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Joe Murphy Jr

In Reply to: RE: surely so and probably with a preferred licensing rate or some other type of consolation gesture from Sony* posted by jaiva on February 16, 2008 at 15:49:24

Toshiba is a CE manufacturer, just like all of the other CE manufacturers out there. No incentive is necessary because none were given to other CE manufacturers who backed Blu-ray. With HD DVD no longer viable, Toshiba will be "just another CE manufacturer" producing Blu-ray players. And with the loses and minimal profits they made producing HD DVD players, don't look for them to "give away the store" when they produce in blu.

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maybe, maybe not - jaiva 17:38:39 02/16/08 (3)
Toshiba and Sony have a pretty close relationship and relationships between Japanese companies are quite a bit different than those in the west.
- inconsistent theory - Joe Murphy Jr 16:13:00 02/17/08 (1)
  How is Toshiba (Japanese) any different than Sharp, Pioneer, Matsushita (Panasonic), etc -- all of which are Japanese companies?! You are saying that a dissenter would get considerations when those who took up arms for the cause got nothing.
  
  That's not a cultural difference: that's stupidity.
  - er... no - jaiva 16:40:03 02/17/08 (0)
    as I said, they have a pretty close relationship and for Sony to reach out to Toshiba in someway to help heal the wounds makes perfect sense within Japanese culture.
- Very true, it is Japan Inc. - Ole Lund Christensen 04:43:08 02/17/08 (0)
  Toshiba makes the IC for PS3, because SONY sold the factory to Toshiba.
  
  We in the West will probably never truly understand Japan. I have tried, because I some years ago distributed Japanese products.
  
  Japan is a few densely populated islands with few energy resources. That shapes the minds of the Japanese. They fight internally and have to cooperate at the same time.

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