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Whats up with Lite-On avaiability?
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 4:30 pm
by camaroguy1998
I'm in the market for a couple new DVD-rw's.
So I started looking last weekend and can't hardly find any Lite On's in stock at the usual places I shop(Newegg, Mwave, ZZF....)
Does anyone know whats going on?
Re: Whats up with Lite-On avaiability?
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2009 4:43 pm
by Apoptosis
not sure... I just went to order a Thermalright Ultra-120 for someone and noticed they are MIA also...
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi ... 20&x=0&y=0
Re: Whats up with Lite-On avaiability?
Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2009 1:37 am
by bhelms
Same happened to me. Gave my dad my old comp but kept the cd/dvd drives and the HDD. Promised him I'd order some new stuff and couldn't find Lite-On's in stock, well atleast the ones I wanted.
Re: Whats up with Lite-On avaiability?
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:11 am
by camaroguy1998
This article from Digitimes.com Explains alot about the ODD availability or lack of!
Optical disc drive supplies to remain tight in 3Q09
Yen-Shyang Hwang, Taipei; Adam Hwang, DIGITIMES [Friday 3 July 2009]
The supply of optical disc drives used in notebook and desktops will remain tight in the third quarter of 2009 due to a shortage of pick-up heads (PUHs), according to industry sources in Taiwan.
Global suppliers of pick-up heads, including Sanyo Electric and Hitachi, have focused capacity expansion on Blu-ray Disc pick-up heads rather than DVD and CD because the former is more profitable, the sources pointed out.
Second-tier notebook and desktop vendors have suffered most from the supply shortage, since suppliers have given priority to first-tier vendors such as Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Acer, the sources indicated.
^^^Complete Article^^^
http://www.digitimes.com/news/a20090703PD200.html
Re: Whats up with Lite-On avaiability?
Posted: Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:14 am
by ibleet
Yep I noticed that the last 3 DVD burners I added to my newegg cart were all removed due to insufficient stock.