http://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/09/samsung-no-longer-selling-flat-panels-other-wares-in-japan/ Engadget HD Comments for Samsung no longer selling flat panels, other wares in Japan http://hd.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://hd.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/09/samsung-no-longer-selling-flat-panels-other-wares-in-japan/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/09/samsung-no-longer-selling-flat-panels-other-wares-in-japan/Nov 9th 2007 9:35AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/09/samsung-no-longer-selling-flat-panels-other-wares-in-japan/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/09/samsung-no-longer-selling-flat-panels-other-wares-in-japan/Nov 9th 2007 10:35AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/09/samsung-no-longer-selling-flat-panels-other-wares-in-japan/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/09/samsung-no-longer-selling-flat-panels-other-wares-in-japan/Nov 9th 2007 12:15PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/09/samsung-no-longer-selling-flat-panels-other-wares-in-japan/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/09/samsung-no-longer-selling-flat-panels-other-wares-in-japan/Nov 9th 2007 2:00PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/09/samsung-no-longer-selling-flat-panels-other-wares-in-japan/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/09/samsung-no-longer-selling-flat-panels-other-wares-in-japan/Nov 9th 2007 2:40PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/09/samsung-no-longer-selling-flat-panels-other-wares-in-japan/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/09/samsung-no-longer-selling-flat-panels-other-wares-in-japan/
Nevertheless, this is unfortunate news for Samsung and the A/V industry.]]>Nov 9th 2007 7:10PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/09/samsung-no-longer-selling-flat-panels-other-wares-in-japan/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/09/samsung-no-longer-selling-flat-panels-other-wares-in-japan/Nov 10th 2007 12:56AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/09/samsung-no-longer-selling-flat-panels-other-wares-in-japan/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/09/samsung-no-longer-selling-flat-panels-other-wares-in-japan/Wow. Where have you been? Samsung is the leading producer of LCDs in the world and the same panels are in a lot of Sony's LCD sets via their (50+1) majority ownership joint venture with Sony in S-LCD Corp. I guess you must be living in the past where the Sony brand actually meant something but now they just live by selling the brand name.

Samsung isn't getting out the LCD business, just out of selling Samsung branded product IN Japan. This has to do with the extremely nationalistic nature of Asian countries. Foreign companies have very hard barriers to entry into Japan which makes it hard to compete in Japan. ]]>Nov 10th 2007 4:07PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/09/samsung-no-longer-selling-flat-panels-other-wares-in-japan/http://hd.engadget.com/2007/11/09/samsung-no-longer-selling-flat-panels-other-wares-in-japan/
And do not be fooled into the hdpurest idea that you have to spend a lot of money to get anything of value. He thinks spending money (and a lot of it) on Chinese fabricated Sony products is the way to go. Hey, at least he can keep Sony head above the water.]]>Nov 9th 2007 7:35PM