CES 2009: NEC Blu-ray Chip Set

After speaking to a representative from NEC electronics he is not aware of any Blu-ray players that will be made by NEC. NEC are not sulking in the corner after the demise of HD DVD, anything but. NEC are actively making chip sets for other manufacturers to incorporate in their players. In their demonstration room they had a player with a Sony badge on it, I will let you jump to your own conclusions as to why there was a Sony Blu-ray player in an NEC display. There has been plenty of talk here on Blu-ray.com about the relationships with NEC so this should be nothing new. The NEC representative was very upbeat about Blu-ray.

A request has made into the appropriate division of NEC to get the official stance on wether NEC will make a Blu-ray player and when we get the answer we will let you know.