UK CE firm preps sub-£200 HD DVD player
And Toshiba to bring 1080p to under €400
IFA 07 UK consumer electronics company - yes, we have a few - Venturer has pledged to bring HD DVD to the mass market with a slimline player set to retail for under £200 and €300.

Venturer's SHD7000: cut-price 1080i
Launched at the IFA consumer electronics show last week, the SHD7000 runs to 1080i HD output via an HDMI 1.2 port. It has composite-, component- and s-video ports too. It's got Dolby TrueHD sound processing on board too, along with analogue and digital audio ports.
Venturer didn't offer any more details about the player beyond pointing to a in-time-for-Christmas release date.
Separately, Toshiba said it would release a third-generation HD DVD player in Europe, one offering 1080p resolution - so-called 'full HD' - and retailing for around €400.

Toshiba's HD-EP35: 1080p, 24p output
The HD-EP30 is the European version of the HD-A30 Toshiba launched last month in the US. It's capable of cinema-style 24 frames per second output on a suitably compatible HDTV through its HDMI port, but it also has composite- and component-video ports too, and stereo analogue and multi-channel digital audio feeds.
Toshiba also launched the HD-EP35 based on the recently announced HD-A35. This model offers the same specs as the HD-EP30, but adds 7.1 bitsteam High Bit Rate audio and Deep Colour through digital links, and 5.1-channel sound through its analogue audio ports.
Both are due to go on sale in October. The HD-EP35 will retail for around €499.
COMMENTS
E1
And play.com and Digitial Direct do it for even less than Overclockers.
£161 for an HD DVD player, yes please!
Toshiba HD-E1 for £182....
Odd story this, given that Overclockers UK already do a Toshiba HD-E1 HD-DVD player for £182... http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=AV-000-TS
UK CE's.........
"" UK consumer electronics company - yes, we have a few ...""
Who ?
The last time I looked at the back of a Ventura / Alba / Amstrad box they were all 'Made in the PRC.'
Or does this count as British ?
MD
Rip off Britain, as usual
Toshiba HDDVD players sell in the US for in the region of $250, or 125 quid. The elcheapo ones coming out for Christmas, ie the equivalent of this, are going to be near $150 (75 quid).
