Production cost of recordable Blu-ray drive declined, making it possible to manufacture at around 7000 yen

Demand for Blu-ray drives that realized a recording capacity (1 layer 25 GB) which exceeds the conventional DVD (1 layer: 4.7 GB) is increasing, but the price of the drive is higher than that of the DVD is a popular neck It was.

However, the manufacturing cost of the recordable Blu-ray drive has continued to decline, and now it seems that it can be manufactured at around 7000 yen.

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OEM quotes for Blu-ray Disc drives fall to US $ 70-80, say Taiwan makers

According to this article, Taiwanese manufacturers who manufacture OEMs (partners' brands) will be priced at the price of delivering recordable Blu-ray drives manufactured by their own manufacturers to their counterparts as a result of the decline in manufacturing costs of 70 It seems that it revealed that it became ~ 80 dollars (about 6300 ~ 7200 yen).

In other words, it seems that manufacturers are now able to manufacture recordable Blu-ray drives at around 7000 yen, but still 20 dollars (about 1,800 yen), which is the manufacturing cost of recording DVD drives currently in the mainstream, Because there is a big difference, it is said that Blu-ray will become the main stream still ahead.

In 2008 LITE-ON, which handled outsourced production of electronic equipment and optical drives etc,We predicted that recordable Blu-ray drives will fall to around $ 50 (about 4500 yen) at the lowest in 2011However, the decline in unit price this time is likely to be a result that supports the prediction to some extent.