for half-height (H/H) HD-DVD burners. Toshiba is releasing the H/H models to Lite-On IT in order to focus its own production on slim-type HD-DVD burners. Lite-On IT last week announced that it is developing H/H HD-DVD burners, with volume production to start in March 2007.

Toshiba is releasing the H/H models to Lite-On IT in order to focus its own production on slim-type HD-DVD burners in the face of strong competition from the Blu-ray Disc (BD) camp, the sources said.

Lite-On IT declined to comment, citing client confidentiality.

Lite-On IT last week announced that it is developing H/H HD-DVD burners, with volume production to start in March 2007. But Lite-On IT maintains close business relations with Sony, a key member of the BD camp, and it is also a manufacturer for Philips, also a key BD member.

Source: DigiTimes