U-Tech Media, the largest producer of pre-recorded discs in Taiwan, is preparing to produce, both HD-DVD and Blu-ray movie discs, with volume production to begin in the first half of next year, according to the company.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment recently stated that it has completed production of the world's first Blu-ray pre-recorded movie “Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle,” with the movie disc to be launched next month.
U-Tech cooperates with the Opto-Electronics & Systems Laboratories under the government-sponsored Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) in developing HD-DVD pre-recording technology and has acquired related technology from the US, the company indicated. For the Blu-ray format, U-Tech will be technologically supported by its parent company Ritek, Taiwan's second largest maker of blank optical discs, U-Tech noted.
In related news, Lite-On IT plans to offer blue-laser DVD players in the third quarter of 2006, according to general manager Michael Gong for the company's Optical Disc Drive Business. BenQ, with technology mainly from Philips, plans to start volume production of Blu-ray ROM drives in the second quarter of 2006, the company indicated.
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