[ppltd]

Seems Samsung is covering all bases in the HD format war.

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Either Samsung can't decide which side of the next-gen optical disc fence they're on or they want to capture every last corner of the market they possibly can. The Samsung M55 multimedia laptop is already available with the Blu-Ray drive, but the Korean electronics giant is sharing some love, now offering the same lappy but with an HD-DVD burner. Full Stroy

[Tim Glover]

Pretty cool...maybe a nice HD DVD stand alone is not far off.

[PeterTHX]

Toshiba & Samsung have an optical drive alliance, and this unit is for the Korean market only.
The CE part of Samsung (standalone) is still BD only internationally.
NEC and Sony also have a optical drive partnership, and NEC came out with a BD laptop in Japan.

[ppltd]

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Originally Posted by PeterTHX

Toshiba & Samsung have an optical drive alliance, and this unit is for the Korean market only.
The CE part of Samsung (standalone) is still BD only internationally.
NEC and Sony also have a optical drive partnership, and NEC came out with a BD laptop in Japan.

While they are being marketed currently in Korea and Japan, both will find their way to the US marketplace over the next year or so.