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Chinese companies authorized to produce Blu-ray players

Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 12:05 am
by TheDaddy
http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/hardware/ ... 652,00.htm

Chinese companies authorized to produce Blu-ray products
By Staff, ChinaTechNews
Friday, May 23, 2008 10:24 AM

Eleven Chinese disc manufacturers, including TCL, Malata and Desay, have been authorized by Blu-ray Disc Association to produce Blue-Ray discs, CDs, and disc players next year.

According to president of Blu-ray Disc Association, each of the manufacturers has now turned to BD development since Toshiba's withdrawal from the HD DVD camp in February this year and BDA's member number has increased to 187 while that of International DVD Forum has decreased to 163 from 240.

It is estimated that the demand for consumer electronics and computers adopted with BD technology will reach 5.3 million this year and top 11 million by 2009.

Posted: Sat May 24, 2008 2:49 am
by DAve
It will certainly be interesting to see how the Chinese players factor in to the sales numbers when they hit the market.