Talk:CH-DVD

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[edit] Request English references

Can I request English reference please. There are enough English reference out there that refer to CH-DVD. It makes it really difficult to check the facts when the text is in Chinese characters. Thanks, Lester 00:08, 28 March 2008 (UTC)

Somebody added information about when CH-DVD is due on the market, which I just deleted (see diff). I deleted it for the following reasons: 1. The reference (a video store) was an unreliable source 2. After a thorough search of the referenced site, I could not find any information about the due date of CH-DVD. So I deleted the both the information (about the due date) as well as the reference. The article needs to have reliable information, for example a national newspaper or a well known technology magazine. A video store isn't a good source. Thanks, Lester 03:36, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Are compatible, and are released.

I understand your scepticism, and will offer you this.... First of note is I only have a few hours of access to a computer signal access per day, if that, so I can't overly read and reference everything at once. I've labeled the page with the correct template, and I'll work on it as time allows over the next few days. Please, allow the time for this to be done as per wikipedia:AGF. I'll get there. I've moved my work off of what could be considered (one of?) your pet project of HD DVD both to limit my time to expanding and properly referencing the CH-DVD page, and to rightfully keep the two articles separate. Reverting while I try to do all the things you ask for in referencing the project page make it hard, if not impossible to finish the work needed; and the page does need work. Lostinlodos (talk) 14:01, 13 May 2008 (UTC)

I removed many of the changes user:Lostinlodos made to the article (>diff<), the reason being is that I did not believe those changes were accurate. We need the reliable references upfront before we can make new claims about CH-DVD. It would not be proper for those claims to remain in the article, for any length of time, if they are not accurate. Reliable references are required to demonstrate to other editors that the claims are accurate. Here are the changes I made:
  • I Restored the Future Product tag at the top of page. There is no evidence that the CH-DVD format has been completed, or is on sale to the public.
  • I removed the sentence: "The format is identical to HD DVD", as this claim is not accurate.
  • I removed the sentence: "the two formats require firmware updates to remain compatible". Are any companies designing new HD-DVD players? Then where will this firmware upgrade come from? Why would the Chinese want to include a firmware upgrade to bring HD-DVD compatibility, when it would defeat the purpose of a royalty free format. We can't say a firmware upgrade will bring compatibility.
  • I removed the sentence: "High-definition discs Industry Alliance of China officially established its debut in China, September 7, 2007." The product was announced on September 7, but the word "debut" is ambiguous, as it may be confused with the product's release. Besides, we already said in the opening paragraph that it was announced on September 7, 2007.
  • I removed the External Link which redirected to a chat forum on Amazon.com, as this is not a reliable source.
Basically, we need reliable reference sources before we can make any claims about CH-DVD. If CH-DVD officially gets released, I'll be supportive of that being included in the article. Thanks, Lester 22:50, 13 May 2008 (UTC)