are pioneer dvd burners rebranded NEC's?

[inspector-71]

Someone has suggested to me that pioneer do not make their own burners (for pc) and they are rebranded NEC's.

True?

[setarip_old]

Hi!

No, they're not.

On the other hand, you'll find at least some SONY burners ARE re-badged NECs...

[dragongodz]

you'll find at least some SONY burners ARE re-badged NECs...

well its a little more complicated than that.

for the last few years sony burners have been made by lite-on.

http://www.dvd-recordable.org/Article1074.phtml

however sony and nec have just gone in to a joint venture

http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/26/sony-nec-optiarc-joint-venture-set-to-release-18x-dvd-burner/

the interesting things is

Sources quoted by DigiTimes indicate that soon the actual drive manufacturing will be outsourced to Lite-On IT, whose prowess in volume production should complement Sony's skill at developing optical pick-up heads and NEC's chipset design capabilities

as for the original question .. agree, pioneer are not rebadged nec. they make their own.

[setarip_old]

Nothing very complicated. My recently purchased SONY AW-Q170A is listed as "OEM SONY-NEC" and "Chipset NEC"...

[dragongodz]

My recently purchased SONY AW-Q170A is listed as "OEM SONY-NEC" and "Chipset NEC"...
and is no doubt part of the optiarc deal in the second link i gave.

however it is possible, as suggested in that article, that the sony models could be built by lite-on with the nec chipset that is part of the optiarc deal.
having a quick look the manufacturer listed appears to be sony. however since they do not actually make drives anymore, but as i said have had lite-on do it for these last several years, one has to assume that it is quite possible lite-on is manufacturing these for sony aswell. but who knows for sure. :)

Nothing very complicated.
so yes it is a little more complicated than just saying the sonys have an nec chipset.

[setarip_old]

it is quite possible lite-on is manufacturing these for sony aswell.No, my burner was manufactured in Malaysia for SONY by NEC...