Samsung 2004 Annual Report Download - page 45

YH-999 Portable Media Center
This EISA award-winning device is distinguished by a 3.5-inch
LCD and a 20GB hard drive that stores hours of digital music,
photos, and videos for on-the-go entertainment.
Sens M40 Notebook PC
This full-featured notebook makes an ideal desktop
replacement with a17-inch widescreen display,
80GB drive, and DVD±R/RW burner in a slim, stylish
package weighing just under three kilograms.
DNIe™video enhancement technology continued to evolve, keeping our big-screen TVs on the cutting edge of
image quality, while our groundbreaking Anynet™AV system control solution gave consumers a powerful incen-
tive to buy other Samsung audio and video components along with their Samsung TVs. Several of our advances
were also adopted in industry standards. The core technologies of our IP-based eXpandable Home Theater or
XHT™audio-video networking solution were adopted as part of the Consumer Electronics Association’s CEA-
2027 standard. Our methods for handling program searches and encryption were adopted by the TV-Anytime
Forum. And our active participation in the Blu-ray Disc standardization process was a great success, enabling us to
develop all key technologies for this high-capacity next-generation HDTV recording and playback
format.
>>>>> We believe that many fundamentals point to 2005 being a year of improved growth and prof-
itability. Digital broadcasting in the US will continue to be an important driver of digital TV sales, and this trend will
steadily spread to other major markets around the world over the next few years. Digital audio is another impor-
tant category for us as we build on our core competencies in digital technology. We will also be promoting our
technologies through international standards bodies as we collaborate with service and content providers to
make digital content delivery as seamless and convenient as possible. Internally, the consolidation of our European
production network at our new manufacturing base in Galanta, Slovakia in 2004 will significantly enhance our cost
competitiveness across that region. The scheduled move into our new business headquarters in the Suwon Com-
plex in September 2005 will also serve as a catalyst for inter- and intra-business collaboration and synergy in every
area from marketing to R&D. As demonstrated by our early 2005 announcements of world-firsts such as an 82-inch
LCD TV, a 102-inch plasma TV, and SlimFit™TVs that are just two-thirds the depth of conventional sets, we will con-
tinue to build momentum around our most innovative products, enhancing our reputation as a digital innovator as
we continue to lead the digital convergence revolution.
& Monitors >> Printers & Multifunction Devices >> Optical & Hard Drives >>>
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eXpandable Home Theater (XHT™)
networking via IEEE 1394 is adopted as a
standard by the Consumer Electronics
Association.
JULY
Entered the Coral Consortium for digital
rights management, joining HP, InterTrust
Technologies, Philips, Matsushita, Sony,
and Twentieth Century Fox Films.
Shipped the VM-M110 “Miniket” memory-based
MPEG-4 camcorder featuring 6-in-1 functionality
including a camera, MP3 player, voice recorder,
videoconferencing camera, and file storage.
OCTOBER NOVEMBER