kowenicki said:
snakenobi said:
kowenicki said:
darkknightkryta said:
So Sony part owned LCD technology and they somehow got no royalties? And aside from R & D savings, how will this help Sony in the long run? |
They didnt part own LCD technology, they owned a joint company with Samsung that made LCD panels...
Now they will have to buy in panels for all of their TV's. So no stock or maufacturing subsidy/variables, but they arent the masters of their own destiny if suppliers play hard ball over prices.
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they can't play hard ball as fair-trade laws apply
and this venture was just producing close to 1-2million panels where both SONY and SAMSUNG sell over 100million panels every year across phones,TVs,cameras,PSP,tablets,monitors,etc
also they will not buy all their panels as they still have a venture with sharp
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which Sony own 7% of...
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so,does that make a difference?
they can either buy panels or invest the same money into buying investment share.
and all japanese manufactures need each other as YEn affects all of them
