Next generation disc "CBHD" of China's proprietary standard advanced to overseas market, pursue Blu-ray

Next-generation disc of the original standard launched by China as a competing horse of Blu-ray "CBHD (China Blue High Definition)"Has finally expanded beyond China.

It is said that domestic sales exceeded the sales of Blu-ray playersAlthough it is a CBHD player, will it be possible to surpass Blu-ray in the world market?

Details are as below.
CBHD player launches in the UK

According to this article, it is said that the CBHD player "THBD - 1008" released by TCL by Chinese manufacturer was released on the UK market. This is the first time that the CBHD player was sold outside China.

"THBD - 1008" is bundled with 6 English video works and 8 Chinese video works, and it is also available for playback of DVD discs and MP3 files.

This is "THBD - 1008".


Although it is said to be less expensive than the Blu-ray player "THBD-1008", it is said that it is unlikely that it will be widely spread in the UK market because it does not correspond to English titles, but mainly in the UK It seems that he is targeting about 400,000 Chinese living in the UK, who lives in Tokyo.

By the way CBHD was launched in the background, Toshiba was promoting "HD DVD" as a next-generation DVD standard against Blu-ray, has provided technology to China, but that Toshiba Considering that you are also considering entering Blu - ray, will China and the Blu - ray camp this confrontation in the future?

In addition, "THBD - 1008" provided technology related to next - generation optical discs to ChinaModel based on Toshiba's HD DVD playerIt is said that a new model that succeeded in lowering the main unit price to 249 dollars (about 23,000 yen) newly appeared.

The image of "THBD - 1008" is from the following.

TCL THBD - 1008 (TCL THBD - 1008) One - sided goods