China develops DVD rival!

elektro80 · Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 5:22 am Post subject: China develops DVD rival!

China Develops Enhanced Versatile Disc (EVD) System

A new system of Enhanced Versatile Disc (EVD), developed by davform and with China's own intellectual property rights, has lately passed state appraisal, ending the history that core technology from VCD to DVD had been monopolized by foreign countries.

Sponsored by the State Trade and Economic Commission andMinistry of Information Industry, the system was developed by davform and put into trial industrialization in SVA (Group), which will be put into batch production and brought into the market within this year.

The system gathers up many functions as household electric appliance, computer and communications, with its technological section containing 22 patents and 5 sets of software, superior to DVD in term of technology. The EVD standard has become a trade standard and submitted to the International Electrotechnical Commission and International Organization for Standardization as an international standard proposal.

The EVD system shows apparent technological advantages over DVD system, according to experts from the appraisal committee, and fills in blanks of storing and displaying of hi-definition programs. Its EAC is able to produce an audio frequency of better quality than dolby AC-3 under the same rate, which has reached world advanced level.

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200207/16/eng20020716_99813.shtml

seraph · Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 6:30 am Post subject:

Are you saying I'll have to sell my DVD burner and DVD players because a new standard is cropping up Question

and what about my Indiana Jones movies on DVD Question

elektro80 · Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 6:39 am Post subject:

Not really. So far China has been doing well producing and exporting unlicensed DVD devices. There is a controversy going on at the moment that might lead to a 20USD license fee for every device produced.
The EVD is an attempt at dumping the DVD license prob.. and probably the EVD will be a mix of VCD/SVCD/DVD and various CD audio schemes .
The local aisan markets are so huge that whatever these guys decide will be a standard.. will becaome a standard with seconds. And the content providers must obey.. instantly. Or.. the EVD is an attempt blackmailing the DVD patentholders.

elektro80 · Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 6:42 am Post subject:

DVD playback devices manufactured in China are big in Europe at the moment. You can get those for as little as 48 euro. Hmm.. possibly less.

mosc · Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2003 7:04 am Post subject: