"Pioneer High Fidelity Taiwan and NEC Taiwan will respectively showcase their Blu-ray Disc (BD) and HD-DVD burners and players at the annual IT Month fair beginning in December in Taipei.
The Pioneer BD burners to be exhibited do not have content protection due to a delay in licensing of the anti-piracy AACS (advanced access content system), Pioneer High Fidelity Taiwan indicated. Volume production of BD burners equipped with CCAS will begin next quarter, the company noted.
The HD-DVD players to be shown will have playback functions only with volume production to kick off in December, NEC Taiwan pointed out. The timing of the launch of HD-DVD burners will hinge on market conditions and the strategy adopted by the HD-DVD group, the company added." [link]