Who let the BLU out!

[Blu-Generation]

So I just got back from Best Buy and saw something I've never seen before here where I live.

Blu-ray section was packed with people, I could barely squeeze in. What happen? Where are all these BLU coming from? Everyone was holding at least 4 to 6 Blu-ray movies in their hands.

Of course this may not be new to most of you guys, but here at my Best Buy, it's never this packed before. Especially the Blu-ray section. Blu-ray shelf are 3, HD-DVD only has 2, while some are scattered elsewhere.

Two Blu-ray movie being displayed. Two of them! I normally only see one movie on display, but now two. I wish I had my camera with me, I could of capture this chaos.

OK, now I know this is nothing new or anything, but HD-DVD section has zero people. No one was there at all, but the Blu section was extremely crazy.

We had people discussing with each other how amazing Blu is here. Better yet, I had a girl speaking to her friends "Have you been to Blu-ray.com? I've read about everything there, got me going Blu."

I'm not joking or Exaggerating either. I'm serious.

Anybody else see a surge of Blu fans getting higher in your area lately?
It got pretty crazy down here all of a sudden. I was happy, it seems people are seeing the light now.

[Banjo]

Oh, every time I go to Best Buy or Future Shop... I always see someone browsing in the Blu-ray section. HD DVD... not so much.

[krispyjala]

That's great to hear. It's pretty much the same with the Best Buy near me. I never see people looking for HD DVD movies but always someone in the Blu Ray section. Maybe this explains why even though Amazon rankings are good for HD DVD, they still lose in Nielsen's.

[Blu-Generation]

Yea, I picked up Pans Labyrinth, Hellboy, Rush hour 3, Terminator 3.

Although I've seen all of them already, but I need it in Blu for my collection.

I haven't seen Cars yet though, so I picked that up, plan on watching it later tonight.

[bhampton]

I was at a Best Buy today and was alone in the Blu Ray section

Also at Circuit City,.. I was alone there too But a really cute salesgirl walked up and asked me if I was finding everything ok. I don't remember exactly what I said but she certainly caught me off-guard.

I want to go back to my local Best Buy and pick up something on Blu Ray. I'm trying to wait for Tuesday to get Resident Evil 3 but the wait is killing me.

=Brian

[Blu-Generation]

Originally Posted by bhampton

I was at a Best Buy today and was alone in the Blu Ray section

Also at Circuit City,.. I was alone there too But a really cute salesgirl walked up and asked me if I was finding everything ok. I don't remember exactly what I said but she certainly caught me off-guard.

I want to go back to my local Best Buy and pick up something on Blu Ray. I'm trying to wait for Tuesday to get Resident Evil 3 but the wait is killing me.

=Brian

Aw I'm sorry to hear that. I wish you could join the party over here.

I think it all started when everyone open their Christmas present and finds a Blu player.

[mystiksuicide]

I been saying this for awhile but then again Miami seems to be ahead when it comes to Blu.

[Leon Kennedy]

The Blu sections at Futureshop, Bestbuy and Walmart are always busy with Blu shoppers. On the December 26 the Blu display ( 4 sides, 2 for Blu, 2 for Red) stand at Walmart was sold out 95% while the HD DVD side of the stand still had about 90% of movies still on the shelf.

Originally Posted by Blu-Generation

Yea, I picked up Pans Labyrinth, Hellboy, Rush hour 3, Terminator 3.

Although I've seen all of them already, but I need it in Blu for my collection.

I haven't seen Cars yet though, so I picked that up, plan on watching it later tonight.

Are you going to be OK with T3 in 1080i instead of 1080P? I would not settle for any recent motion picture release if they were below 1080P but that's just me.

[Blu-Generation]

Originally Posted by Leon Kennedy

Are you going to be OK with T3 in 1080i instead of 1080P? I would not settle for any recent motion picture release if they were below 1080P but that's just me.

Yea, which is why I didn't pay for it. My brother in law did, I just paid for the others.
But I wanted to add T3 to my Blu collection anyways.

[Rob71]

Originally Posted by Leon Kennedy

The Blu sections at Futureshop, Bestbuy and Walmart are always busy with Blu shoppers. On the December 26 the Blu display ( 4 sides, 2 for Blu, 2 for Red) stand at Walmart was sold out 95% while the HD DVD side of the stand still had about 90% of movies still on the shelf.



Are you going to be OK with T3 in 1080i instead of 1080P? I would not settle for any recent motion picture release if they were below 1080P but that's just me.

All my red friends(ok, friend) tell me there's no difference between 1080i and 1080p.

ps, I am joking.

[iNCREDiPiNOY]

Why don't you ask the survillence camera guy to record how many people browse at BD section compare to HD DUD in 1 day, LMAO!!!

[stockstar1138]

i havn't personally seen this kind of crowdedness, however, i have seen traces of it when i go shopping for blus. The blu-ray shelf looks like a tornado went through it. I mean out of my target I think they carry 30-45 titles, and about 7 of them were completely sold out, about 25 had 1-2 copies left and the rest had 3-5 copies left of the movies. hd dvd on the other hand had planet earth sold out and every other title had 4+ copies just sitting there. and i don't even think target is that big in HDM. Best Buy, WalMart, CC, all the blu-rays have about 1/2 the stock of the hd dvds (which kind of makes since given the nielsen's)

[teunis]

I just got back from my local Best Buy also. And, yes, the Blu-ray section was pretty crazy. So crazy in fact that I didn't stick around to find what was on for $29.99.

No Blu's for me today, but it made me feel warm inside.

Has anybody seen the new Blu-ray ad videos. They don't look half bad. It was amusing that they chose the colours blue and yellow for the ads to. That be the Best But brand.

[blindcat87]

OK, I usually try to be more eloquent, but this just kicks ass. I mean, we've seen this sort of thing going on at various locations from other people's stories, but the overheard comment just is the best. I know we do our share of cheerleading and venting about the other format, but I think anyone really comparing our little patch of Blu to most other areas of HDM discussion can tell the difference. It also doesn't take too much effort to see the differences between our insiders and both the fake, the pseudo, and the real insiders elsewhere.

Chris

Chris

Originally Posted by Blu-Generation

So I just got back from Best Buy and saw something I've never seen before here where I live.

Blu-ray section was packed with people, I could barely squeeze in. What happen? Where are all these BLU coming from? Everyone was holding at least 4 to 6 Blu-ray movies in their hands.

Of course this may not be new to most of you guys, but here at my Best Buy, it's never this packed before. Especially the Blu-ray section. Blu-ray shelf are 3, HD-DVD only has 2, while some are scattered elsewhere.

Two Blu-ray movie being displayed. Two of them! I normally only see one movie on display, but now two. I wish I had my camera with me, I could of capture this chaos.

OK, now I know this is nothing new or anything, but HD-DVD section has zero people. No one was there at all, but the Blu section was extremely crazy.

We had people discussing with each other how amazing Blu is here. Better yet, I had a girl speaking to her friends "Have you been to Blu-ray.com? I've read about everything there, got me going Blu."

I'm not joking or Exaggerating either. I'm serious.

Anybody else see a surge of Blu fans getting higher in your area lately?
It got pretty crazy down here all of a sudden. I was happy, it seems people are seeing the light now.

[Blu-Light]

We noticed this same thing the day after Christmas. Blu-ray section was mobbed with people...DUD was a ghost town.

[Marcusarilius]

For the last 3 months now at the local BB, more BD space alloted and the movies are moving quickly. The HD DVD section has no people ever. Just a couple tumble weeds rolling out of that section along with the sound of crickets. Yes, its everywhere now and this was happening 3 months before Christmas.