New Chinese HD DVD standard

Xav · 09-08-07, 10:18 PM

Just thought I'd post this up in case noone has seen it yet. The announcement was made this morning.

http://www.betanews.com/article/New_...nge/1189196071

It will be really interesting to see how this affects things.

XxDeadlyxX · 09-09-07, 12:29 AM

Wow, this war is becoming so complicated. At this rate there will definitely be no resolution until 2010 at the VERY earliest IMO, and Blu-ray can't die due to its trojan horse - PS3.

Makes you wonder just how long this can go on for

Also I can't see any new video format superseding BD/HD-DVD any time in the near future as there is no point for the audio to be better than PCM 24-bit/48khz (movies are only recorded at that spec) so there is no progress to be made there and it will be a while until there are higher-than-1080p TVs out for any reasonable prices.

Hmmm.... what optical disc media will PS4 use :O

**Rakeesh** · 09-09-07, 02:01 AM

IMO all this means is that the chinese can't pirate western media that easily.

KasuCode · 09-09-07, 04:49 AM

To add to it Transformers is HD DVD only.

Aperently Michael Bay said he wont make a Transformers 2 if they dont go HD DVD. I read it on Fud so I dont know how bias it is.

09-09-07, 10:46 AM

What actually happened was, Micheal Bay said he wouldn't make a Transformers 2 since Paramount dropped support for Blu-Ray. But now mysteriously the dumbass has came around and accepted HD DVD which is good.

Lyme · 09-09-07, 11:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by betterdan

What actually happened was, Micheal Bay said he wouldn't make a Transformers 2 since Paramount dropped support for Blu-Ray. But now mysteriously the dumbass has came around and accepted HD DVD which is good.

What happened was that Paramount dropped support for BD and he was out having dinner with three BD fanatics that made him believe that BD is the best thing since sliced bread and HD-DVD is pond scum. Then in his confused mental state he wrote a very early morning post spewing this BD fanaticism to the masses. When Paramount explained to Micheal that BD and HD-DVD for all intents and purposes are exactly the same except for HD-DVD is a slight bit cheaper to manufacture, he changed his mind.

Back on topic, this makes a lot of sense for the Chinese market. They have been doing it with cell phones so that they don't have to pay the extrordinate ip licensing fees, and now they are doing it with their high def movie standard. In addition the CHD-DVD is hardware compatible with HD-DVD, which will make it easy to make a hybrid CHD-DVD/HD-DVD player.

Expect this high definition format war to go on for a long long (long long long long long) time.

Ruined · 09-09-07, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XxDeadlyxX

Blu-ray can't die due to its trojan horse - PS3.

Just like UMD, right?

Ruined · 09-09-07, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AlphaWolf_HK

IMO all this means is that the chinese can't pirate western media that easily.

What it means is that China can build HD DVD players and with a few minor part swaps make them either for China-specific CH-DVD or HD DVD for the rest of the world. Big win for HD DVD.

**Rakeesh** · 09-09-07, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ruined

What it means is that China can build HD DVD players and with a few minor part swaps make them either for China-specific CH-DVD or HD DVD for the rest of the world. Big win for HD DVD.

Not a part swap, just a firmware change.

09-08-07, 10:18 PM	#1
Xav Professional NV Lurker Join Date: May 2003 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 361	New Chinese HD DVD standard Just thought I'd post this up in case noone has seen it yet. The announcement was made this morning. http://www.betanews.com/article/New_...nge/1189196071 It will be really interesting to see how this affects things. __________________ System I: intel 2500k \|\| Asus P8P67 Pro \|\| 4GB Gskill DDR3 Ripjaws \|\| EVGA GTX570SC \|\| SB X-Fi \|\| OCZ GameXstream 600W \|\| Klipsch PM 5.1 Ultra \|\| Gateway FHD2401 LCD System II: C2D E8400 \|\| Gigabyte GA-EP35 \|\| 2GB Gskill DDR2 1066 \|\| XFX GTX 260 Black Edition \|\| Audigy 2 \|\| Corsair TX650 \|\| Klipsch PM 2.1 \|\| Gateway 2185W LCD Consoles: 360/PS3

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XxDeadlyxX STALKER!!!!!!!! Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: NSW, Australia Posts: 1,455	Re: New Chinese HD DVD standard Wow, this war is becoming so complicated. At this rate there will definitely be no resolution until 2010 at the VERY earliest IMO, and Blu-ray can't die due to its trojan horse - PS3. Makes you wonder just how long this can go on for Also I can't see any new video format superseding BD/HD-DVD any time in the near future as there is no point for the audio to be better than PCM 24-bit/48khz (movies are only recorded at that spec) so there is no progress to be made there and it will be a while until there are higher-than-1080p TVs out for any reasonable prices. Hmmm.... what optical disc media will PS4 use :O __________________ Main PC [Core i7 980X @ 4.3GHz] [Gigabyte X58A-UD7] [7TB of HDDs] [2x Inno3D GTX 480 SLI @ stock] [12GB Team Xtreem 7-7-7-24 @ 1500mhz] [Antec 1200] [Alienware AW2310 (general use/3D Vision) and Samsung 46B650 @ 1080p24] [X-Fi Forte] [Pioneer Blu-ray BDC-S02] [Silverstone Strider 1500W] [Creative Gigaworks S750 7.1] [Windows 7 x64] 3DMark Vantage - 38010

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09-09-07, 10:46 AM	#5
betterdan Guest Posts: n/a	Re: New Chinese HD DVD standard What actually happened was, Micheal Bay said he wouldn't make a Transformers 2 since Paramount dropped support for Blu-Ray. But now mysteriously the dumbass has came around and accepted HD DVD which is good.

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