May 10 (Bloomberg) -- The following tables list the top retail computer hardware sales for the month of March 2007. The tables are ranked by total dollar volume and unit share in descending order.

Category: Television

 Rank Brand                   Unit Share
  1   Samsung                   16.4%
  2   Sony                      13.6%
  3   Magnavox                   9.5%
  4   Sharp                      8.4%
  5   Toshiba                    5.9%

Total Dollar Volume:       $1,011,946,000


Category: Laptops

 Rank Brand                   Unit Share
  1   Toshiba                   26.2%
  2   Hewlett Packard           23.9%
  3   Gateway                   13.0%
  4   Apple                      9.9%
  5   Compaq                     8.5%

Total Dollar Volume:         $696,976,800


Category: Desktops

 Rank Brand                   Unit Share
  1   Hewlett Packard           35.0%
  2   Compaq                    16.7%
  3   Gateway                   16.6%
  4   Emachines                 16.4%
  5   Apple                      7.7%

Total Dollar Volume:         $304,787,600


Category: MP3

 Rank Brand                   Unit Share
  1   Apple                     68.9%
  2   Sandisk                   11.2%
  3   Creative Labs              3.6%
  4   Microsoft                  2.5%
  5   Samsung                    2.2%

Total Dollar Volume:         $224,300,300


Category: DVD Players

 Rank Brand                   Unit Share
  1   Sony                      16.0%
  2   Memorex                    9.4%
  3   Philips                    8.5%
  4   Toshiba                    7.1%
  5   Samsung                    5.5%

Total Dollar Volume:         $111,756,100


Category: Camcorders (Digital and Analog)

 Rank Brand                   Unit Share
  1   Sony                      49.0%
  2   JVC                       15.5%
  3   Panasonic                 10.4%
  4   Canon                     10.3%
  5   Aiptek                     6.6%

Total Dollar Volume:          $91,862,620


Category: Printers

 Rank Brand                   Unit Share
  1   Hewlett Packard           59.6%
  2   Canon                     13.6%
  3   Epson                     11.7%
  4   Brother                    4.8%
  5   Lexmark                    4.4%

Total Dollar Volume:          $73,806,340


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

 Rank Brand                   Unit Share
  1   Sony                      26.0%
  2   Memorex                   15.5%
  3   LG                        14.7%
  4   Samsung                    8.6%
  5   I/O Magic                  7.8%

Total Dollar Volume:          $13,688,520


Category: PDA

 Rank Brand                   Unit Share
  1   Palm                      72.7%
  2   Hewlett Packard           12.9%
  3   Sony                       2.7%
  4   Pharos                     0.6%
  5   Garmin                     0.1%

Total Dollar Volume:          $13,334,480


Note: figures are for "brick and mortar" retail 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.

Last Updated: May 10, 2007 13:17 EDT