Toshiba has already launched second generation HD-DVD players in Japan. Man you know PS3's are tight when there are only 500 units reserved for Taiwan. Acer and Asus have 15% of the global notebook market in the 3rd quater.

Combined shipments of Acer- and Asustek-branded notebooks totaled 3.174 million units in the third quarter of this year, accounting for 14.9% of the third-quarter's global shipments of 21.3 million units, according to data from International Data Corporation (IDC).