Hitachi & Lite-On to support HD DVD

[zombie]

Finally some more hardware support for HD DVD.

Hitachi HD DVD recorder in 2007 (Japan)

Lite-On HD DVD player in August 2006 for under $1000 (USA)

[hmurchison]

Very cool.

But the Hitachi part is a little strange. Terabyte recorders? I think they're mislabeling HD DVD.

[AV_Integrated]

I think the Hitachi info is completely inaccurate.

1TB = HDD - Hard Disc Drive. Sounds like more clueless journalists. Especially as seeing how Hitachi is on the Blu-ray board and showed a prototype player already.

Obviously they could be releasing a player, but that one certainly is NOT it.

[BTBuck1]

Lite On, Now theres a name brand for ya.

Maybe Cyberhome and Funai will get into the HDDVD camp along with

RCA, Sanyo, & Toshiba! w00t!!!

[singing] Cel-e-brate good times, Come on...It's a celebration![/singing]

[zombie]

Originally Posted by Brian@BBY

Lite On, Now theres a name brand for ya.

Maybe Cyberhome and Funai will get into the HDDVD camp along with

RCA, Sanyo, & Toshiba! w00t!!!

[singing] Cel-e-brate good times, Come on...It's a celebration![/singing]

Yeah I agree but at this point Toshiba needs anyone they can get.

[AV_Integrated]

Originally Posted by nyg

Yeah I agree but at this point Toshiba needs anyone they can get.

Strange how many people at various forums consider the format war all but won for HD-DVD... I'm consistently wondering how in the world they come up with that result in just a month of actual 'war'. I get that people who bought HD-DVD and are buying movies don't want to be stuck with the next Betamax - but there is no doubt in my mind that HD-DVD has a very serious uphill battle if it has any hope to take down Panasonic, Sony, Pioneer, Samsung, LG, Philips, etc. Just as with Blu-ray having more major studios, it has almost ALL CE companies out there that matter!

I am one that believes if M$ hadn't gotten involved at the last second, it would have been unlikely that HD-DVD would have even seen the light of day. Moreso, M$ involvement is highly questionable.

[JTK]

Originally Posted by Brian@BBY

Lite On, Now theres a name brand for ya.

Maybe Cyberhome and Funai will get into the HDDVD camp along with

RCA, Sanyo, & Toshiba! w00t!!!

[singing] Cel-e-brate good times, Come on...It's a celebration![/singing]

Hitachi's a decent brand name, but jeezuz, they need to get some heavier hitters than these.

[hmurchison]

Comparing Lite-on with Funai??

Lite-on coproation does almost 3 billion dollars a quarter. They are huge in optical drives and Sony has used them for plenty of branded stuff.

Companies like LG and Lite-on have been OEM to vendors for a while and now are being to sell their own branded stuff.

Having Lite-on for both HD DVD and Blu-Ray is a good thing. They are reputable.

Strange how many people at various forums consider the format war all but won for HD-DVD... I'm consistently wondering how in the world they come up with that result in just a month of actual 'war'

It's just wishful thinking. HD DVD was supposed to be dead on arrival after CES 2006 so the renewed hope is keeping HD DVD fans in a frenzy.