Sony expands Blu-ray operations in China
By Richard Lawler 
posted Jul 11th 2008 2:21PM
posted Jul 11th 2008 2:21PM
Shanghai Xinsuo Music Co. is opening a plant capable of making 500,000 Blu-ray discs per month by the end of this year. It is touted as the premier Hollywood film disc supplier in the Chinese market, and a company 51 percent owned by Sony (the other 49 percent held by Shanghai Media Group) as it continues to expand the market in China and reduce the cost of Blu-ray production. After that? More expansion, another plant in Shanghai and so on. The Chinese Blu-ray market also got a jolt with Sony announcing a 3-movie pack of Kung Fu Hustle, Spider-Man 3 and Open Season for the BDP-S300. Guess it's a good thing there's a testing center in the area.Read - Shanghai Xinsuo to Roll Out Blu-ray Discs within 08
Read - Blu-ray Discs Production Surge Expected by December
Is this the first shot of the Blu-ray/CH DVD format war: 3 free movies with purchase of a player?
It might be a short war. Still, I'm curious to see how it plays out.
Wait...what? They are going to try to sell legitimate BR's in China?
Isn't China the market where DVD piracy at retail establisments is so high that legitimate DVD's are sold in cardboard envelopes for $1.50? And still, the mass-pirated copies are cheaper and probably sell better?
What hope does a legitimate BR market have there? Or are they hoping to get a few months of BR sales/profits before the DVD pirates can switch their factories to HD and all hope is lost?
China's economy is growing steadily, so more and more people will be able to afford upscale entertainment. Just a few years ago it was almost unheard of to own a car in China, and now the roads are becoming completely gridlocked with them.
If you bothered to read the article you would know this plant is the 1st phase buildout of a plant to supply the domestic Chinese market. You're worse that Truth Teller for spouting moronic comments and outright lies.
Truth, for once, I agree with you. There's few movies, horrid as they may be, that I walk out on. I walked out of Spider 3.
But it's Sony's "big cock" movie. They think everyone wants to rub it on their nipples or some goddamn thing.
Treasure the moment Charlie X......
....... but then again, it'd be weird if we couldn't agree on anything at all.
;)