CES 2007, from the reports I’ve seen, was basically a Blu-ray love-fest. It showed very well, and nobody defected from the BD camp over to the HD DVD camp (there are currently more BD supports). Onkyo and Meridian have announced HD DVD players, but Thompson/RCA has said that they won’t be selling their re-badged Toshiba HD DVD player anymore.

But Toshiba’s not going to take this lying down. Toshiba will be releasing new HD DVD players this year. Plus, it plans to ship an additional 1.8 million HD DVD players to the North American market this year.

But will that be enough? Sony will sell at least triple that many (a conservative estimate) PS3’s alone. Add to that their BD player. And Panasonic’s, Pioneer’s, Samsung’s, Philips’, and Sharp’s.

We’ll see…

Toshiba Readies Millions of HD DVD Players