Walmart orders 2 million $299 HD DVD players, in stores soon! (1 Viewer)

[Jerome Grate]

EVEN MORE THAN TWO MILLION that's going to make this very, very interesting. We'll have to see what the truth is.

 

[Todd H]

Sounds like they were asked to give a bid and weren't actually offered a contract. The last sentence sounds like they are trying to get other manufacturers on board.

 

[Cees Alons]

Apparently it's about HD DVD alright. Probably closer to 3 or 4 million.


Well.... it's a very vaporous and unclear story to be quite frank.
Let's wait and see what it's all about.


Cees

 

[BrettB]

Latest here Cees.

 

[Terrence B]

Well it turns out that the whole thing was false. I am not surprised.

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2122715,00.asp

I guess this is what people get for passing on rumors that originate from the often contentous and wrong AVSforum

 

[Cees Alons]

Not quite, if you read their side of the story well.
But it had no merit at all either.


Cees

 

[Terrence B]

An inquiry is not exactly a deal. So its false. No one has signed a contract, so its false. No order was taken, so its false. Hedging, negotiations, inquiries does not exactly equal to 2 million $299 HD DVD players on order, so its false.

 

[Jerome Grate]

Okay, okay, break it up nothing to see here, let's move it along

 

[Carlo_M]

As a PS3 owner.........I'm actually bummed out by this news.

I just want an HD format to succeed, whether it's BD or HD-DVD. Even though I own a PS3 and about 25 BDs, had this story proved true, and HD-DVD became mass-market priced, then the floodgates would open with regards to software. I would not have cried at all as I pulled out my credit card to buy an HD-DVD player.

Oh well, the format war continues. :frowning:

 

[Ron-P]

It would continue with or without Wally.