Onkyo Announces HD DVD Player, Plans for Complementary Receivers
Company to launch HD DVD player in 2007.
Japanese audio/video component manufacturer Onkyo has aligned itself with HD DVD in the high-definition DVD format war. At CES, the company announced plans to launch an HD DVD player in 2007.
No launch date, no specs and no details on the new HD DVD player were released, with Onkyo saying that information will come separately. It does say that that the launch of the player will initially be only in the North American market.
Onkyo adds that it intends to develop a line of AV receivers "to enjoy attractive and vigorous HD DVD content through a single HDMI cable that transfers video, audio and control signals."
At the HD DVD press conference at CES, Meridian, ED Digital and LiteOn were announced as new members of the HD DVD camp.
No launch date, no specs and no details on the new HD DVD player were released, with Onkyo saying that information will come separately. It does say that that the launch of the player will initially be only in the North American market.
Onkyo adds that it intends to develop a line of AV receivers "to enjoy attractive and vigorous HD DVD content through a single HDMI cable that transfers video, audio and control signals."
At the HD DVD press conference at CES, Meridian, ED Digital and LiteOn were announced as new members of the HD DVD camp.
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