According to a recent article on Home Cinema Choice, the HD DVD camp is likely to get more problems than they already have at this moment after the recent Warner Home Video decision.

Why? It now appears that the HD DVD Camp is losing the support of one of its few hardware supporters outside of Toshiba, the Japanese hi-fi/AV manufacturer Onkyo. A spokesperson close to the company has revealed that no further stock of their HD DVD player HD805 will follow to be delivered stating: ‘given the current, multiple uncertainties surrounding the Blu-ray vs HD DVD issue Onkyo has decided against bringing any further DV-HD805s to the UK’.

This isn’t particularly good news for a format struggling to demonstrate industry support in the wake of recent desertions to the competing Blu-ray format. Also Toshiba’s strategy throughout the winter of slashing player prices has had a series knock-on effect for other manufacturers. Toshiba’s desperate attempts to drive sales of its HD DVD players to customers by reducing retail prices is also driving hardware manufacturers away from the format, as they see less opportunity to make money in the sector.