http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/ Engadget Comments for China announces CH-DVD, a new high definition DVD standard http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/
CHINA? Land of cheap knockoffs and pirated content? Land of the fake DisneyLand?]]>Sep 9th 2007 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 3:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 3:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 5:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/
People already started their HD collections. If China was serious about this, they would have decided this a while ago. Plus, launching in 2008? Jeez, the HD format winner may already be clear by that point, before this CH-DVD launches.]]>Sep 9th 2007 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/
What you don't understand is that this is China we are talking about. First, There's some 1.3 billion people living there. Beijing has ~15 million, Shanghai has 20+ million. The domestic market is big enough, they don't need to care about the Outside World. Second, this is government-owned operation, and the government is not afraid of (ab)using its powers.

All they need to do is impose extremely high tax on HD-DVD or BluRay technology (players + discs) and make CH-DVD cheap as dirt. The Hollywood studios can choose:
1) have their movies pirated on DVD (which they will not make money), or
2) try to cling onto HD-DVD/BluRay (which they won't sell many units), or
3) adopt CH-DVD for the Chinese market (the only way they can make money)

And before you say something like "or they can just ignore the Chinese market", I will ask you to pay some attention to the population figures there, it's a biiiigggg market to ignore, and these companies are purely for-profit. They'd do anything to make a profit.]]>Sep 9th 2007 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/
By 2008 Blue-RAY and HD-DVD could still be fighting for dominance while along comes CH-DVD that turns out to be the best of both worlds. If that was the case which one would you choose? ]]>Sep 9th 2007 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 6:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 10th 2007 8:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/
They currently have their own format at the moment, I don't see why they wouldn't make a new one for themselves...]]>Sep 9th 2007 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 3:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/
How fast do you think the Internet is going to increase over the next 5-10 years? A friend showed me a 1080i rip of the Matrix, it was 10gigs. @ 1080i. Checking a post on the HDTV service for the 360, movies on average are 5-6 gigs, 720p. Any idea how big a 1080p would be? Now I just "upped" my internet service to 10meg. You do the math. We are, I would guess, 5-10 years away from being able to download an HD movie where it isn't faster to drive across town to buy it on a disk. ]]>Sep 9th 2007 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 3:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/
I have no problem with optical media right now, I just don't see my Internet service being good enough for HD downloads for many years, Netflix is still quicker or is about as quick and I don't have to tie up my Internet connection for a night or entire day for one movie. I can't say anything about HD-DVD, but Blu-Ray's anti-scratch coating is actually very good.]]>Sep 9th 2007 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 3:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 3:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 4:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 3:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/
I think you're all missing the significance of this. It is fully HD DVD compatible. This means that China (land of cheap manufacturing) will start kicking players on the door on the cheap that can play HD DVD. CH DVD isn't meant for outside Chinese borders but with China adopting it, its a huge gain for the HD DVD format. ]]>Sep 9th 2007 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 4:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/:D]]>Sep 9th 2007 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 4:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 4:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 4:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 4:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 5:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/
It's their to stop BR-DVD & HD-DVD players from SONY or TOSHIBA etc, entering the home market coz of the CCC certificate issue (like FCC in US), look at the member list guys!

This is exactly what the goverment did with Wi-Fi standard in China, yet no one use the homeland standard after it was launched, if I remember correctly, 2 yerars ago!]]>Sep 9th 2007 5:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/
I know there were Chinese EVD and HVD video formats, that went over very well. Or rather, it didn't go well at all.

I forgot about that Chinese version of WiFi, I think that process makes Sony look saintly in comparison.]]>Sep 9th 2007 6:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/
Not only has china tried to create it's own WiFi, HD formats, and other communist state sponsored against the grain protocols, but they have also threatened to disrupt the internet by creating their own competing version of ICANN. I see a pattern developing here...]]>Sep 10th 2007 12:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Remember all CD/DVD wars? How many standards are there now written on the box that the drive reads and writes...
In today's life there is no longer a "good time" to buy technology for the long term. Get what you need for what you need as this is no longer an investment like the one that your parents went through buying a vcr.]]>Sep 9th 2007 5:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/
There's no way this thing gains traction outside of Asia. Remember HVD?]]>Sep 9th 2007 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/
No, but I guess that probably proves your point.]]>Sep 9th 2007 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/Sep 9th 2007 6:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/
and I'm chinese.]]>Sep 9th 2007 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/http://www.engadget.com/2007/09/09/china-announces-ch-dvd-a-new-high-definition-dvd-standard/
Seriously? Talk about redundant words. Anyone else find that "association" being tacked on is a little weird? is a lit]]>Sep 9th 2007 8:47PM