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Originally Posted by egoshin View Post
Come on, this time Chinese manufacturers crack the battery-camcoder codes which prevent the usage of non-branded batteries with some camcoders. That requires some control chip. Do you think they are not able to put a simple safety circuit into battery after that?
Ability is one thing, but they might still be able to save a few pennies by not putting such a circuit in. Not saying that all do, but it's quite conceivable.