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Originally Posted by joeorc

please its not Samsung...ITS TOSHIBA....if you do not think its Toshiba Pulling the Strings it is...HD-DVD is getting absorbed by BLU-RAY...they are not helping the OPPOSITION...YOU SEE TOSHIBA AN Samsung are one in the same when it involves the production of optical drives:

Toshiba and Samsung Electronics to Integrate Optical Disk Device Businesses

22 September, 2003

Toshiba Corporation
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Tokyo and Seoul -- Toshiba Corporation and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. today signed a memorandum of terms covering integration of their respective optical-disk-drive businesses in a joint venture. The two companies will now finalize details of the agreement in readiness for incorporation of the joint venture.

The new joint venture will bring together product and business planning, product development, procurement and sales for optical-disk drives (ODD), including CD-ROM and DVD-ROM drives. The new company will be 51% owned by Toshiba and 49% owned by Samsung Electronics and consolidated by Toshiba. The JV will be headquartered in Japan, while its wholly owned subsidiary established in Korea will control operations there.

The scale of the combined operation will position the joint venture among the world leaders in the ODD business. With 2002 annual sales exceeding 200-billion yen, the collaboration is expected to further enhance its global position.

The optical-disk-drive business faces fast changing customer requirements for faster, slimmer drives, and a rapid transition in the main product to recordable DVD drives. Price erosion and alliances are also making themselves felt and further intensifying competition. In this environment, advantages in technology, product development and price competitiveness are all crucial for survival.

The new joint venture will construct a competitive business structure that can promote optimized use of management resources and leadership in the global market.

I'm not sure I share your conclusion on all that, as much as I like it.

We're constantly seeing all of these companies on all kinds of joint ventures in the PC market and home theater outside of this whole BD and HD-DVD thing. Heck, even Sony and Toshiba have a couple of joint ventures on some things, do they not?