Originally Posted by sherwood

They took a joint venture into optical storage.
Kinda funny, because I took my Phillips, and loaded it with the BenQ firmware. h: Though I don't expect him to be able to run a Hex editor correctly anytime soon.
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Just found out that in 06 BenQ's division was bought out by LiteOn, and that the venture is now headed by LiteOn and Phillips, I wouldn't be suprised if the drives were loud now seeing as I've had 2 LiteOn drives in the past and they were loud as all hell.