Heads Up Hollywood

DVD players, especially high-definition DVD players, can be said to have cheated a large number of people.

From dvd player, to hd-dvd player, to blu-ray player, to a player compatible with both hd-dvd and blu-ray... If you are a movie lover, you may need to update it in just a few years 3rd and 4th generation DVD players.

An ordinary high-definition DVD player will cost no less than $200, and even better ones will cost more than $500!

This wool is too ruthless!

Tang En's method is very simple.

He wants to monopolize the video player market with the help of the launch of high-definition format discs!

Tang En was very pessimistic about the future of optical discs. When the streaming media business was popular, only high-definition Blu-rays could survive.

But that's just the future.

At least in the next five or six years, it will be the world of high-definition formats.

The DVD player market will also become very hot!

The heat is as high as that of a mobile phone.

Home theaters, DVD players, and televisions are essential products for almost every family in the world.

In the current DVD player market, Philip is the leader, followed by Siemens, Samsung, Sharp, Panasonic and so on.

If a year ago, Tang En would not have had the opportunity to enter this market at all.

Very simple, not strong enough.

No matter how good or high-end the products developed by Dolby Laboratories are, it is impossible to break the market monopoly of those giant companies.

Unless it is to learn how Apple broke the monopoly of Nokia and Motorola on the mobile phone market.

Introducing a product ahead of its time!

This was the question that Tang En thought of when he signed the agreement with Toshiba on the exclusive distribution of hd-dvd copyright.

Otherwise, he would not have talked to the leader of Toshiba in the first place, and he will not talk to the president of Sony Ando Kuni now.

He is playing a big game of chess!

HD-DVD has no technical difficulty. It is an upgrade of ordinary DVD players. HD-DVD players have appeared on the market for a long time, and their sales are very hot.

Although Dolby Laboratories has not developed and produced DVD players before, DVD players have been available for nearly 10 years. It is nothing more than the application of laser technology, digital technology, and precision processing technology. There have been no technical barriers for a long time, and you can get started quickly.

As long as Dolby Laboratories can get the Blu-ray research and development materials in advance, they can directly start the technology research and development of Blu-ray disc playback.

Then, a super high-definition video player compatible with hd-dvd and blu-ray was produced!

The time to introduce it to the market must be at least one year earlier than in the previous life!

One year is enough for Dolby Laboratories to crazily seize the DVD player market.

When other companies are either HD-DVD high-definition video disc players or Blu-ray high-definition video disc players, only Dolby Laboratories has a video disc player that is compatible with both high-definition formats.

At that time, it is even no exaggeration to say that in the sales market of high-definition DVD players, there will only be one company - Dolby Laboratories!

What Philip, Siemens, Samsung, can only hold a candle to.

With a vision that transcends the times, you will also have inexhaustible wealth.

Negotiations with Sony went very smoothly.

One has heart, one has intention, and there is no obstacle.

Tang En wanted the research and development materials in Blu-ray format, but Sony only put forward three requirements: first, keep it confidential; second, the copyright belongs to Sony; third, they cannot set foot in the high-definition format DVD market.

No way, Ando Kuniwei didn't have a vision beyond the times, he really couldn't figure out Tang En's intentions.

The current Ando Kuniwei is still worrying about gains and losses. He is not sure whether Blu-ray high-definition can really defeat hd-dvd in the future!

You must know that the current high-definition market is dominated by hd-dvd and is 100% monopolized.

Moreover, almost all film and television copyrights have been invested in the hd-dvd camp.

Can Blu-ray really win in the future?

Sony, as a whole, is skeptical!

Otherwise, Sony in the previous life could not have developed its own Blu-ray player so late, and it was still not compatible with HD-DVD.

If Sony is really confident, it can start research and development in advance, and push the Blu-ray format and Blu-ray disc player to the market at the same time, so as to achieve mutual complementarity and mutual assistance.

It's really frightening.

In the past few years, Sony has been lacking in achievements in the field of electronic business. It invests in research and development of nearly a hundred electronic projects every year, but very few of them can be successfully launched to the market.

And this gave Tang En an opportunity.

"Twain, I'm getting more and more confused."

After finishing the negotiation, Tosca Musk looked at Dun En with a shocked expression.

Tang En was both angry and funny, "What expression do you have?"

Tosca Musk asked seriously: "What do you think? Don't you know how deep the DVD player market is?"

"Know."

"Then what do you mean? Dolby Laboratories never made a DVD player."

Tang En pointed to his head, "Trust my wisdom."

Tosca Musk gritted his teeth: "I believe you, but I'm really dizzy, what do you mean?"

"It's simple, make money! Make big money!"

There is one thing Tang En didn't say, that is, before the economic crisis, earn enough cash, and then take advantage of the worldwide economic crisis to start the era of shopping.

Tosca Musk was a little confused, "Make a lot of money? Can you beat Philip?"

"Why not?" Tang En twitched his lips and smiled, "Some directors of Apple are still opposed to it, thinking that they are no match for Nokia and Motorola. Let's act early and set an example for Apple!"

Tosca Musk blinked and exclaimed, "Is Apple really going to make a phone?"

Although the iphone project is kept secret, Apple's movements cannot be hidden from the world, and news that Apple is going to produce mobile phones has already flowed out in the business circle.

Tang En frowned: "Be careful to keep it secret!"

Tosca Musk shook his head and continued to ask the topic just now, "Twain, well, I wish you success. However, don't you think that the business of producing DVD players is contrary to the current core strategy of the Interactive Entertainment Department?" ?”

The current core strategy of the Interactive Entertainment Department is to complete the Internetization of film technology, and the typical representative is streaming media.

What Tosca Musk means is simple.

Since New Universal is betting its future on the streaming media business of the Internet, why does it still need to produce DVD players? Isn't this slapping yourself?

One is a cutting-edge Internet playback platform, and the other is a traditional DVD playback device. These are two completely contradictory businesses.

Tang En smiled, "What do you think?"

Tosca Musk tentatively said: "Are you imitating the operation mode of Wall Street's hedge funds, are you avoiding the risk of streaming media? Do you engage in business hedging?"

Tang En almost laughed angrily.

Business hedging?

Thank you for thinking it out!

Can kill a person laughing.

"Okay, don't test me, what do you mean?"

"There is no contradiction between the DVD player business and the streaming media business."

Tosca Musk aired: "You think I'm stupid? Spears are not contradictory, so I can't understand?"

Tang En rubbed his nose and said, "It will take many years for the streaming media business to flourish. In the next few years, HD DVD players will dominate. One is long-term investment, and the other is short-term operation."

"What about when the streaming media business booms?"

"It's very simple. Before the streaming media business booms, sell the DVD player business! Sell it at the peak and highest price!"

Tosca Musk blinked his eyes quickly a few times, thinking deeply.

Then, he thought of something, and looked at Tang En with complicated eyes.

You guy, aren't you planning some kind of conspiracy again?

At the peak of the video player business, it was sold at the highest price.

Then, New Universal launched streaming media heavily, and then smashed and destroyed the DVD player business that was sold at a high price!

Is it too cruel?

Shameful!

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. Nine Heavens Emperor