j7n Posted September 29 Posted September 29 Initially most CD drives were branded with recognizable names: Samsung, Teac, Sony, NEC and so on. Then when their price had dropped to a disposable commodity level, the names all disappeared. First Samsung became "TSSTCorp". Then others followed with cryptic names such as "HL-DT-ST", "ATAPI", "Slimtype". Why did manufactuers seemingly tried to distance themselves from these products?
Saxon Posted September 29 Posted September 29 11 hours ago, j7n said: First Samsung became "TSSTCorp". Because "TSSTCorp" is a joint venture company of Toshiba and Samsung Electronics (simply merged). "Toshiba Samsung Storage Technology". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshiba_Samsung_Storage_Technology 1
Saxon Posted September 29 Posted September 29 11 hours ago, j7n said: "ATAPI", "Slimtype". "ATAPI", never heard of that "Slimtype" looks more like a product line of DVD drives for notebooks, not an actual brand name. 2
j7n Posted September 29 Author Posted September 29 Lite-On models were branded "ATAPI" like "iHAS124" (I know it is the connection standard).
Saxon Posted September 29 Posted September 29 11 hours ago, j7n said: "HL-DT-ST" Also looks like merging of Hitachi/LG, Dell/Thompson (and "ST" stands for storage), but it's just my guess. Needs further research. 2
Saxon Posted September 29 Posted September 29 11 hours ago, j7n said: Lite-On models were branded "ATAPI" like "iHAS124" (I know it is the connection standard). That one is weird, agree, I have no explanation. 2
Saxon Posted September 29 Posted September 29 11 hours ago, j7n said: Lite-On models were branded "ATAPI" like "iHAS124" (I know it is the connection standard). Or (probably), ATAPI is a more known name than Lite-on these days. 2
Saxon Posted September 29 Posted September 29 PHILIPS didn't remove anything, they have nothing to hide. Their drives are the best, telling this from a very long experience with them. https://www.philips.co.uk/c-p/SPD2200BK_00/dvd-rom-16x 2
j7n Posted September 30 Author Posted September 30 I don't recall seeing any Philips drives. I'm sure they existed in other parts of the world. Philips no longer exists. Various other companies have been licensed to use the name. Last original item they sold was the razors. "The Death of Europe's Last Electronics Giant" To make a simple item like this, which doesn't take any cutting edge technologies anymore, they didn't really need to make a joint venture. NEC became Optiarc around that time, and the drives still looked the same. This was the go to brand as I recall. https://cdburnerxp.se/testeddrives?page=testeddrives&pnum=13&sort_by=vendor&direction=asc&search= "CDWRITER" "DVDRW" "GENERIC"
Saxon Posted September 30 Posted September 30 19 hours ago, j7n said: I don't recall seeing any Philips drives. Very strange! Where do you live? Here you go, 1
Saxon Posted September 30 Posted September 30 19 hours ago, j7n said: "The Death of Europe's Last Electronics Giant" It's rumours, falsehoods spread by dishonest competitors. Philips will never die! 2
Saxon Posted September 30 Posted September 30 20 hours ago, j7n said: To make a simple item like this, which doesn't take any cutting edge technologies anymore, they didn't really need to make a joint venture. NEC became Optiarc around that time, and the drives still looked the same. This was the go to brand as I recall. For me, and for most of us in my country, we always bought Fujitsu Siemens and Philips. And will be buying, but the popularity of the DVD format simply decreased, but then again, we shall then buy BD drives, also by Fujitsu Siemens and Philips. 2
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