It's Monday, which apparently means time for yet another Blu-ray fighting Chinese high definition disc format, this time NVD. With
China Blue HD barely out the door and
EVD conspicuous only in its absence, HD NVD players apparently went on sale today in Wuhan, featuring 12GB of storage on a red laser disc format that -- unlike the Toshiba technology backed CBHD / HD DVD variant -- is not only
Made in China, but Created in China, with the hope that owning their own IP can net 4-5 times the profit for its manufacturers. 80% of the world's DVDs and players are reportedly produced in China, so now production lines can switch to NVD HD cheaply -- stop us if you've heard this
before. It's clear that these companies are chafing under the royalties of foreign tech, but until we hear something about content support in any major way, it's hard to believe this format war is even worth fighting. Us? We're still holding out for
VCDHD.
Read - NVD: independent innovation to safeguard national economic security
Read - China's proprietary red-ray NVD makes its debut
posted Feb 2nd 2009 at 4:32PM 
