Blu-ray has 70% of 1st qtr sales?

Anybody who hasn't heard of Onkyo doesn't know sh*t about home theater and should just stay away from both BR and HD DVD period. Might as well stick with your Labtecs and call it a day.

 

HD DVD CE manufacturer support:

HD DVD exclusive: Toshiba, NEC, Sanyo, RCA, Kenwood
HD DVD non exclusive: Hitachi, LG, Lite On, Onkyo, Samsung

Denon and Marantz are also members of the HD DVD Promotion Group

http://www.hddvdprg.com/eng/about/member.html

 

Ditto.

 

I know what they are. I don't see them as a "big brand name CE" (I highlighted that part for a reason).

 

I wouldn't call NEC HD-DVD exclusive since they don't manufacture HD-DVDs and NEC Electronics Corporation is a BDA member http://www.blu-raydisc.com/general_information/Section-14009/Index.html

 

Don't recall that in your post originally, a ninja edit?

 

Nope, didn't touch it.

 

NEC, Sanyo are primarily white goods companies as far as the consumer goods are concerned. RCA and Kenwood are regarded as low quality goods companies, and Kenwood also does a lot of white goods.

LG, Hitachi, and Samsung are actually Bluray association members supporting Bluray, and Kenwood and Lite On are contributors to the Bluray association, and Onkyo is a member of the Bluray association. Only NEC and Sanyo have a higher prominence on the HD-DVD board than the Bluray board.
http://www.blu-raydisc.com/general_information/Section-14009/Index.html


There was a similar situation with regard to Sony Betamax support - a few manufacturers with a lower prominence supported it.

 

Well then, my mistake as I totally missed that.

 

HD DVD exclusive: Toshiba, NEC, Sanyo, RCA, Kenwood
HD DVD non exclusive: Hitachi, LG, Lite On, Onkyo, Samsung

Onkyo DV-HD805 (HD DVD):

http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/06/onkyos-new-hd-dvd-player-the-dv-hd805/

Hitachi, LG, Lite On, and Samsung support both HD DVD and Blu Ray.

http://www.engadget.com/2006/01/06/sanyos-hd-s100-hd-dvd-player/

Sanyo hasn't released its players.

NEC has PC HD DVD drives (HR-1100A). Also, didn't NEC co-develop HD DVD with Toshiba...

Samsung BD-UP5000 (HD DVD and Blu Ray):

http://www.samsung.com/PressCenter/PressRelease/PressRelease.asp?seq=20070413_0000338109

LG BH100 and GGW-H10N (HD DVD and Blu Ray):

http://www.lge.com/about/press_release/detail/PRO|NEWS^PRE|MENU^RND|MENU_20318_PRE|MENU.jhtml

Hitachi GGW-H20N (HD DVD and Blu Ray):

http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/12/hitachi-showcases-internal-ggw-h20n-blu-ray-burner-hd-dvd-read/

Lite On HDP-Z1 (HD DVD):

http://www.liteonit.eu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=209&Itemid=124

I believe Meridian is also releasing a HD DVD player. I hope Denon does as well.