Hi, Good day, its very interesting to read your comments, some are very insightful. Let me explain why we used a Blu-ray laser disc player to obtain the laser diodes. The reason is that there are only 2 manufactureres (Nichia, and Sony) that manufacture Blu-ray diodes in all of the world, and they are located in Japan. When the project was first envisioned two months ago, we called Nichia to obtain pricing on a diode, the cost quoted for 100pc was 2000$ US per unit, but the problem lied in the fact if we could ever get them, as there are global shortages of blu-ray diodes. We had to find a better way to create this laser.
Our alternate plan, which was the one we ended up going with was to buy Blu-ray disc players* from the USA, and have them shipped into China. This was a slightly cheaper and also more reliable way of guaranteeing we would have something soon. Our profit margin on this product is by far the lowest compared to all our other products, and at this point we are in the negative from the development of this product. We hope to make this money back through a few sales, but we believe that in the long run, the world will know that Wicked Lasers is willing to innovate; that all true laser enthusiasts will recongize our efforts and help us revolutionize the world of lasers.
Lastly, some of you believe that we have targeted Slashdot as a "slashvertisement". However, we had no intention of seeing this story out on Slashdot, it came as a pleasant surprise. In fact, we were hoping that with i4u.com (the original poster of the story), we could gain some publicity in their tech-oriented crowd. We are very proud that Slashdot has acknowledged this story, and we hope that we will have something even more newsworthy to give to you guys next time! Thank you for your time to read my reply.
*Blu-ray disc players are not released in China, the only option is to purchase a Sony AR Laptop at 3,500$ to obtain the Blu-ray drive. At the time of this project conception HD-DVD XBOX drives were not yet released. We will be considering cheaper options in the future to offer a better price to our customers.
**I apologize for the double-post, don't know how to edit formatting in the other post.
Hi, Good day, its very interesting to read your comments, some are very insightful. Let me explain why we used a Blu-ray laser disc player to obtain the laser diodes. The reason is that there are only 2 manufactureres (Nichia, and Sony) that manufacture Blu-ray diodes in all of the world, and they are located in Japan. When the project was first envisioned two months ago, we called Nichia to obtain pricing on a diode, the cost quoted for 100pc was 2000$ US per unit, but the problem lied in the fact if we could ever get them, as there are global shortages of blu-ray diodes. We had to find a better way to create this laser.
Our alternate plan, which was the one we ended up going with was to buy Blu-ray disc players* from the USA, and have them shipped into China. This was a slightly cheaper and also more reliable way of guaranteeing we would have something soon. Our profit margin on this product is by far the lowest compared to all our other products, and at this point we are in the negative from the development of this product. We hope to make this money back through a few sales, but we believe that in the long run, the world will know that Wicked Lasers is willing to innovate; that all true laser enthusiasts will recongize our efforts and help us revolutionize the world of lasers.
Lastly, some of you believe that we have targeted Slashdot as a "slashvertisement". However, we had no intention of seeing this story out on Slashdot, it came as a pleasant surprise. In fact, we were hoping that with i4u.com (the original poster of the story), we could gain some publicity in their tech-oriented crowd. We are very proud that Slashdot has acknowledged this story, and we hope that we will have something even more newsworthy to give to you guys next time! Thank you for your time to read my reply.
*Blu-ray disc players are not released in China, the only option is to purchase a Sony AR Laptop at 3,500$ to obtain the Blu-ray drive. At the time of this project conception HD-DVD XBOX drives were not yet released. We will be considering cheaper options in the future to offer a better price to our customers.
Hi,
Good day, its very interesting to read your comments, some are very insightful. Let me explain why we used a Blu-ray laser disc player to obtain the laser diodes. The reason is that there are only 2 manufactureres (Nichia, and Sony) that manufacture Blu-ray diodes in all of the world, and they are located in Japan. When the project was first envisioned two months ago, we called Nichia to obtain pricing on a diode, the cost quoted for 100pc was 2000$ US per unit, but the problem lied in the fact if we could ever get them, as there are global shortages of blu-ray diodes. We had to find a better way to create this laser.
Our alternate plan, which was the one we ended up going with was to buy Blu-ray disc players* from the USA, and have them shipped into China. This was a slightly cheaper and also more reliable way of guaranteeing we would have something soon. Our profit margin on this product is by far the lowest compared to all our other products, and at this point we are in the negative from the development of this product. We hope to make this money back through a few sales, but we believe that in the long run, the world will know that Wicked Lasers is willing to innovate; that all true laser enthusiasts will recongize our efforts and help us revolutionize the world of lasers.
Lastly, some of you believe that we have targeted Slashdot as a "slashvertisement". However, we had no intention of seeing this story out on Slashdot, it came as a pleasant surprise. In fact, we were hoping that with i4u.com (the original poster of the story), we could gain some publicity in their tech-oriented crowd. We are very proud that Slashdot has acknowledged this story, and we hope that we will have something even more newsworthy to give to you guys next time! Thank you for your time to read my reply.
Best Regards,
Steve Liu
CEO
*Blu-ray disc players are not released in China, the only option is to purchase a Sony AR Laptop at 3,500$ to obtain the Blu-ray drive. At the time of this project conception HD-DVD XBOX drives were not yet released. We will be considering cheaper options in the future to offer a better price to our customers.
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Hi, Good day, its very interesting to read your comments, some are very insightful. Let me explain why we used a Blu-ray laser disc player to obtain the laser diodes. The reason is that there are only 2 manufactureres (Nichia, and Sony) that manufacture Blu-ray diodes in all of the world, and they are located in Japan. When the project was first envisioned two months ago, we called Nichia to obtain pricing on a diode, the cost quoted for 100pc was 2000$ US per unit, but the problem lied in the fact if we could ever get them, as there are global shortages of blu-ray diodes. We had to find a better way to create this laser.
Our alternate plan, which was the one we ended up going with was to buy Blu-ray disc players* from the USA, and have them shipped into China. This was a slightly cheaper and also more reliable way of guaranteeing we would have something soon. Our profit margin on this product is by far the lowest compared to all our other products, and at this point we are in the negative from the development of this product. We hope to make this money back through a few sales, but we believe that in the long run, the world will know that Wicked Lasers is willing to innovate; that all true laser enthusiasts will recongize our efforts and help us revolutionize the world of lasers.
Lastly, some of you believe that we have targeted Slashdot as a "slashvertisement". However, we had no intention of seeing this story out on Slashdot, it came as a pleasant surprise. In fact, we were hoping that with i4u.com (the original poster of the story), we could gain some publicity in their tech-oriented crowd. We are very proud that Slashdot has acknowledged this story, and we hope that we will have something even more newsworthy to give to you guys next time! Thank you for your time to read my reply.
Best Regards,
Steve Liu CEO
http://www.wickedlasers.com/ [wickedlasers.com]
*Blu-ray disc players are not released in China, the only option is to purchase a Sony AR Laptop at 3,500$ to obtain the Blu-ray drive. At the time of this project conception HD-DVD XBOX drives were not yet released. We will be considering cheaper options in the future to offer a better price to our customers.
**I apologize for the double-post, don't know how to edit formatting in the other post.
Hi, Good day, its very interesting to read your comments, some are very insightful. Let me explain why we used a Blu-ray laser disc player to obtain the laser diodes. The reason is that there are only 2 manufactureres (Nichia, and Sony) that manufacture Blu-ray diodes in all of the world, and they are located in Japan. When the project was first envisioned two months ago, we called Nichia to obtain pricing on a diode, the cost quoted for 100pc was 2000$ US per unit, but the problem lied in the fact if we could ever get them, as there are global shortages of blu-ray diodes. We had to find a better way to create this laser.
Our alternate plan, which was the one we ended up going with was to buy Blu-ray disc players* from the USA, and have them shipped into China. This was a slightly cheaper and also more reliable way of guaranteeing we would have something soon. Our profit margin on this product is by far the lowest compared to all our other products, and at this point we are in the negative from the development of this product. We hope to make this money back through a few sales, but we believe that in the long run, the world will know that Wicked Lasers is willing to innovate; that all true laser enthusiasts will recongize our efforts and help us revolutionize the world of lasers.
Lastly, some of you believe that we have targeted Slashdot as a "slashvertisement". However, we had no intention of seeing this story out on Slashdot, it came as a pleasant surprise. In fact, we were hoping that with i4u.com (the original poster of the story), we could gain some publicity in their tech-oriented crowd. We are very proud that Slashdot has acknowledged this story, and we hope that we will have something even more newsworthy to give to you guys next time! Thank you for your time to read my reply.
Best Regards,
Steve Liu CEO
http://www.wickedlasers.com/ [wickedlasers.com]
*Blu-ray disc players are not released in China, the only option is to purchase a Sony AR Laptop at 3,500$ to obtain the Blu-ray drive. At the time of this project conception HD-DVD XBOX drives were not yet released. We will be considering cheaper options in the future to offer a better price to our customers.
Hi, Good day, its very interesting to read your comments, some are very insightful. Let me explain why we used a Blu-ray laser disc player to obtain the laser diodes. The reason is that there are only 2 manufactureres (Nichia, and Sony) that manufacture Blu-ray diodes in all of the world, and they are located in Japan. When the project was first envisioned two months ago, we called Nichia to obtain pricing on a diode, the cost quoted for 100pc was 2000$ US per unit, but the problem lied in the fact if we could ever get them, as there are global shortages of blu-ray diodes. We had to find a better way to create this laser. Our alternate plan, which was the one we ended up going with was to buy Blu-ray disc players* from the USA, and have them shipped into China. This was a slightly cheaper and also more reliable way of guaranteeing we would have something soon. Our profit margin on this product is by far the lowest compared to all our other products, and at this point we are in the negative from the development of this product. We hope to make this money back through a few sales, but we believe that in the long run, the world will know that Wicked Lasers is willing to innovate; that all true laser enthusiasts will recongize our efforts and help us revolutionize the world of lasers. Lastly, some of you believe that we have targeted Slashdot as a "slashvertisement". However, we had no intention of seeing this story out on Slashdot, it came as a pleasant surprise. In fact, we were hoping that with i4u.com (the original poster of the story), we could gain some publicity in their tech-oriented crowd. We are very proud that Slashdot has acknowledged this story, and we hope that we will have something even more newsworthy to give to you guys next time! Thank you for your time to read my reply. Best Regards, Steve Liu CEO *Blu-ray disc players are not released in China, the only option is to purchase a Sony AR Laptop at 3,500$ to obtain the Blu-ray drive. At the time of this project conception HD-DVD XBOX drives were not yet released. We will be considering cheaper options in the future to offer a better price to our customers.