BEIJING — The unveiling here last week of a high-definition digital video format by a group of Chinese OEMs and government agencies weaves an unsettling subplot into the protracted global wrangling to ...

Seeking to compete on its own terms in the lucrative entertainment industry, China announced a government-funded project Tuesday to promote an alternative to DVDs and “attack the market share” of the ...

CHANGZHOU, China -- Behind the rollout of EVD, or enhanced versatile disc, players on appliance-store shelves across China since December is one of the country's highest-stakes pushes: moving beyond ...

After a couple of years in oblivion, Chinese manufactures are retaking their effort to push their own DVD format known as EVD. First released in November 2003, the Enhanced Versatile Disc is making a ...

Like DVD, EVD video data is compressed, but according to the format's developers, Beijing-based E-World and US digital video technology company On2, it is capable of displaying HDTV images, a feat ...