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• Sony NEC Optiarc to start from own production
  Friday 25 August 2006 – 06:30
  Sony NEC Optiarc, a joint venture (JV) that combines Sony's and NEC's optical disc drive (ODD) businesses, will launch its first product, a 18x DVD burner (called the AD-7170A), next month, and the company will manufacture it at its own plant in Malaysia, according to industry sources in Taiwan.
• Sony NEC Optiarc: Blu-ray Disc drive prices to drop 50% by 2008
  Friday 17 November 2006 – 04:50
  By 2008, prices for Blu-ray Disc (BD) drives will drop 50% from current levels amid aggressive development by various related brands and makers, according to Shuji Minami, general manager, product business group of Sony NEC Optiarc.
• SonyNEC Optiarc: Sub $100 Blu-ray Combo Drives for the Holidays?
  Thursday 5 June 2008 – 10:30
  SonyNEC Optiarc is one of the key players in optical drives and related technology. We talked to the specialist to get some idea on when Blu-ray drives will have their breakthrough.
• Sony NEC Optiarc aims to be largest supplier of optical disc devices by end of 2007
  Tuesday 7 November 2006 – 04:34
  Sony NEC Optiarc, a joint venture between Sony (55% stake) and NEC (45% stake), has begun shipments of optical disc drives (ODDs) for use in IT products and game consoles as well as audio/video optical disc devices, and expects to become the world's largest supplier for such products by the end of 2007, according to the Kyotaro Imamura, general manager of the Computer Peripherals & Optical Media Devices Division of Sony Taiwan.

• Sony NEC Optiarc Blu-ray Disc burner may be pricing reference*
  Monday 28 May 2007 – 11:52
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