Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1805 DVD Prototype
Compared with usual, Duan Yun now prefers to go out to socialize, completely immersing himself in work and socializing, living a dull and fulfilling life.

And the main reason for this is because he has not completely come out of the divorce. Now Cheng Qingyan has been dealing with the rest of the matter in Hainan. The huge villa no longer has the warmth of the old home. Although the house is very large and luxurious, However, for Duan Yun, it was just a place to sleep, nothing more.

Fast forward to November, and Duan Yun got good news, that is, the development of DVD has ushered in a major breakthrough. According to the plan proposed by Duan Yun, researchers have successfully written the core encoding program of DVD. A major breakthrough has also been made in related DVD core decoding chips.

The core technology of a complete DVD player includes three parts: movement, decoding chip and design system integration control software. Among them, design system integration control software is the most critical.

In the middle and late 90s of the previous life, China did not master these core technologies. Every time it sold a VCD or DVD, it had to pay foreign manufacturers a patent fee of more than 25 US dollars, and it was impossible to occupy the commanding heights of the market through continuous upgrading of core technologies. reduce costs.

And Duan Yun.This time, he took all the core technology into his own hands.

Speaking of which, in the previous life, from the second half of 1994 when the preliminary specification of DVD was proposed to the appearance of the DVD prototype in early 1996, it only took more than a year, and its development speed can be described as very fast.

On December 1994, 12, the well-known Sony Corporation and Philips (Philips) took the lead in releasing the "format and technical specifications of single-sided double-layer 16cm (12 inches) high-density multimedia CD", referred to as Multimedia CD System (MMCD: Multi Media CD) Compact Disc), it can be said that this is the first quasi-DVD technical specification.

But Duan Yun has advanced this time by two full years. If the prototype can be produced at the beginning of next year, then this process can be advanced by three full years.

The reason why the development of DVD is so smooth, of course, is inseparable from the technology Duan Yun mastered in his previous life. In addition, the production of video recorders and the development of VCD have given Tianyin's R&D team rich and powerful experience in audio-visual product development. It is precisely because of these factors that DVD has made a breakthrough at such a fast speed.

This made Duan Yun somewhat emotional. You must know that when he visited Toshiba R&D Center in Japan for the first time in the 80s, he was shocked by the amazing R&D scale and team there. At the same time, his R&D center in Shenzhen had only Compared with the 1 retired professors and more than 5 newly recruited fresh graduates, compared with the R&D team of more than 10 people in Toshiba Electronics Department at that time, and most of the team members were graduates from famous Japanese universities and some experienced returnee engineers, It seemed so weak and powerless.

But now, after these years of continuous investment and development, although they are still not as good as the R&D teams of internationally renowned multinational companies, at least there is not such a huge gap. Both in terms of quantity and quality, they can be called excellent.

And just from the development of this DVD, it can be seen that Tianyin Group's research and development strength is already able to wrestle with internationally renowned technology companies to a certain extent.

After the successful development of several key technologies of DVD, Duan Yun immediately started to apply for domestic and foreign patents.

Compared with VCD, DVD is an epoch-making product.

There are three differences between dvd and vcd, and the storage capacity is different: VCD storage is about 600-700MB, and DVD storage is about 4.3GB.

Disc formats are different: DVD is a disc format, while VCD means storing video content.

分辨率不同：VCD的图像分辨率只有352*240或352*288，DVD分辨率为720*480。

Especially in terms of capacity and picture quality, DVD has achieved a breakthrough in the quality of audio-visual products. The reason why Duan Yun's VCD was difficult to open the US market was because compared with traditional video recorders, VCD has very limited improvement in picture quality, and even It can be said that the picture quality is at the same level as the old-fashioned traditional video recorder, but it has an advantage in terms of cost and price.

In addition, the United States has very strict protection of intellectual property rights, unlike the flood of pirated VCDs in mainland China. The proliferation of pirated CDs was a key factor in the popularity of VCDs in the mainland, but audio-visual copyrights in the United States are very expensive. , which also makes it difficult for VCD products to be popularized in the United States in the short term.

Another potential factor is that the VCD was developed by Tianyin Group, and Duan Yun has all the core patents of this product in Europe, America, Japan and other countries.

But DVD is different. No matter in terms of capacity or image quality, it has great advantages over traditional video recorders. Even in the Internet age, DVD drives have become standard equipment for computers. It can definitely be called a human video recorder. The products of the modernization era in history have unparalleled and huge commercial potential.

Moreover, it is different from Duan Yun’s product releases in the past. If the DVD prototype is successfully developed this time, Duan Yun will hold a grand press conference for this product. At that time, he will invite many media from home and abroad to participate. This is also called becoming Tianying. A milestone in the Group's entry into a new era.

Although DVD products have been launched instead, VCD is now selling very well in China, and it can be regarded as the most profitable fist product of Tianyin Group at present. Related home theaters have also been put on the market in large quantities, and many newly opened video halls have already used VCD. It replaced the traditional video recorder and further expanded the popularity of VCD in the domestic market.

Duan Yun, who has lost his marriage and family, has devoted himself more to his work. In the past few months, he has strengthened the management of the group company, replaced a group of senior management of the company, made the company's management structure more reasonable, and curbed It solved the problems of some gang formation and power corruption within the group company.

At the end of November, Duan Yun suddenly received a call from Yang Shoucheng, hoping that he could come to Hong Kong and invite Duan Yun to his house as a guest.

For Yang Shoucheng's invitation, Duan Yun was somewhat surprised, because since Yang Shoucheng and his party came to visit the mainland, the two of them seldom contacted each other, which finally made Duan Yun give up his fantasy of Hong Kong capital investing in his own car project. The Shanghai Municipal Government agreed to provide a loan of 1.4 million US dollars, which also made the original cooperation plan between Duan Yun and Yang Shoucheng exist in name only.

But in any case, there is no benevolence and righteousness in buying and selling. Besides, Yang Shoucheng is a very powerful rich man in Hong Kong. His Emperor Group is not only half of Hong Kong's entertainment industry, but also has businesses such as finance, real estate and hotels under his umbrella. Cloud is still necessary.

(End of this chapter)