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xbitlabs.com - 4/20/2009
Sub-$100 Blu-Ray Players to Show Up Shortly - Samsung
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Samsung Expects $99 Blu-Ray Players to Arrive by Christmas
blu-ray.com - 4/18/2009
Blu-ray Players to Hit $99 This Holiday Season
— blu-ray.com — As previously reported, the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) has recently brought the high definition format to China.... In order to accomplish this, they had to not only provide the technology to create Blu-ray Discs and players to Chinese manufacturers, ... (more) Blu-ray Players to Hit $99 This Holiday Season

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businesswire.com - 4/23/2009
Samsung Announces New Mini Notebooks
— businesswire.com — RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--Samsung Electronics America, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Corporation, a global leader... in digital media and digital convergence technologies, today announced the N110 and N120 as the newest additions to ... (more) Samsung Announces New Mini Notebooks

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Samsung SC-HMX20C High Definition Camcorder
ccereviews.com - 4/28/2009
Samsung SC-HMX20C High Definition Camcorder
— ccereviews.com — In our last Samsung digital camcorder review we had an entry camera with ample features to learn... with. The SC-HMX20C is meant for those wanting the best video quality. Priced close to one grand, 1920x1080 30p recording, built-in digital camera and ... (more) Samsung SC-HMX20C High Definition Camcorder

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Samsung Expects $99 Blu-Ray Players to Arrive by Christmas
Madshrimps News RSS Feed — ... and Sony, who own the majority patents for Blu-ray disc (BD) technology, started to work with other Blu-ray patent holders to establish a one-stop-shop license for BD products in a bid to lower the price of players and recorders. The fees for the new product licenses are $9.50 for a Blu-ray disc player (down from $30) and $14.00 for a BD recorder. The per disc license fees for Blu-ray disc will be $0.11 for a read only disc, $0.12 for a recordable disc and $0.15 for a rewritable disc. http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/multime...__Samsung.html

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