After yesterday's news of optical drive manufacturers having the price of their wares drop like crazy after just one quarter, Lite On has annouced both a 12x Dual Format Burner as well as a 8x Dual Layer Dual Format Burner

According to Gish chairman Garry Chen, a few local makers already claim to offer 8x DVD+RW DL burner models, but Lite-ON IT’s 8x DVD Dual DL is also compatible with the –RW format, and will sell at prices of US$229-239 per burner. Lite-On IT also recently began selling the 12x DVD Dual burners in Japan, Chen indicated.