{"id":2433,"date":"2008-11-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asbis.com\/news\/?p=2433"},"modified":"2023-07-28T14:28:41","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T14:28:41","slug":"demand-blu-ray-grow-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.asbis.com\/news\/suppliers\/demand-blu-ray-grow-2009\/","title":{"rendered":"Demand for Blu-ray Discs, Drives to Grow in 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Taiwanese optical storage industry expects a significant growth in the demand of both <a title='Buy Blu-ray optical drives at ASBIS B2B Marketplace' href='http:\/\/www.it4profit.com\/ecatalog\/userend\/shopITProdLite.jsp?SUPPLIER=701&#038;PATERN=odd+BD-R&#038;PT=&#038;MNF=&#038;SDATA=1&#038;VIEW=0 '>Blu-ray drives<\/a> and discs next year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;&#10;<\/p>\n<p><a title='Buy Blu-ray optical drives at ASBIS B2B Marketplace' href='http:\/\/www.it4profit.com\/ecatalog\/userend\/shopITProdLite.jsp?SUPPLIER=701&#038;PATERN=odd+BD&#038;PT=&#038;MNF=&#038;SDATA=1&#038;VIEW=0'><img height='193' alt='Buy Blu-ray optical drives at ASBIS B2B Marketplace' hspace='5' width='193' align='right' vspace='5' border='0' src='\/attach\/get\/20081120132243574583000000.JPG' \/><\/a>The first <strong>Blu-ray recorders<\/strong> for PCs were shipped more than two years ago but their retail price was too high to become mainstream, even among A\/V professionals. Both components and licencing fees for the <a title='Buy Blu-ray optical drives at ASBIS B2B Marketplace' href='http:\/\/www.it4profit.com\/ecatalog\/userend\/shopITProdLite.jsp?SUPPLIER=701&#038;PATERN=odd+BD-R&#038;PT=&#038;MNF=&#038;SDATA=1&#038;VIEW=0 '>Blu-ray devices <\/a>have remained high during these years, directly affecting their retail price.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;&#10;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blu-ray movies<\/strong> are currently widely available worldwide. So the idea of promoting the Blu-ray hardware for PC as a Blu-ray player is promising. In the meantime, the latest graphics cards, chipsets PC monitors and operating systems support the HDCP content protection schemes offering a protected path for the video and audio of the Blu-ray movies before the content reach your display and speakers. With these protection requirements fulfilled, the Blu-ray drives could be used as Blu-ray players, which cost less than a BD recorder after all. Optical disc drive makers such as <strong><a title='Buy Blu-ray Optiarc optical drives at ASBIS B2B Marketplace' href='http:\/\/www.it4profit.com\/ecatalog\/userend\/shopITProdLite.jsp?SUPPLIER=701&#038;PATERN=odd&#038;PT=&#038;MNF=170633&#038;SDATA=1&#038;VIEW=0'>Optiarc<\/a><\/strong>, <strong><a title='Buy LiteOn Blu-ray optical drives at ASBIS B2B Marketplace' href='http:\/\/www.it4profit.com\/ecatalog\/userend\/shopITProdLite.jsp?SUPPLIER=701&#038;PATERN=odd&#038;PT=&#038;MNF=170127&#038;SDATA=1&#038;VIEW=0'>LiteOn IT<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a title='Buy Pioneer Blu-ray optical drives at ASBIS B2B Marketplace' href='http:\/\/www.it4profit.com\/ecatalog\/userend\/shopITProdLite.jsp?SUPPLIER=701&#038;PATERN=odd&#038;PT=&#038;MNF=170107&#038;SDATA=1&#038;VIEW='>Pioneer<\/a><\/strong> last year released their first <strong>BD-ROM <\/strong>and <strong>BD combo drives<\/strong>, capable of reproducing BD movies while maintaining their <strong>DVD-ROM\/CD-ROM <\/strong>functions. These drives cost around $150~200.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;&#10;<\/p>\n<p>According to <a title='Buy Blu-ray optical drives at ASBIS B2B Marketplace' href='http:\/\/www.it4profit.com\/ecatalog\/userend\/shopITProdLite.jsp?SUPPLIER=701&#038;PATERN=odd&#038;PT=&#038;MNF=170127&#038;SDATA=1&#038;VIEW=0'><strong>LiteOn IT&apos;s<\/strong> <\/a>statistics, global volumes of <strong>BD-ROM drives<\/strong>, <strong>BD Combo drives<\/strong> and <strong>BD burners <\/strong>together increased from 700,000 units in 2007 to 1.7 million units in the first half of 2008. Blu-ray Disc Combo drives will be the mainstream PC-use BD drive format in 2009 and <strong>BD burners <\/strong>will become the mainstream format in 2011, the Taiwanese company was quoted to say, according to the Digitimes.com publication. LiteOn IT also estimates that OEM quotes for BD Combo drives will remain at the range of $100-200 in 2009, while the BD burners are forecast to drop to US$50-100 in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;&#10;<\/p>\n<p>Another Taiwan-based maker of <strong>Blu-ray discs <\/strong>is also optimistic for the demand for <strong>Blu-ray recordable discs (BD-R). <\/strong>Ritek, one of the world&apos;s leading optical disc makers, believe that BD-R discs will reach a crucial market size of 20 million units in 2009 that will give the format momentum for sharp growth thereafter. Ritek noted that it took five to six years from launch for <strong>CD-R<\/strong> and <strong>DVD-R\/+R <\/strong>to reach full market penetration. <strong><a title='Buy Blu-ray optical drives at ASBIS B2B Marketplace' href='http:\/\/www.it4profit.com\/ecatalog\/userend\/shopITProdLite.jsp?SUPPLIER=701&#038;PATERN=odd+BD&#038;PT=&#038;MNF=&#038;SDATA=1&#038;VIEW=0 '>BD-R discs<\/a><\/strong> are expected to reach a critical mass, which will spur economies of scale next year, the maker commented.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;&#10;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title='Buy Blu-ray optical drives at ASBIS B2B Marketplace' href='http:\/\/www.it4profit.com\/ecatalog\/userend\/shopITProdLite.jsp?SUPPLIER=701&#038;PATERN=odd+BD-R&#038;PT=&#038;MNF=&#038;SDATA=1&#038;VIEW=0 '>Buy Blu-ray optical drives at ASBIS B2B Marketplace <img alt='' src='\/attach\/get\/20081105085104935738000000.jpg' \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;&#10;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#13;&#10;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more related news about Blu-ray optical drives:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#13;&#10;<\/p>\n<p><span class='newsdate'>August 19, 2008 <\/span><a href='http:\/\/www.asbis.com\/news\/suppliers\/lite_on_dvd'>Lite-On introduces 22X Writer with SmartErase<\/a><br \/>&#13;&#10;<span class='newsdate'>November 19, 2007 <\/span><a href='http:\/\/www.asbis.com\/news\/suppliers\/philips-liteon-announces-first-bd-rom'>Lite-On Unveils Affordable PC Device For Blu-Ray Playback<\/a><br \/>&#13;&#10;<span class='newsdate'>October 18, 2007<\/span> <a href='http:\/\/www.asbis.com\/news\/suppliers\/sony-nec-optiarc-blu-ray-for-notebooks'>Sony NEC Optiarc Launches First Notebook Blu-ray Disc Combo Drive<\/a><br \/>&#13;&#10;<span class='newsdate'>October 08, 2007<\/span> <a href='http:\/\/www.asbis.com\/news\/suppliers\/lite-on-expands-monthly-capacity'>Lite-On IT Expands Monthly Capacity<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;&#10;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taiwanese optical storage industry expects a significant growth in the demand of both Blu-ray drives and discs next year. &#13;&#10; The first Blu-ray recorders for PCs were shipped more than two years ago but their retail price was too high to become mainstream, even among A\/V professionals. 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