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But the spokesman, &#8220;guessed that the film makers take issue with DVD-HD841, which Samsung sold in between June and October 2004.<\/P><P>&#8220;If so, I do not know why the movie studios are complaining about the products, of which production was brought to an end more than 15 months ago. 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