Azumi
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The Death OF HDDVD
Quote:Is this it? The moment the high definition DVD format war came to an end, with Blu-ray winning the fight? Wal-Mart has now joined Best Buy in the major retailers deciding to go Blu-ray exclusive, so come June HD DVD could effectively be a dead format.
Wal-Mart has now announced its position on the battle for the high definition DVD format of choice, by deciding to go all out as an exclusive Blu-ray stockist, and discontinuing HD DVD hardware and software sales by June at the latest.
This comes almost immediately on the back of two other major retailers, Netflix and Best Buy, committing to become exclusive Blu-ray stockists after claiming the war is already over, and HD DVD being dead.
The news of Wal-Mart’s decision seems to have first been revealed on the Check Out blog by Susan Chronister, and then later confirmed in a press release.
Gary Severson, senior vice president, Home Entertainment, Wal-Mart, U.S. said:
“Wee’ve listened to our customers, who are showing a clear preference toward Blu-ray products and movies with their purchases,”
“With the customers best interest in all wee do, wee wanted to share our decision and timeline with them as soon as possible, knowing it will help simplify their purchase decision, increase selection, and increase adoption long term.”
“Wee anticipate enhancing our selection with continued great values in hi-definition Blu-ray products, so our customers can further enhance their entertainment experience at home.”
As Danny Mendez said back in August 2007, the day that companies such as Wal-Mart, Best Buy and Target start siding with one format over the other, the deal is done, there’s no coming back from that, and that day has now arrived, and all HD DVD adopters are going to have to start saving up again if they want to keep watching new high def movies.
Wal-Mart is the biggest retailer in the US, and its decision really does signify the end of the war, if it wasn’t already in its final battle. All that remains to be seen now is how long Toshiba carry on the fight before finally finally calling it a day and surrendering to the might of Blu-ray.
so with alot of stores not going to sell HD DVD anymore its as good as dead... wallmart, target and best buy have all planned or have already stopped selling them.. lots of players are being disontinued like with samsung.... toshiba also is annoucing in the next few days that it will produce only blu-ray players.. so blu-ray is going to win this one.. i feel sorry for all you hd dvd owners out there...
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15/02/2008 05:41 PM |
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Synth
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RE: The Death OF HDDVD
Azumi Wrote:i feel sorry for all you hd dvd owners out there...
This news sucks. I'm over it though since My HD DVD came Internally with my Xbox 360. So not all was lost for me
Thanks for Posting
(This post was last modified: 15/02/2008 06:07 PM by Synth.)
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15/02/2008 06:06 PM |
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RE: The Death OF HDDVD
Shame...but...someone had to lose
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15/02/2008 06:50 PM |
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diego
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RE: The Death OF HDDVD
No doubt blu-ray is gonna win.
But its so fudgeing expensive.
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15/02/2008 06:52 PM |
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roberth
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RE: The Death OF HDDVD
so is HD, if not quite so much so, and BR is due a price drop soon imo
(This post was last modified: 15/02/2008 07:37 PM by roberth.)
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15/02/2008 07:36 PM |
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RE: The Death OF HDDVD
Hmm, I guess all those going on the HD wave are all rich people anyway, so HD-DVD's main price advantage wasn't really much...
Still, players capable of playing both formats, anyone?
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15/02/2008 08:59 PM |
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Assassinator
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RE: The Death OF HDDVD
I really don't care about the HDDVD vs BluRay thing...
With the current pricing, I'll not invest in any of them, so right now, i don't care at all.
In a few years, Holographic Veratile Disks will probably pwn them all anyways.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile_Disc
(This post was last modified: 15/02/2008 11:12 PM by Assassinator.)
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15/02/2008 11:10 PM |
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Hellgiver
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RE: The Death OF HDDVD
Regardless, I only got my HDDVD add-on for my 360 for Transformers. I had a feeling Blu-ray would end up on top. Blu-ray winning would mean I could put HD movies in a little bit easier, instead of having to use the add-on...
<3 Diego!
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16/02/2008 03:02 AM |
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diego
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RE: The Death OF HDDVD
Assassinator Wrote:I really don't care about the HDDVD vs BluRay thing...
With the current pricing, I'll not invest in any of them, so right now, i don't care at all.
In a few years, Holographic Veratile Disks will probably pwn them all anyways.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holographic_Versatile_Disc
Same, I don't own any.
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16/02/2008 03:15 AM |
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RE: The Death OF HDDVD
I don't own any so..no problem for me.
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16/02/2008 09:32 AM |
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