Chinese companies authorized to produce Blu-ray products

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Source: ZDNet Asia

Chinese companies authorized to produce Blu-ray products

Eleven Chinese disc manufacturers, including TCL, Malata and Desay, have been authorized by Blu-ray Disc Association to produce Blue-Ray discs, CDs, and disc players next year.

According to president of Blu-ray Disc Association, each of the manufacturers has now turned to BD development since Toshiba's withdrawal from the HD DVD camp in February this year and BDA's member number has increased to 187 while that of International DVD Forum has decreased to 163 from 240.

It is estimated that the demand for consumer electronics and computers adopted with BD technology will reach 5.3 million this year and top 11 million by 2009.

This is good news for future cheaper players.

One would just expect they will be kept on a tighter leash than they were with DVD WRT royalties and piracy.