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October 07, 2005
China developing own High Definition DVD format
For the second time in two years, China has announced plans to develop its very own next-generation High Definition DVD standard to avoid paying licensing fees to foreign companies.
China's move would surely complicate the battle between HD DVD and the competing Blu-ray Disc formats over which will become the dominant new DVD standard.
The official Xinhua News Agency said the new standard will be based on but incompatible with HD DVD, which is being promoted by Toshiba Corp. and Universal Studios, as well as Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp., the leading suppliers of chips and software for most of the world's personal computers.
Posted by admin at October 7, 2005 02:28 PM