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China Tosses Out Yet Another High-Def DVD Format
from the going-nowhere dept
Say hello to HD NVD, China's latest homegrown high-definition DVD format. It joins EVD, another Chinese effort, along with HD VMD to try and drag Blu-Ray back into a standards fight, following its triumph over HD DVD. Best of luck with that, even with NVD's supposed cost advantage thanks to a lack of foreign-owned intellectual property. That's the same argument that was used for China's homegrown TD-SCDMA 3G technology, which hasn't exactly thrust them to the forefront of mobile telecommunications.
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as much as i think that those standard fights are a waste of money, i suspect there will be quite a few attempts to overthrow BlueRay until it reaches a reasonable price.
until then ill stick to standard DVDs
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Blu-Ray is here to stay.
Many Americans, much like myself, don't like having to buy there 'fav' movies in 50+ different formats. BRD vs. HD DVD. Blu-Ray is here to stay its had to much market time here in the states anything else will just loose.
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blueray, blueray, blueray
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Re: Blu-Ray is here to stay.
I try and avoid this, but I really, really, really can't stand this error:
...anything else will just loose.
If you mean lose, say (or rather type) lose.
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Blu-ray is here to stay
I can't stand the mis-spelling of Blu-ray Disc format.
It is Blu-ray not Blueray, or Blue ray, or Blu-Ray.
http://www.blu-raydisc.com/index.htm
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HD names
What marketing dink came up with a name for high def that sounds like "BLURRY"?
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Honestly, who'd want to buy a crappy China-made format? Their stuff always falls apart after a while. If you bought a Chinese high def DVD, it either wouldn't play well, wouldn't play at all, or it would stop working after a short time, making you buy another.
Give it a rest already, China. You're trying to attack a piece of land that's already been conquered. It's futile. We don't need more formats. Just stick to what you do best, making cheap knock-offs of existing products.
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Sounds a bit like American cars then!
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Built-in market of 1 billion people
It really doesn't need to succeed anywhere outside of China to be a success, they have a domestic market of 1 billion people (and growing).
Anyone remember VideoCDs? They were never a commercial success in the west, but in China you could buy set-top VCD players and buy/rent VCD movies at the local supermarket.
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No matter how awesome or cheap China's standard is, Hollywood won't use it. So it's pointless to even waste time writing about it.
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Might want to turn over almost any electronic device in your home before making a comment so broad. Almost every electronics component is manufactured in China.
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Hollywood doesn't need to use it
>No matter how awesome or cheap China's standard is, Hollywood won't use it. So it's pointless to even waste time writing about it.
Piracy is so rampant in China that they don't need Hollywood's seal of approval on a disc format.
The pirates will download whatever they want from torrents and burn it on a disc and sell it on the corner for 2 Yuan.
If Hollywood wants a piece of the action, they'll get on board by making nice packaging for 5 Yuan.
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Sorry noticed the spelling error just after posting it.
This is lacking an edit feature and a spellchecker.
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