China manufactured 8 out of 10 DVD players in 2003
Posted on 21/06/04 05:27 by Dan Bell                             
China manufactured 8 out of 10 DVD players in 2003
According to the Industrial Economics and Knowledge Center or (IEK), China produced about 82 million DVD players last year. This is an astoniching 80 percent of total production in the world. Needless to say, they have the ability to produce and the frightening part is no one can beat their cost.

There are currently more than 600 manufacturers of DVD players in China, and intense price competition has resulted in very thin margins, according to IEK. Therefore, more Chinese makers are upgrading their product lines toward OEM production of DVD recorders, IEK indicated.

The article over at DigiTimes says that 3 quarters of a billion IC chips were imported for the production of these units, most of which came from Taiwan. The value of the chips alone was put at 1.4 billion dollars U.S. One wonders how they are doing in this year, as it seems that DVD is even more popular today.

Source: DigiTimes

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By BluSan, Wednesday 23 June 2004 04:09
We all know the USA are wary about China's upcoming economy because someday soon they will be the richest nation on earth once again. When buying the cheapy DVD Players from say Asda they play all formats and any copies hehe but pay more than £40 and they play nothign decent ahhahpuke
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