QVC debuts Venturer HD DVD player

[mattym]

itsa called something else. HCC mag has a review of it...ive not read it though

[Rob71]

Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

Venturers here are really Tosh A3s. They are both made by Alco in China. Is there an E3 in Europe?

Gary

So are there any players made by anyone other than Toshiba?

So who's looking like the proprietary format know?

[Banjo]

Originally Posted by Rob71

So are there any players made by anyone other than Toshiba?

So who's looking like the proprietary format know?

Exactly. Yet a lot of misinformed people call Blu-ray Disc a proprietary format. HD DVD is the proprietary format because Toshiba is still the only one!

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by Rob71

So are there any players made by anyone other than Toshiba?

So who's looking like the proprietary format know?

The Onkyos are an upgraded XA2 design manufactured by Onkyo. So, not exactly a rebadge.

The Venturer comes out of Toshiba wanting it to appear the Chinese are coming (the Chinese are coming! ) and sourcing the A3 from Alco and encouraging it be rebadged (so far very obscurely).

The Microsoft/Broadcom platform is MIA, except I think in the HD DVD side of the LG and Samsung dual-format players which are Broadcom based.

Gary

[mattym]

apparenty both the new g3 versions are 1080p according to hcc magazine, is that right? HDep30 and Hehp35 are the numbers here