Ok, so this is more news to me. I heard that ch dvd is fully compatible w/ hd dvd, meaning that it will play any hd dvd disk. whether that means china will be buying a lot of non hong kong based movies....i doubt it. the only way i think this might effect people in the states, EU, or anywhere else around the world is if they're going to start production of plain jane hd dvd players on the cheap, which i dont think would be any different than an independent chinese firm choosing to do it themselves. but in the long term run, i can't see a chinese firm not making blu ray players as well. there's money to be made, and china likes their trade surplus w/ many countries.
I have also read that HD-DVD players would also play CH-DVDs with a firmware update. (treat this info as a rumour since I haven't been able to confirm it anywhere else)
@SimbaDogg Wow, I'm impressed, you managed to put a positive BR spin into your post regarding this article! Did you read the entire article? In brief, what it is saying is that the Chinese industry has basically rubber stamped HD DVD as the format of choice with some minor modifications to call it CH DVD, and it has the support of most of the worlds leading manufacturers including Phillips, Panasonic etc and most amazingly Sony!.....nothing like an each way bet. The thing is though, the worlds disc producers, manufacturers etc and studios must follow, this market is just to big to ignore and it "could" potentially spell the end for BR as a mainstream player, (be a lovely little boutique market though. Who knows, we might even see a PS3 with a CH DVD drive :)(which is HD DVD by another name!)
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Ok, so this is more news to me. I heard that ch dvd is fully compatible w/ hd dvd, meaning that it will play any hd dvd disk. whether that means china will be buying a lot of non hong kong based movies....i doubt it.
the only way i think this might effect people in the states, EU, or anywhere else around the world is if they're going to start production of plain jane hd dvd players on the cheap, which i dont think would be any different than an independent chinese firm choosing to do it themselves. but in the long term run, i can't see a chinese firm not making blu ray players as well. there's money to be made, and china likes their trade surplus w/ many countries.
I have also read that HD-DVD players would also play CH-DVDs with a firmware update. (treat this info as a rumour since I haven't been able to confirm it anywhere else)
@SimbaDogg
Wow, I'm impressed, you managed to put a positive BR spin into your post regarding this article! Did you read the entire article?
In brief, what it is saying is that the Chinese industry has basically rubber stamped HD DVD as the format of choice with some minor modifications to call it CH DVD, and it has the support of most of the worlds leading manufacturers including Phillips, Panasonic etc and most amazingly Sony!.....nothing like an each way bet.
The thing is though, the worlds disc producers, manufacturers etc and studios must follow, this market is just to big to ignore and it "could" potentially spell the end for BR as a mainstream player, (be a lovely little boutique market though. Who knows, we might even see a PS3 with a CH DVD drive :)(which is HD DVD by another name!)