China Hangs On To CBHD To Fight Blu-ray But Losing Badly

Way back when in the days of HD DVD, China rolled out its own high definition format called CBHD. Based on HD DVD technology, China's format was supposed to be one of its in-counrtry products meant to keep the rest of the world out. Except--no surprise here--it looks like that strategy is going to finally fail. Taiwan, the biggest outside supporter of CBHD, has decided to pull its support in favor of Blu-ray. Since China launched CBHD, the format hasn't gained support from any Hollywood studios resulting in few titles. Furthermore, players cost upwards of $400, more expensive than Blu-ray players with more features and more available titles. Looks like another HD disc format is about to kick the dust.

Via Blu-ray.com

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