Why the BDA is not concerned about CH DVD

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This thread is to provide you with a counter to the delusional CH DVD and HD DVD adoption in China.

CH DVD is a Chinese HD format which HD DVD supporters say will help the adoption of HD DVD in China since CH DVD is apparently compatible with HD DVD.

The BDA and even the HD DVD promotional group would most likely not support CH DVD because there is one slight problem...The BDA and the HD DVD promotional group are out for one thing, making money on production royalties for years to come. Here is an interesting quote from ch-dvds.com:

http://ch-dvds.com/index.htm (not sure if this is the official site)

The main motive of the Chinese standard CH-DVD is to avoid having to make royalty and copyright payments to foreign companies. Why should they make such payments? It totally makes sense, this makes much much cheaper for China and more expensive for rest of the world to invade the Chinese market.

So the HD DVD promotions group will not receive royalties for CH DVD discs and players created (which can apparently run HD DVD content)? Yeah right. The HD DVD camp wants money for production.

Another quote:

So far, not many companies are really making chips and systems with the Chinese standards. There are two reasons:

1. Chinese companies want to export their cheap products. There is no demand for the Chinese standard outside China.

2. There is no contents in the Chinese standard format.

It is obvious that CH DVD will remain in China alongside Blu-ray once they have no choice but to adopt the international standard (Blu-ray). Just more logic to fight against delusional HD DVD supporters.

[ottscay]

I was in Beijing in late November and there wasn't a CH DVD player in site. Not saying there couldn't have been a few at specialty stores or something, but none to be found at the alrge mega-stores that have electronics departments.

I think CH DVD is stillborn now that HD DVD is dead.

[WickyWoo]

CH DVD is just another in a long line of attempts by the Chinese government to create a royalty free format, as they don't like paying royalties.

SVCD bombed, EVD, bombed. It's just going to keep happening because the masses only bootleg the best