China joins 'DVD war'

China has officially participated in the standard war of the next generation DVD format with the release of a standard DVD format of this country.

As part of an effort to promote domestic technology capable of replacing foreign technology, on November 29, Chinese leading electronics firms simultaneously launched the domestic market with a series of top products. Video integrated standard DVD EVD format.

Standard EVD format (Enhanced Versatile Disc) was first introduced to the market in 2003. This is part of the Chinese government's efforts to create separate standards for domestic products and reduce minimal dependence on foreign products.

Product integrates EVD technology of China

Even China is willing to spend money to buy foreign intellectual property rights to serve domestic research work.

However, efforts to promote the standard DVD EVD met many difficulties in 2004 and products compatible with it were unable to meet the user's tastes. Meanwhile producers are constantly complaining about licensing fees for using technology.

But the EVD promotion campaign has been revived on a large scale. Chinese electronics firms claim they will completely switch to EVD applications and stop producing DVD players.

New moves by Chinese electronics firms have added fuel to the global standard of next generation DVD format between Blu-ray and HD-DVD standards.

EVD supporters claim that the technology delivers better sound quality images, larger storage capacity and better content anti-piracy features than current DVD standards.

Mr. Zhang Baoquan - Secretary General of EVD Industry Association - is confident that China's huge and growing consumer electronics market will be extremely favorable for electronic companies to water can be completely transferred to the EVD application quite easily.

" By 2008 EVE will completely replace the DVD. This transition will not have much impact on Chinese manufacturers ," Baoquan said. "Next year Chinese electronics firms will start producing EVD systems ."

The EVD Industry Association says the EVD video player will sell for about $ 87 - which is equivalent to the price of today's standard DVD players. This will be a factor causing headaches for Blu-ray and HD-DVD makers because the price of their players is selling for $ 500 and $ 1,000.

Hoang Dung