Top Chinese electronics firms will stop producing DVD players since 2008 in accordance with the national plan to replace foreign technology with new technology developed by the country.

" 19 out of 21 major Chinese manufacturers will switch to manufacturing EVD players in 2008, " said Truong Bao Quan, general secretary of EVD Alliance (Multi-purpose Disc).

China stopped producing DVD players in 2008 images 1 Source: AFP In the past, only one major DVD player was ever making EVD heads, and last year, the number of EVDs consumed was also modest, only at 700,000 units. According to research firm iSupply, this sales is less than one-tenth of the DVD's annual sales.

Not only in the media sector, China is also pushing its own standard in many other product categories such as 3G phones, wireless LANs, digital TVs and home networks.

" The development of domestic standards has become a common trend in China. It helps domestic enterprises increase their competitiveness in the domestic market ," said Ma Jun, an economist at the Bank of Germany. . " Foreign companies that do business in China will have to buy technology or pay a fee for local businesses. If not, at least they must be joint ventures ."

According to Mr. Jun, the reason China wants to switch to EVD is because currently, the profit from DVD player has reached the minimum threshold. " There is almost no interest. The price of each Chinese-made head is only about $ 20, but they have lost $ 7 of licensing money to foreign-owned DVD companies. "

Meanwhile, the average price of the EVD player will be around 700 yuan, equivalent to VND 1,400,000. Although the price is higher, the quality of the player is also better than the DVD.

Trong Cam