The producer of China's own high-density optical disks, Shanghai United Optical Disc Ltd, said it will start producing disks later this year. The Chinese produce the only format that is still competing with the widely accepted industry standard, Blu-ray.
After Toshiba pulled its HD DVD format earlier this year, the Blu-ray
disk, supported by most PC and media manufacturers, became the industry
standard for high-density optical disks worldwide. But this may not
hold for China.
Shanghai United Optical Disc, with the support of the Chinese
government, launched its own-format disk format in 2007, the CBHD. The
company has now announced that it will start production of its own
disks in the fourth quarter of this year. Initially, the Chinese-made
disks will only be for sale in China, and will use AVS audio and video
code technology owned by the Chinese government.
The Chinese version is said to have more copy protection features than
Blu-ray disks and "would help China to fight piracy." Insiders say
China is keen to have its own disk on the domestic market to cut
royalty fees and "to minimise [the] use of foreign intellectual
property for cost saving and mercantilist reasons," technology news
website ArsTechnica.com writes.
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