March 13 (Bloomberg) -- The following tables list the top retail computer hardware sales for the month of Jan. 2007. The tables are ranked by total dollar volume and unit share in descending order.

Category: Television

Rank  Brand                   Unit Share
  1   Samsung                    16.8%
  2   Sony                       13.8%
  3   Sharp                       7.5%
  4   Toshiba                     6.9%
  5   Magnavox                    6.6%

Total Dollar Volume:        $1,447,192,000


Category: Laptops

Rank  Brand                   Unit Share
  1   Hewlett Packard            23.5%
  2   Toshiba                    18.5%
  3   Lenovo                     13.2%
  4   Gateway                    12.7%
  5   Apple                      10.1%

Total Dollar Volume:         $949,107,300


Category: Desktops

Rank  Brand                   Unit Share
  1   Hewlett Packard            43.2%
  2   Compaq                     12.1%
  3   Emachines                  10.8%
  4   Gateway                    10.5%
  5   Lenovo                      8.2%

Total Dollar Volume:         $473,465,700


Category: Printers

Rank  Brand                   Unit Share
  1   Hewlett Packard            60.7%
  2   Canon                      10.1%
  3   Lexmark                     9.8%
  4   Epson                       8.1%
  5   Brother                     4.4%

Total Dollar Volume:         $340,160,800


Category: Digital Still Cameras (incl. Dual Cameras)

 Rank Brand                   Unit Share
  1   Canon                      21.6%
  2   Sony                       13.9%
  3   Kodak                      12.0%
  4   Logitech                   10.5%
  5   Olympus                     6.4%

Total Dollar Volume:         $267,355,000


Category: MP3

 Rank Brand                   Unit Share
  1   Apple                      72.7%
  2   Sandisk                     8.9%
  3   Microsoft                   3.2%
  4   Creative Labs               2.9%
  5   Samsung                     2.0%

Total Dollar Volume:         $225,288,200


Category: DVD

 Rank Brand                   Unit Share
  1   Sony                       15.5%
  2   Philips                     9.1%
  3   Toshiba                     8.7%
  4   Memorex                     7.9%
  5   Samsung                     7.0%

Total Dollar Volume:         $121,981,300


Category: Camcorders

 Rank Brand                   Unit Share
  1   Sony                       39.7%
  2   JVC                        14.9%
  3   Panasonic                  13.7%
  4   Canon                      12.0%
  5   Aiptek                      6.7%

Total Dollar Volume:         $62,712,400


Category: CD Rec/RW & DVD Rec/RW Drives

Rank  Brand                   Unit Share
  1   Sony                       22.4%
  2   Memorex                     9.0%
  3   LG                          8.2%
  4   Hewlett Packard             7.6%
  5   I/O Magic                   7.1%

Total Dollar Volume:         $29,801,250


Category: PDA

Rank  Brand                   Unit Share
  1   Palm                       75.6%
  2   Hewlett Packard            20.9%
  3   Sony                        2.0%
  4   Symbol Tech                 0.4%
  5   Garmin                      0.2%

Total Dollar Volume:         $27,484,320


Category: Fax Machines

 Rank Brand                   Unit Share
  1   Brother                    57.7%
  2   Hewlett Packard            18.6%
  3   Sharp                      12.7%
  4   Canon                       7.1%
  5   Panasonic                   3.9%

Total Dollar Volume:         $17,168,030


Note: figures are for retail channel sales only and do not include
      direct sales, sales from Wal-Mart or warehouse clubs.

Source: The NPD Group

To contact the reporter on this story: Phillip Cruz in Princeton at at pcruz@Bloomberg.net.