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It's hard to tell if this is a coincidence or not, but just hours after the Blu-ray Disc Association granted the DRA audio coding technology approval for use on Blu-ray flicks, Dolby has come forward to proudly proclaim that its TrueHD and Digital Plus audio technologies can now be used by select Chinese firms. TCL Technoly Electronics, MIT Technology and Lite-On have all been given the green light under license to use Dolby's tech on Blu-ray Disc products, though it does seem a bit curious to us that only these three were selected. Maybe those other guys didn't pass the "apt-to-ape" test?

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Dolby gives Chinese Blu-ray makers access to TrueHD / Digital Plus originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:50:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If digital distribution is going to be held off for another year, Blu-ray players are going to need to achieve some serious market penetration at a rather difficult time. VIZIO's $200 VBR100 should help when it releases in a few months, but could be quickly undercut by a predicted flood of $150 drives said to be inbound from a number of other industry players, including Lite-On. These "white-box" drives will probably be short on features, but so too were the cheap DVD players that killed off the VCR, and nobody thought twice about that. If all goes according to plan look for stacks of inexpensive drives to start appearing at whatever retailers are still in business later this year.

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Recession-busting $150 Blu-ray players coming this year originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If digital distribution is going to be held off for another year, Blu-ray players are going to need to achieve some serious market penetration at a rather difficult time. VIZIO's $200 VBR100 should help when it releases in a few months, but could be quickly undercut by a predicted flood of $150 drives said to be inbound from a number of other industry players, including Lite-On. These "white-box" drives will probably be short on features, but so too were the cheap DVD players that killed off the VCR, and nobody thought twice about that. If all goes according to plan look for stacks of inexpensive drives to start appearing at whatever retailers are still in business later this year.

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Recession-busting $150 Blu-ray players coming this year originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 Feb 2009 11:26:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Remember Skyla's scanning digiframe? This company has managed to market a $219 piece of technology that does something that people have been doing for a hundred years without scanners, screen resolution, RAM or any of that good stuff. And you know what? It's pretty sweet. Pretty, pretty, pretty sweet. Don't believe us? Check out the video and decide for your own self.

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Skyla Memoir scanning digiframe caught on video originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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So, you've been collecting Monkees memorabilia for so long that you have a two foot tall stack of photos clipped from Tiger Beat and no way to display them all? Well, you're in luck! The Memoir Scanning Digital Photo Frame is the first product from Skyla, Lite-On's brand new consumer electronics division. It looks like almost all of the other digiframes out there, for better or for worse (actually, for worse) but for one key difference -- this beauty features a 4 x 6-inch, 600 dpi photo scanner. Hits the streets in late December with an expected retail price of $219.99.

[Via OhGizmo!]

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Skyla's Memoir scanning digiframe scans and frames your precious memories originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you were hoping to grab a new Blu-ray writer to slap inside of that new tower, you'll be sorely disappointed with Lite-On's new iHES206. The 6x optical drive simply reads Blu-ray Discs, but it will handle writing of blank CD and DVD media. As for speeds, it can digest single-layer BD-R / RE / ROM discs at 6x (dual-layer at 4x) while writing DVD±R at 16X, DVD±R DL / DVD+RW at 8x, DVD-RW at 6x and DVD-RAM at 12x. It's on track for a November release in Europe for a manageable €139 ($189).

[Via CDFreaks]

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Lite-On intros 6x iHES206 internal Blu-ray reader / DVD writer originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 07 Oct 2008 20:11:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>bdblu rayblu-rayblu-ray readerBlu-rayReaderblurayeuropehdiHES206lite-onoptical driveOpticalDriveothersTue, 07 Oct 2008 20:11:00 EST<![CDATA[Microsoft hoses down latest Xbox 360 Blu-ray rumor]]>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/02/microsoft-hoses-down-latest-xbox-360-blu-ray-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/02/microsoft-hoses-down-latest-xbox-360-blu-ray-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/02/microsoft-hoses-down-latest-xbox-360-blu-ray-rumor/#commentsIf you're suddenly overcome with a feeling akin to déjà vu, go ahead and kill that speed dial to your physician. For the second time in a month, Microsoft has actually come forward to squash a Blu-ray Xbox 360 rumor. This go 'round, an alleged statement from Redmond states quite outrightly that "Lite-On is not manufacturing Blu-ray drives for Xbox 360," and it continues on by noting that "customers who want a premium movie experience [can check out the] library of on-demand HD content" available to console owners. Still, we've grown accustomed to these denials by now, and while you'd think that having a pair of rumors on the matter smashed would put the issue to rest, we've all ideas this one isn't quite dead and buried just yet.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

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Microsoft hoses down latest Xbox 360 Blu-ray rumor originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>blu-rayformat warFormatWarhdtvlite-onmicrosoftrumorxblmxboxxbox 360xbox360Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:09:00 EST<![CDATA[Microsoft hoses down latest Xbox 360 Blu-ray rumor]]>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/02/microsoft-hoses-down-latest-xbox-360-blu-ray-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/02/microsoft-hoses-down-latest-xbox-360-blu-ray-rumor/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/02/microsoft-hoses-down-latest-xbox-360-blu-ray-rumor/#commentsIf you're suddenly overcome with a feeling akin to déjà vu, go ahead and kill that speed dial to your physician. For the second time in a month, Microsoft has actually come forward to squash a Blu-ray Xbox 360 rumor. This go 'round, an alleged statement from Redmond states quite outrightly that "Lite-On is not manufacturing Blu-ray drives for Xbox 360," and it continues on by noting that "customers who want a premium movie experience [can check out the] library of on-demand HD content" available to console owners. Still, we've grown accustomed to these denials by now, and while you'd think that having a pair of rumors on the matter smashed would put the issue to rest, we've all ideas this one isn't quite dead and buried just yet.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Microsoft hoses down latest Xbox 360 Blu-ray rumor originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Xbox 360 with Blu-ray to spark price war with Sony PS3? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Xbox 360 with Blu-ray to spark price war with Sony PS3? originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments]]>blu-raydigitimeshdtvlite-onmicrosoftps3rumorsonyxbox 360Xbox360Wed, 02 Apr 2008 04:23:00 EST<![CDATA[Next generation Xbox 360 with built-in Blu-ray coming in 2008?]]>http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/next-generation-xbox-360-with-built-in-blu-ray-coming-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/next-generation-xbox-360-with-built-in-blu-ray-coming-in-2008/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/next-generation-xbox-360-with-built-in-blu-ray-coming-in-2008/#commentsOk, here we go again. Despite Microsoft's attempt to quash Xbox 360 Blu-ray rumors, they're back... with a vengeance. According to "industry sources" speaking to DigiTimes, Lite-On is developing built-in Blu-ray Disc drives for the "next generation" Xbox 360 game console. Lite-On is expected to begin shipping the new BD players for assembly in the second half of 2008. DigiTimes also claims that the new, presumably smaller Xbox 360 will reduce the power supply from 210-watts to 170-watts. So... care to comment, Microsoft?

Update: As noted by our readers, Falcon-based 360s are already running at 175-watts.

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Next generation Xbox 360 with built-in Blu-ray coming in 2008? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Update: As noted by our readers, Falcon-based 360s are already running at 175-watts.

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Next generation Xbox 360 with built-in Blu-ray coming in 2008? originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:07:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Yeah, just another Blu-ray drive for your perusal: this one, called the DX-4O1S, reads at 4x, and will be the first by Philips and Lite-On Digital Solutions, that joint venture formed about a year ago. Exciting stuff, this; due out next quarter.

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Philips and Lite-On push out external Blu-ray drive originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Yeah, just another Blu-ray drive for your perusal: this one, called the DX-4O1S, reads at 4x, and will be the first by Philips and Lite-On Digital Solutions, that joint venture formed about a year ago. Exciting stuff, this; due out next quarter.

Philips and Lite-On push out external Blu-ray drive originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A fire at Lite-On's factory in China this month is set to have rippling repercussions on the desktop monitor business. In all, 14 of Lite-On's LCD monitor production lines have been affected by the damage. The very same lines which supply those hi-specced, low priced monitors to Dell and HP, who along with Lenovo are Lite-On's top contract partners. Our advice? If you're on the fence with a purchase then you'd best hop off. Dell and HP are looking at a 20% and 22% shortage, respectively.

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Lite-On factory fire threatens Dell and HP monitor business originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Finally, a mouse just for you. Thanks to the folks at Lite-On, you'll never have to suffer the debilitating discomfort of an unshapely mouse ever again. The Moldable Mouse will make all your bad memories of ill-fitting input devices float away, using a lightweight modeling clay combined with a nylon and polyurethane fabric to make up its surface. Once you're palming your new best friend, you can shape its contours to whatever form you desire, though we're pretty sure making a perfect cube will present a challenge. The "stick-on" buttons and scroll-wheel can be added to any location you like, and communicate via RFID. The thing won a Red Dot design award and everything... but coming soon? Probably not.

[Via Wired]

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Lite-On's Moldable Mouse takes whatever shape you want originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 09:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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[Thanks, AG23]

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Philips and Lite-on announce a $199 Blu-ray drive originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:42:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The list of internal Blu-ray burners hitting the test bench just keeps on growing, and if you've been holding off on picking one up as prices begin to sink, here's yet another to mull over. Lite-On's LH-2B1S Blu-ray writer doesn't deviate too much from its major competitors, sports a 2x maximum write speed to BD-R and BR-RE single-layer discs, and toasts up to 8x on certain formats of writable DVDs. The unit was tested using Nero CD/DVD Speed v4.70, and was primarily pitted against Sony's own BWU-100A. During traditional transfer rate testing, the Lite-On lagged behind in average transfer speeds, random seek times, and full stroke times, while actually using more CPU power all the while. Interestingly, the LH-2B1S' write performance was better on vanilla DVD+Rs, marginally slower on DVD+R dual-layer, and a wee bit less quick than the Sony burning to BD-RE. As expected, reviewers weren't mauling crowds at their local retail shop in order to grab on of their own as the ho hum performance really wasn't groundbreaking, but if you've got to have such a unit this very moment in time, the comparatively cheap $499 pricetag still makes the LH-2B1S a viable option.

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Lite-On's LH-2B1S 2x Blu-ray burner gets reviewed originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 05:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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The list of internal Blu-ray burners hitting the test bench just keeps on growing, and if you've been holding off on picking one up as prices begin to sink, here's yet another to mull over. Lite-On's LH-2B1S Blu-ray writer doesn't deviate too much from its major competitors, sports a 2x maximum write speed to BD-R and BR-RE single-layer discs, and toasts up to 8x on certain formats of writable DVDs. The unit was tested using Nero CD/DVD Speed v4.70, and was primarily pitted against Sony's own BWU-100A. During traditional transfer rate testing, the Lite-On lagged behind in average transfer speeds, random seek times, and full stroke times, while actually using more CPU power all the while. Interestingly, the LH-2B1S' write performance was better on vanilla DVD+Rs, marginally slower on DVD+R dual-layer, and a wee bit less quick than the Sony burning to BD-RE. As expected, reviewers weren't mauling crowds at their local retail shop in order to grab on of their own as the ho hum performance really wasn't groundbreaking, but if you've got to have such a unit this very moment in time, the comparatively cheap $499 pricetag still makes the LH-2B1S a viable option.

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Lite-On's LH-2B1S 2x Blu-ray burner gets reviewed originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 02 Jun 2007 05:46:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Lite-On / Philips joint venture takes shape originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 03 Apr 2007 17:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Microsoft and Broadcom team up on low cost HD DVD player design originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 23:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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HD DVD backers see big 2007 ahead originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 07:13:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Ok, so we knew these bad boys were coming, and now they're finally here -- well, almost. Lite-On is setting the burning world on fire with its newly released 20X Super AllWrite LH-20A1P DVD burner. Touting a lighting-fast 20x write speed for single-sided DVD+/-R discs and 8x for DVDs of the dual-layer variety, the new burner can toast 4.7GB of data in "around five minutes." Of course, it can handle those CD-R / RWs as well, and even DVD-RAM, but we all know you DVD archivers are after the coveted 20x mark when eying this one. To prevent pumping out coasters at an alarming rate, Lite-On included its SMART-BURN technology, which provides buffer underrun protection to keep those burns error free. Unfortunately, the drive hasn't quite hit shelves yet, but it should be ready to grab sometime next month for a currently undisclosed price.

[Via Far East Gizmos]

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Lite-On finally releases 20x Super AllWrite LH-20A1P DVD burner originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Lite-on announces LX-2B1U external Blu-ray writer originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 25 Aug 2006 10:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Toshiba orders HD DVD burners from Lite-On originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 24 Aug 2006 10:19:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Lite-On to start making HD DVD burners in 2007 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 21 Aug 2006 13:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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20x DVD burners by Lite-On soon, so soon originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 07 Aug 2006 02:09:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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