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Re: Walmart will kill HD-DVD
YMMV. My nearby Wal-Mart had Harry Potter 1-4 (HD DVD and BD) for $14.77 each, and HP 5 for $21.77 (either format). They were in their respective glass display cases and well organized and the title/price was labelled properly.
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While I don't normally shop at Wal*Mart, my wife wanted the Eagles' latest for Christmas so I had to go to one and I took a peek at their hi-def media section. Lots of titles of each type, conveniently located next to each other on an open rack (nothing locked behind any glass--haven't seen that anywhere, actually) BUT prices were NOT cheap. Looks like Wal*Mart hasn't gotten the memo about dollar parity yet.
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Thankfully, the Wal*Mart HD sections in Canada are much more sensible. They use a custom gondola with LCD displays on two of the four sides. One display shows a Blu-Ray promo and is directly above the BDs, while the other shows an HD DVD promo with a similar setup. The remaining two sides are filled with media. Granted, with the average Wal*Mart shopper it doesn't take long for the media to get all jumbled up (I'll reserve comment on the average Wal*Mart employee), but it seems to be a workable solution.
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My local Super Walmart (Boynton Beach, FL) still has BD and HD-DVD (at least they did a week ago!), but they've been moved to a less prominent, and smaller, rack in the back of the electronics section.
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I've never seen players stacked in the display along with the discs. Mind you, as you've said, the only BD player Wal*Mart carries is the PS3, but local Wal*Marts are beginning to stock the new Venturer HD DVD player, and this may begin to be displayed with the HD DVDs, given its low price point.
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If Wal-Mart becomes the standard by how Hi-Def Media is judged, then we're all in trouble.
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I would put a laughing smiley here if it weren't so sadly true.
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WM will kill HD DVD like it killed LCD
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WM will kill BD like it killed Plasma.
How's WallyWorld done with SD DVD's?
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The same could be said of Best Buy or nearly any other B & M.
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My roommate is the manager of electronics here in Phoenix and I was informed that his WM store offers both HD formats. So I do not think that the offering of HD media is very uniform at WM! Some stores have alot of Blu-ray and some HD-DVD's placed in a bad location and some like the N Phoenix WM have both formats side by side on a end cap towards the front part of electronics.
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Wal-Mart is the place for the best price when buying toothpaste, motor oil and baby-wipes. Leave it at that.
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Hey man, my family owns an autoparts store (ok, my dad).
We're competitive alright
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When my roommate got the job as manager of electronics he did not know anything about HDTV's and did not know much about HT gear. As we all know Wal-Mart does not train employees to know much about electronics. Before my roommate took over the department all the HD discs where blended in with the SD-DVD's. After giving my roommate a crash course about HDTV's and covering some of the merchandise that was in his department. I also recomended that he seperate the HD discs from the DVD isle. So at least my roommate is not totally ignorant of what HD is and how to sell it like most of the Wal-Mart associates.
I do not believe that Wal-Mart will kill HD-DVD, I think Toshiba is doing a good job of that all by themselves. If you look at the titles for next year and the fact that Toshiba is the only hardware manufacturer making HD-DVD players. I love my HD-DVD player but it does not look good from where I stand, just my personal opinion.
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There is to much inconsistency where Wal-Mart is concerned with HD-DVD and Blu-ray. Some Wal-Marts seem to push HD-DVD while others seem to be pushing Blu-ray. While some others do not push ether one. I was informed by my roommate that its basically up to the sales manager what one gets pushed or not. While I am not saying Wal-Mart will not have an impact on the format war. I honestly do not feel Wal-Mart by themselves will kill HD-DVD or make HD-DVD the winner.
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)which is divvied up between HD-DVD and BD titles. The Potter movies were there in full force Tuesday night. They have another section of HD media located behind glass near the DVD checkout area.
