According to a report in VideoBusiness.com today, Toshiba sold over 90,000 of its HD-A2 and A3 HD DVD set-top players last weekend. The unprecedented sales spike comes as Toshiba in partnership with big-box retailers like Best Buy, Circuit City and Wal-Mart, absolutely shattered price barriers for HD players by dipping below $100 for the A2 player, and $199 for the newer A3 player.

Last Friday, Best Buy, in order to not be out down by Wal-mart's secret Friday sale, began offering the Toshiba HD-A2 HD DVD player for $99. This was also a smart move in order to get the second-generation players out and make way for the new, third-generation Toshiba players.

With HD DVD drives already owning a 70% share of the notebook PC market worldwide, the North American HD DVD Promotional Group today announced that Acer, the world’s No. 4 PC vendor, has officially joined the Group.

ONKYO USA has announced the launch of its first HD DVD player, the DV-HD805. This player has been introduced to realize the potential of high-definition HD DVD content. It is also one of the first HD DVD players to take advantage of high-bit-rate audio streaming via HDMI version 1.3a. The DV-HD805 will be available in the fall of 2007.

Toshiba America Consumer Products, L.L.C. has announced its third generation of HD DVD players for the U.S. market. Continuing to outpace the competition in sales of dedicated high definition players and responding to increased consumer demand, Toshiba revealed three new sleek and stylish models for an ultimate HD home movie experience. With all three new models priced under $500 (MSRP), Toshiba is delivering a powerful line-up of HD DVD players designed to meet the aggressive growth in demand for high definition TVs.