THE CHINESE MARKET is going to be what kills the HDDVD/ BLURAY format war.
I lived in ShangHai, China for 2 years. Over there, anything that is purchased on a DVD plastic disk is sold for about 8Yuan - 10Yuan (about $1.25).
Playstation 3 games ($1.25) Xbox360 games (1.25) WII games ($1.25) DVD's (1.25) and so forth and so on. Microsoft Windows VISTA ($1.25) OFFICE XP/ OFFICE 200x (1.25)
They do not respect international copyright laws at all.
The Chinese MAKE the players and they MAKE the video game consoles. I've seen them MOD CHIP video game consoles to accept the backup disks with no trouble at all (takes them 10 minutes). [when you return a malfunctioning 360/PS3 - it is shipped to China where it is repaired]
Its going to be IMPOSSIBLE to force everyone to buy $20/$30 BluRay or HDDVD movies when some one is selling them out a gym bag for $5.
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THE CHINESE MARKET is going to be what kills the HDDVD/ BLURAY format war.
I lived in ShangHai, China for 2 years.
Over there, anything that is purchased on a DVD plastic disk is sold for about 8Yuan - 10Yuan (about $1.25).
Playstation 3 games ($1.25)
Xbox360 games (1.25)
WII games ($1.25)
DVD's (1.25) and so forth and so on.
Microsoft Windows VISTA ($1.25)
OFFICE XP/ OFFICE 200x (1.25)
They do not respect international copyright laws at all.
The Chinese MAKE the players and they MAKE the video game consoles. I've seen them MOD CHIP video game consoles to accept the backup disks with no trouble at all (takes them 10 minutes).
[when you return a malfunctioning 360/PS3 - it is shipped to China where it is repaired]
Its going to be IMPOSSIBLE to force everyone to buy $20/$30 BluRay or HDDVD movies when some one is selling them out a gym bag for $5.