China Tosses Out Yet Another High-Def DVD Format

from the going-nowhere dept

Mon, Feb 9th 2009 2:24am — Carlo Longino

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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Anonymous Coward, 9 Feb 2009 @ 3:54am

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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- Anonymous Coward, 9 Feb 2009 @ 4:39am
  
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  blueray, blueray, blueray
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Falindraun, 9 Feb 2009 @ 4:22am

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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- Grammar Nazi, 9 Feb 2009 @ 4:55am
  
  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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  - Falindraun, 9 Feb 2009 @ 5:53pm
    
    Re: Re: Blu-Ray is here to stay.
    Sorry noticed the spelling error just after posting it.
    
    This is lacking an edit feature and a spellchecker.
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Sam, 9 Feb 2009 @ 5:14am

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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Marketing 1-0-1, 9 Feb 2009 @ 6:05am

HD names
What marketing dink came up with a name for high def that sounds like "BLURRY"?
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Anonymous Coward, 9 Feb 2009 @ 6:33am

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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- Anonymous Coward, 9 Feb 2009 @ 6:39am
  
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  Sounds a bit like American cars then!
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- judsonian, 9 Feb 2009 @ 8:02am
  
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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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Comboman, 9 Feb 2009 @ 6:55am

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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Ima Fish, 9 Feb 2009 @ 7:57am

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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PRMan, 9 Feb 2009 @ 12:02pm

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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