Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1703 DVD
As a product of a newer generation than VCD, DVD uses a higher level of video and audio compression coding, it can record 135 minutes of images, which is equivalent to a complete movie content, compared to the capacity of only 70 minutes of VCD. Only two discs can play a full movie, which has a strong advantage in terms of cost.

Moreover, compared with old-fashioned video recorders and VCDs, DVD is an epoch-making product in terms of picture clarity. Old-fashioned video recorders and VCDs are relatively similar in terms of picture quality. However, in the DVD era, the picture quality is truly qualitative. leap.

In the previous life, the preliminary planning of DVD was put forward in the second half of 1994, and by the beginning of 1996, the DVD prototype appeared, and it only took more than a year before and after, and its development speed can be described as very fast.

The first to develop DVD was the well-known Sony Corporation and Philips Corporation. On December 1994, 12, they first released the format and technical indicators of a single-sided, double-layer 16-inch high-density multimedia CD, referred to as the multimedia disc system. It can be said that this It is the first standard, DVD specification.

At the beginning of January 1995, at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Sony Corporation vigorously began to manufacture cities for DVD, and hinted that it would be one step ahead in the DVD field, which meant that the DVD competition was fully open. Another equally well-known and powerful company has made a tit-for-tat decision, vowing to compete with Sony, and that is Japan's Toshiba, which has long been preparing for DVD.

In the end, the two companies made a compromise with each other on September 1995, 9, and cooperated to produce DVDs in a unified format, and made a DVD prototype in early 15.

Duan Yun is quite familiar with DVD-related technologies. In his previous life, he had studied and studied the relevant principles and technical details of DVD equipment, and now Today Audio Group already has experience in developing VCDs. Based on this, he developed DVD is not a difficult task. With these two advantages, Duan Yun can completely complete the development and production of DVD ahead of Sony and Toshiba Electronics.

In other words, if Duan Yun is willing, it can complete the research and development of DVD and prepare for production in just one year, and quickly launch the product to the market.

But Duan Yun will not do this for the time being, because he also knows that once the DVD is launched, it means that the VCD products produced by his company will be replaced quickly, which is tantamount to ruining his own job.

Therefore, Duan Yun will not quickly develop DVD and put it on the market until there is no strong competitor in the market in the short term, but he can regard this DVD product as a technical reserve. low, or Tianyin’s products are on the verge of being eliminated due to vicious competition, Duan Yun can immediately use DVD as a powerful secret weapon and quickly put it on the market, so as to continue to gain huge profits in the audio-visual market.

However, one thing Duan Yun needs to do is to produce a DVD prototype before the appearance of the DVD prototype in early 1996, and apply for domestic and foreign patents.

In Duan Yun’s view, if this wave of operations can be successfully implemented, then Chinese electronic products will be able to break the almost monopoly position of Japanese electronic products in the world, thus making Tianyin Group a world-renowned multinational technology electronics company.

However, this is Duan Yun's plan for the next few years. Currently, VCD has just been listed, and he still has at least three years of profit margin.

This time, in addition to getting domestic orders of nearly 7 units through member dealers, Duan Yun also plans to take the initiative to participate in this year's CES electronics exhibition with Tianyin brand VCD.

From 1986 when Duan Yun participated in the CES exhibition in the United States for the first time until last year, he has never been absent. In addition to CES, there is also IFA, the International Consumer Electronics Fair in Berlin. Duan Yun is also a frequent visitor, but sometimes he does not I will go there in person, but send the company's relevant translators and technical personnel to investigate, and then bring the materials back to China for Duan Yun's reference.

Moreover, since the end of the 90s, Duan Yun has also begun to participate in these two international exhibitions as an exhibitor. The world's first NAND flash memory chip developed by them at the beginning attracted great attention at the CES exhibition that year, and was promoted to As a result, follow-up cooperation with American technology companies began.

And last year, Telling Hong Kong also brought the Telling MCU developed by their team to the two major exhibitions, and then won a certain number of orders in the United States and Europe, and once again raised Telling Group’s reputation in the world electronics industry. popularity in the world.

The successful development of VCD this time can also be said to be a major breakthrough in the world's electronics industry. Compared with traditional laser disc players, it has better performance and lower cost, and it is definitely a breakthrough product. .

Duan Yun is in urgent need of foreign exchange, so he also wants to get some international orders through these two exhibitions, but it is still unknown how successful it will be.

In late March, Duan Yun, Li Yun, the person in charge of the Hong Kong branch, and the technicians who participated in the CES exhibition got on the plane, took off from Hong Kong Airport, and headed for Las Vegas, USA.

This time Duan Yun and his team brought a total of 12 VCD prototypes for the exhibition, in addition to 4 486 computers produced by Tianyin Group, and a new generation of one-micron process flash memory chips. The main products exhibited at the exhibition.

"Brother Duan, I have tried the VCD produced by our group before. The effect is really good, and in terms of cost, it is much less than the mainstream laser disc players in the world. This is indeed a very good product." On the plane Li Yun, who was sitting by the window, turned to look at Duan Yun next to him, and said, "How did you design this product?"

"Actually, I just want to design a new audio-visual product that can replace the video recorder. The sales volume of the video recorder produced by our company has begun to decline in the past two years, and product replacement is inevitable..." Duan Yun paused, and then said: "Then I borrowed imported laser disc players and cooperated with our R&D team to design the product..."

"Brother Duan is indeed a genius. I believe that there is no other person in China who has such strong technical ability as you. If you were an American, you would probably be a billionaire by now..." Li Yun said with some emotion.

"Why do you say that?" Duan Yun looked at Li Yun, and then said, "Could it be that the Chinese can't do it?"

"I don't mean that. I just feel that it is easier to start a business in a country like the United States. Although the current domestic environment has improved a lot, it is still incomparable with Western developed countries. With your technology and ability, I feel that it is easier to start a business. It is no worse than those powerful people from international multinational companies, in other words, if those people come to China, I am afraid that even half of your achievements will not be achieved..." Li Yun said with some emotion.

(End of this chapter)