Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) completed the construction of its new polycarbonate resin production facility in March 2008. While the facility was supposed to begin commercial operation in July, MCC has decided to postpone its start-up due to the high price of crude oil and the depressed polycarbonate resin market. Add a comment
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CESI Technology announced today that it has been designated as the first official Blu-ray Disc Test Center in China. By establishing a test center in this country, the BDA hopes to shorten the time it takes Chinese companies to develop and launch fully compliant BD products.
CESI Technology Co. Ltd., a contributor member of the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), has been designated as the first official Blu-ray Disc Test Center in China. CESI Technology’s joining BDA as a Contributor member and their establishment of the Test Center indicates the strong momentum building for the Blu-ray Disc format in China.

The establishment of this Blu-ray Disc Test Center is also a critical piece in the Blu-ray Disc value chain in China. From today, Chinese manufacturers can receive verification services for the official production of BD-ROM Movie Players at this center. This will dramatically shorten the time needed for product development and market launch of fully compliant BD products for Blu-ray Disc product manufacturers. the contribution of CESI Technology.”
Hopefully, this means that we'll be seeing Blu-ray players from more Chinese manufacturers. If you'd like to read more, CESI's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
The Blu-ray Disc Association is making a big push into the Chinese market. At SinoCES, the group announced that DigiRise DRA (DRA), a Chinese digital audio coding technology, has passed a technical evaluation and is one step closer to being adopted by the BDA. By making DRA part of the Blu-ray Disc format, the BDA hopes to compete with China's own high-def format, the China Blue High-definition Disc (CBHD).
The Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) has today announced that DigiRise DRA(DRA) digital audio coding technology has passed an important technicalevaluation. This represents a key milestone for a locally-developed Chinesetechnology to be potentially adopted by Blu-ray Disc format. This milestone is theresult of hard work by engineers in the Audio Codec Evaluation Technical TaskForce under the BDA’s Joint Technical Committee, and close collaboration withChina Hualu Group and DigiRise Technology Ltd.

"We are very happy that DigiRise DRA, an original Chinese audio coding technology,has passed the BDA technical evaluation. The BDA is now taking final steps to formallyadopt DigiRise DRA as part of the format. The BDA is always open to such discussionsand evaluations in its pursuit to creating the best format possible," stated Mr. Sumitaka Matsumura, Chair of the BDA China Task Force. The testing processstrictly followed BDA’s worldwide evaluation standards where contributions camefrom all major vendors in the value chain, including key hardware manufacturers and content providers.
If you'd like to read more, the BDA's entire press release can be found here. Add a comment
In celebration of their fifth anniversary, SlySoft is offering a 20% discount on all products (except upgrades and t-shirts) until July 31st, 2008. No coupon code is necessary as the discount will be automatically applied to your order.

What are you waiting for? Head on over to the SlySoft website and take advantage of this sale! Add a comment