10:23AM Brian Lam | The masses in China don’t have an HD disc format yet to pirate, let alone two that their studios can bicker over. But they will soon with CH-DVD, the HD DVD variant approved by China. I’d guess HD DVD was picked over Blu-Ray because the format’s lower cost of production on the player and disc side. While HD DVD and CH-DVD aren’t actually compatible (they are just based on the same physical design), a few things could result from this that could benefit everyone: Cheaper players, cheaper discs as more factories go online. That could push adoption up, worldwide for HD DVD, simultaneously driving studios insane with greed and fear. BTW, did I mention HD DVD is a region-less format? More when I find out.
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