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To: DiViT who wrote (35091)	8/10/1998 6:54:00 PM
From: John Rieman	Respond to of 50808

CVD........................ asiansources.com DVD players Low-cost DVD alternatives emerging in China In China and other Asian countries where VCD has been big, DVD's high prices and low software availability take on an amplified significance. VCD player and software prices continue to fall, making DVD products appear ridiculously expensive and titles seem extremely scarce. "Our DVD production can be put into operation now, but we are still unsure what effect DVD players will have on the video segment, as the market demand for VCD players is very strong," said Guang-hua Wu, vice general manager of Shenzhen SAST. This has prompted some major industry players to pursue a digital video product that combines some of DVD's quality and features with the cost advantage of VCD. In June, some of China's consumer electronics leaders - Idall, Shenzhen SAST, Changhong, Malata and Konka - launched CVD (Chinese Video Disc) players, in cooperation with C-Cube. The product, like DVD, uses MPEG-2 coding and decoding technology and is compatible with all CD and VCD software. It can achieve resolutions of 350 TV lines and does not require a connection to an HDTV set to operate. It also comes with two stereo or four mono audio channels, as well as various professional audio effects. "The CVD product is more suitable for our market, so we will again put off our DVD player program," Wu said. CVD is not the only challenger to DVD in China. In early July, the S-VCD standard was introduced after eight months of discussion among China's VCD specialists, Sony, Panasonic, JVC and Philips. The new standard includes a dual-speed chip, MPEG-2 coding and decoding, a 2D/3D1 disc format, a resolution of 350 TV lines, a 40-minute recording time, and VCD and CD compatibility.