Onkyo's new DV-HD805 HD DVD player

While Onkyo has been a part of the HD DVD promotions group as long as we can remember, Onkyo really hasn't done much. We have heard rumors about a HD DVD player from Onkyo for some time, and there was even a mention of it at CES this year. Our friends over at FormatWarCentral have discovered a few details in an otherwise obscure Onkyo post on a UK site that we find very interesting. Apparently Onkyo expects to launch the DV-HD805 this autumn, and it will be based on the Toshiba HD-XA2 player -- with a few yet to be mentioned tweaks. We are excited to see another HD DVD player on the market, but we hope it's not just a re-badge of the HD-AX2. Before any format fanboys get too rabid; the Onkyo rep also mentioned that officially Onkyo supports both formats.

[Totalfixation @ Jun 6th 2007 11:22PM]

and another one bites the dust.

[paloooz @ Jun 7th 2007 1:39AM]

Too bad it doesn't match my Onkyo receiver... Oh well.

[Phi Nguyen @ Jun 7th 2007 9:19AM]

Wow, Endgadget is teeming with idiots these days.

[Justin @ Jun 7th 2007 11:04AM]

That is ugly as hell. I dont see anyone buying this over a toshiba.

[Dylan Neild @ Jun 7th 2007 2:05PM]

Something suspicious in the HD-DVD world. The only non-Toshiba standalone player to date was the RCA player, which was just a rebadged HD-A1. This is "based" on the XA2, which works great when it works but has known skipping/stalling problems.

Wonder what's holding up the original designs? A lack of willingness by 3rd parties to invest R&D in a platform that is likely dead-end?

[�COM-4 @ Aug 20th 2007 9:57PM]

Actually the XA-2's disc tray isn't located to the left like this Onkyo so it's not a rebadged Toshiba. I laugh at people who think they know what they're talking about by putting their foot in their mouth...LMAO!!!