Players for China's CBHD format, formerly known as CH-DVD in China and C-HD-DVD by the DVD Forum, are finally available.
The two players released yesterday are made by Chinese manufacturers TCL and Shinco, and are expected to sell for close to $300 (about 2,000 yuan). Discs will be around $7 (50 yan).
Blu-ray players and discs, which made their debut in China last year, cost around ... [ read the full article ]
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It is not about cost, it is about keeping foreign influences out. If they can eliminate DVD & Blu-ray, and use an inferior, overpriced format that the rest of the world will not use...then the only content available will be what the chinese government approves of...or at least that is the idea.
Originally posted by KillerBug: It is not about cost, it is about keeping foreign influences out. If they can eliminate DVD & Blu-ray, and use an inferior, overpriced format that the rest of the world will not use...then the only content available will be what the chinese government approves of...or at least that is the idea.
Unless they make sure it can't play normal video DVDs the bootleg markets will still thrive...... through it would be interesting if we got a low cost HDVD to archive to out of it all..but hell BR burners are under are under 200 and a 25 pack of BR discs are under 100!
