China creates own high-def format.

[Smokey]

The more interesting find, however, is it looks like current and future HD DVD players can also play CH DVDs with a minor firmware upgrade, and that China plans to export their CH DVD players to the States and elsewhere to be used as HD DVD players... I would say this bodes very well for HD DVD (and consumers, pricewise) if true. I guess we will see if this is just speculation on the AVS Forum, or actual fact in the days to come.

---Dave

That is good analysis.

The way it is going, not only we may have two competing formats, but also two world zone of HD format. Japan seem going the blue ray, while China going with HD-DVD format. So as of now, having only one HD format seem less and less likely.