Quote Originally Posted by Sir Terrence the Terrible
Do you think people just pull a format out of their bums, and they take off? You need content, and you can bet this; if the chinese come up with a format, the Hollywood studios are not going to support it. The Chinese have their own format CHD-DVD right now, and they are having problems selling it because their are no big movies to support the format. Hollywood is staying away because of the lack of sufficient content protection in a market that loves to steal movies.

The chinese can invent all they want, but they better have content to support it. Hollywood is in no rush to support ANY player developed by the Chinese. Bluray players are already in China and Toshiba is helping to support China's CHD player. However the BDA has several major manufacturers signed up to manufacture bluray players just for that market. The Japanese and Hollywood have a long time love affair with each other. I do not think the Chinese have a prayer in breaking up that combination.
there is one institution in China that reconizes formats, etc.
And they reconized two, Blu and the native chinese format.
If Hollywood is going to let any of their movies be sold in China it will have to be on BOTH
formats.
One of the reasons industry is moving to China is that that is where they see the most growth. If hollywood doesnt accomodate china they wont sell in china.
Thats politics.
Not to mention that if a block of movie types get together and boycot certain formats outright, it will invite an S.E.C investigation, not to mention one from the European union
and a few other places.
As usual you have no connection with the real world whatsoever.
China wont let a bunch of hollywood fancyboys get in the way of their national interest.
ALL A BLU RAY PLAYER IS IS A DVD player with a blue laser, and all a DVD player
is is a CD player with a higher freq laser.
Anybody can make one, and EVERYBODY will.
Welcome to the REAL world