LaCie this week began notifying customers that it no longer has plans to bring , a full-featured DVD authoring program that includes a Dolby Digital-AC3 audio encoder. LaCie's email to customers says that quality issues prevented it from bringing the solution the US market.
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I suppose that LaCie tried dropping it into the Japanese market since the Japanese are far more likely to jump on a shaky product or one with an uncertain future just because it's bleeding edge (Digital VHS? Whose idea was that?).
But it sure sounds suspicious, especially if they're going to continue selling it in Japan--"There are quality issues, but not big enough to prevent us from selling this product to other people."
Remember that the Japanese company Pixela makes this product. Pixela markets and supports it for the Japanese market. LaCie wanted to be a reseller of the Pixela product and sell it in the US. If there are problems with it, it makes sense for LaCie to not contract to resell it here.
If the product truly works well, Pixela should have no problem finding a marketer that will sell it in America.
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Funny
Funny that quality issues didn't prevent it from going into the Japanese market.