Chinese HD format outsells Blu-ray 3 to 1

[NICEBUD]

Got this from cdfeaks.com.


http://www.cdfreaks.com/news/17895-chinese-hd-format-outsells-blu-ray-3-to-1.html

[guns1inger]

With that price difference and government backing, it isn't a huge surprise. However at the moment only Warners is putting any material out on the format, and I suspect Sony aren't overly concerned about the Chinese market.

[bmwracer]

But you have to watch the movies from right to left. :P

[nitro1973]

well, i dont like chinese products... usually they ripp everything and the quality is worse than bad
i dont know much about their avs codec, i read somewhere that its ripped from on2 tehcnologies company or something.
anyway i hope it will never come out of china, i think we got enough audio video codecs at the moment

[yoda313]

What codecs does it use? I'd be more interested in it as a preserving format if the burners would be cheaper than bluray.......

[cal_tony]

Interesting format and will be watching to see if China pushes it beyond their boundaries.

I'd be interested in anything that wasn't Sony.

Tony

[nitro1973]

What codecs does it use? I'd be more interested in it as a preserving format if the burners would be cheaper than bluray.......

AVS

[stiltman]

What codecs does it use? I'd be more interested in it as a preserving format if the burners would be cheaper than bluray.......

It is based on Toshiba's HD-DVD specs, and was licensed from Toshiba for the China market.
Looking at the amount of "english" titles that are on the black market there in DVD format, my guess would be that more studios will put movies on the new CBHD. Then I would look to these to start showing up in other countries.

[Tearren]

3 to 1 is a surprisingly low ratio compared to the population disparity. China has 1.3 Billion people while the US has 300 Million. So in that context, you would expect their own format to sell over 4 to 1 of Blueray (thats not even taking into account the pricing difference).

And for an HD format at $7USD a disk I would expect it would be outselling the dvd format too.

[genki500]

I guess it partially solves region code problem. No Blue Ray in China.

Poor Sony, I can't see how Sony not license their movie in CBHD. If they don't, some will convert Blue Ray to CBHD (of course, piracy.) If they do, who wants Blue Ray? Have you mail-ordered from HK/China? I don't believe how cheap the shipping cost they charged me. Good luck, Blue Ray.

[minidv2dvd]

What codecs does it use? I'd be more interested in it as a preserving format if the burners would be cheaper than bluray.......

It is based on Toshiba's HD-DVD specs, and was licensed from Toshiba for the China market.
Looking at the amount of "english" titles that are on the black market there in DVD format, my guess would be that more studios will put movies on the new CBHD. Then I would look to these to start showing up in other countries.

the files are written to disc like HD-DVD but the codecs used are owned exclusively by the chinese government.