Protop Innotech, a leading manufacturer of DVD players and recorders in Taiwan, has extended its production to portable DVD players and modules on an OEM basis with current monthly shipments of 200,000-300,000 players/modules, according to the company.

Protop has developed car-use and portable DVD players, but has not yet begun volume production of the former because it is much more expensive than the portable units, the company indicated.

Read more about Protop Innotech's decision to enter the portable DVD players market at http://www.digitimes.com/systems/a20051024A5027.html.