Blu-ray drive manufacturing cost? - Blu-ray Forum

lynux3 · 01-20-2006, 07:57 PM

Anyone have an educated guess on how much it would cost Sony to produce a Blu-ray drive?

shiltz · 01-20-2006, 08:06 PM

I heard rumors a while back when they were talking about the posible price of the PS3 and the production costs that the Blu-ray drive in the PS3 cost Sony about $200 per unit.

Blue · 01-21-2006, 10:54 AM

In actual production cost excluding royalties and R&D - the same as a normal DVD Drive.

JonasK · 10-30-2006, 10:20 AM

I made an Internat search and ended up in this thread...

Considering the higher numerical aperture used by Blu-ray, shouldn't that put higher requirements on mechanics, optics and mechanical control parts, so that the manufacturing cost will be higher than for DVD?

How about the manufacturing cost of Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD, excluding royalties and R&D?

Could someone please comment on this...

thunderhawk · 10-30-2006, 11:29 AM

Should be a little more expensive for BD as HD DVDs components are dated.

Yes, especially the higher NA explains the (little) higher production cost of a BD drive.

01-20-2006, 07:57 PM	#1
lynux3 Junior Member Member since:Sep 2005	Blu-ray drive manufacturing cost? Anyone have an educated guess on how much it would cost Sony to produce a Blu-ray drive?

10-30-2006, 10:20 AM	#4
JonasK Member Member since:Oct 2006	I made an Internat search and ended up in this thread... Considering the higher numerical aperture used by Blu-ray, shouldn't that put higher requirements on mechanics, optics and mechanical control parts, so that the manufacturing cost will be higher than for DVD? How about the manufacturing cost of Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD, excluding royalties and R&D? Could someone please comment on this... Last edited by JonasK; 10-30-2006 at 10:29 AM.

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01-20-2006, 08:06 PM	#2
shiltz Member Member since:Jan 2006	I heard rumors a while back when they were talking about the posible price of the PS3 and the production costs that the Blu-ray drive in the PS3 cost Sony about $200 per unit.

01-21-2006, 10:54 AM	#3
Blue Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Jan 2005 Location:Melbourne Australia Blu-ray collection:206	In actual production cost excluding royalties and R&D - the same as a normal DVD Drive.

10-30-2006, 11:29 AM	#5
thunderhawk Moderator Member since:Jul 2004 Location:Belgium	Should be a little more expensive for BD as HD DVDs components are dated. Yes, especially the higher NA explains the (little) higher production cost of a BD drive.

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