Wind & Rain Electronics was the first to introduce a single-sided, double-layer format. But compared to Toshiba's double-sided, double-layer technology, there was a big difference. The double-sided, double-layer technology had more storage than the single-sided, double-layer technology.
But at the same time, the single-sided, double-layer technology had lower requirements and was easier to popularize. Feng Yu and Philips felt that the storage capacity of the disc was not so big now. A single-sided, double-layer technology was enough. In the future, when the recording technology improved, single-sided, single-layer technology was enough.
And in the future, most of the movies, music, games, and other discs were indeed single-sided and single-layer structures. This was because even if it was single-sided and single-layer, the storage capacity in the future would still exceed 5 GB. Not to mention a normal movie, even a high-definition movie would not be a problem!
You are talking about movie compilations? After the year 2000, some movie IPs became popular and started to produce sequels. Most of the sequels were pirated, and most of the pirated products were produced by Hua Xia.
As for TV dramas, there was no use for them now. The demand for DVDs was from the movie companies. They wanted to release products that could be easily bought and stored by the consumers. But the movie companies did not own many TV dramas.
Most of the TV dramas were aired on TV. If the viewers liked it, the TV stations would air the reruns. Movies were not aired on TV because the rights were too expensive. It was about the same as TV dramas, but the TV stations could not earn back the rights.
In the future, the biggest buyer of movie rights will be CCTV's movie channel. At that time, many people will film movies to sell the rights. They will sell the VCD rights to VCD companies and CCTV's movie channel. This was because not many people will watch the movies in the cinemas.
That's why Feng Yu told Thomas that the double-sided and double-layer structure is a waste. The technical requirements are high, the cost is high, and it will be hard to implement it. Currently, the single-sided and double-layer structure cannot be used. When everyone is researching the single-sided and double-layer structure, they should continue to improve their recording technology. They should strive for single-sided and single-layer structure to meet the needs of the film companies.
Of course, they must also research on the large-capacity technology. In the future, Blu-ray HD movies could not be stored on a normal CD. This was because an HD Blu-ray movie could be more than 20 GB!
But now, there wasn't even a HD TV. Who would develop it and sell it to? No matter if it was a VCD or DVD player, they all needed to be connected to the TV. The resolution of the TV was only so high. No matter how high definition the disc was, it was useless.
After Thomas returned to the Netherlands, Philips immediately held a press conference to announce that they would abide by Wind & Rain Electronics' single-sided, double-sided format and technical specifications. They would enter the VCD industry.
This news caused a great shock in the consumer electronics industry.
When Wind & Rain Electronics introduced this format and technical specifications, they were still laughing at them. A small electronics manufacturer from Hua Xia wants to set industry standards. Who would follow them? Of course, we will set a new standard to replace the Wind & Rain Electronics standard.
For example, Toshiba had done this, and Sony had also announced their alliance with Toshiba.
But now, a world-class company like Philips actually announced that it would comply with the industry standards of Wind & Rain Electronics. Wasn't that a disguised profit for Wind & Rain Electronics?
Everyone knew that whoever set the standards was the industry leader. Philips had acknowledged Wind and Rain Electronics as the leader of the multimedia CD industry?
But they immediately understood that Wind and Rain Electronics had given the authorization to Philips. With Philips implementing the standards, it will be faster to implement the standards, and it will be easier for other companies to recognize the standards.
For example, Philips' PolyGram Records had started to cooperate with Wind & Rain Electronics. They sold the music copyrights to Wind & Rain Electronics at a low price to manufacture the video disc.
Many other companies, including movie companies, record labels, etc., who had worked with Philips in the past, quickly announced that they would comply with Wind & Rain Electronics's industry standards.
Toshiba and Sony could no longer sit still. They had joined forces to set the industry standards. They firmly believe that their technologies were more advanced and more suitable for the market. So, Toshiba and Sony started to contact more video companies to introduce their standards.
Feng Yu had thought that with both companies working together, they could suppress Wind and Rain Electronics. Wind and Rain might not be able to defeat Wind and Rain Electronics. When they set the industry standards, their technologies will be more valuable, and Wind & Rain Electronics's research will be useless. It was a waste of money.
But Toshiba and Sony did not expect Philips to lower its head and cooperate with Wind & Rain Electronics!
Toshiba was the angriest. They had approached Aiwa and Wind and Rain Electronics to get the authorizations for the VCD players' patents. But they were rejected!
Many companies, including NEC, Fujitsu, Panasonic, etc., had contacted Toshiba. But none of them got the authorization!
The bigger the company, the more they don't dare to steal their patents. This is because once they are caught, the patent fees will be increased, and all their profits will be taken away. This is equivalent to working for someone else for nothing, and they will also lose their brand reputation.
Why did Feng Yu not authorize the patents to Toshiba and Sony? The profits from authorizing the patents were high.
There were two reasons. First, Feng Yu was waiting for the MPEG-II technology to be developed successfully. He does not want the other companies to be ahead of him, and his patent authorization would be worthless.
The second reason was more important. Those companies were all Japanese!
Feng Yu did not want the Japanese companies to get the patents and make the profits.
Now, Feng Yu had asked Jiang Wanmeng and the rest to contact other companies for the first generation of MPEG technology and the VCD technology. They were going to start large-scale authorization of the patents.
The technology was already in the lead, and it was time to use the old technologies to create more value. This was what many big companies were doing. This way, they could make more money and prevent their technologies from being overtaken by others.
Many companies were researching on the patents of their technologies and did not manufacture the products. They were making money from the patent fees. For example, in the future, Ericsson will no longer be manufacturing mobile phones. But Ericsson had the most patents on mobile phones. With the patent fees, Ericsson's annual profits were higher than many mobile phone companies.
When Toshiba and Sony started to look for companies to introduce their technology standards, Pioneer announced that they would be working with Hewlett-Packard to introduce the new DVD standards.
Another two industry giants teamed up, and they found a new direction in the crevice.
You all are competing for single-sided, double-sided, and double-sided DVD standards. We will develop new recording standards and dyeing standards. This way, we can still make money.
Now, there were three types of DVD standards in the market, and there were world-class companies promoting these standards. No one could do anything to the other.
The funniest thing was there were no DVD players in the market! If the competition for standards did not stop, it would be hard for DVDs to be marketed. Everyone's products were not compatible with each other.
Feng Yu admitted that he was disgusted by these companies. If they do not make money, no one else can make money. Let's see who will have the last laugh!
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