Chinese firms seek to replace DVDs with home-grown technology
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Leading Chinese makers are to stop making DVD players from 2008 as part of China's plan to replace foreign technology with a new home-grown standard, an industry alliance chief said.
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NEW YORK/HONG KONG  - Chinese companies are  starting to pursue North American and European electronics and  consumer brands as their government pushes them to build global  sales forces for their low-cost products.
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Looking to boost the use of home electronics, company  provides funding to three companies.
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China is so keen to keep foreign investment flowing that it probably will let private Web sites work around strict new rules limiting video-sharing to state-controlled companies, analysts say.
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The world's biggest electronics firms are working on systems to stop digital content being pirated.
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Hollywood studios are becoming  deeply divided over which high-definition technology will  replace the DVD, increasing prospects that it will be years  before next-generation players become standard equipment in  U.S. households.
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Electronics manufacturers in China may be gearing up for another attempt to establish a proprietary optical disc format, although some analysts said such a move is unlikely to succeed.
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China, where pirated DVDs of the latest Hollywood blockbusters can be bought for a dollar on street corners, is calling for a crackdown on pirated copies of "Shrek 2."
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Two Japanese companies said Tuesday they have developed a DVD that can play on both existing machines and the upcoming high-definition players, raising hopes for a smooth transition as more people dump old TV sets for better screens.
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Warner Bros.'s home video unit and  its Chinese partner on Thursday unveiled a new strategy to  fight DVD piracy in China by selling disks earlier, at lower  prices and in more stores than before with the backing of  government officials.
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Audio technology company is marking time before the next generation of DVD players arrives.
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Two Silicon Valley companies that have already become household names in tech savvy homes are working together to bring movies to the home digitally.
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For a few years, technology companies have been racing to find a way to get movies from the Internet to the living-room TV in a way that will get consumers excited.
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High-definition will close the gap between cinema and home entertainment, but will also change DVD production.
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A new type of premium DVD player has emerged, converting a disc's images to greater resolution to take advantage of high-definition TV sets. A comparison of offerings from five makers.
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LOS ANGELES -- Computer companies have been trying for several years to convince consumers that their next PC should also be their hub for home entertainment.
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PC buyers can look forward to DVDs with up to 10 times the storage they now have when Hewlett-Packard rolls out machines supporting next-generation DVD technologies next year.