Pioneer has lowered its 2006 target shipment volume for DVD recorders to 840,000 units, 9.7% lower that its sales volume in 2005.
Since Pioneer is a global leading brand, this has caused concern amongst other manufacturers of DVD recorders that global demand for DVD recorders may not grow as much as expected.
As international brands, including Panasonic (Matsushita), Sony, Samsung, Philips and Toshiba, have begun promotion of next-generation Blu-ray Disc (BD) and HD-DVD devices, Taiwanese makers worry that DVD recorders will become transitional models that will eventually be replaced by machines based on the newer technology, the sources pointed out.
CyberHome Entertainment (formerly named Protop Innotech) and Lite-On IT, two leading makers of DVD recorders in Taiwan, have set delivery goals of 3.3 million and 1.2 million units, respectively, for this year.
Story source:
digitimes.com.
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