Local Wal*Mart expands Blu-ray - Blu-ray Forum

johnnyd1 · 10-20-2007, 10:58 AM

My local WalMart Expanded the Blu Ray selection from 5 titles to 20. All in one week !

The red ant movies selection is up to 10 from 2.

No players though !

mattym · 10-20-2007, 12:19 PM

my local asda has just opened a new media area, last week it was 9 titles of each format, today they had upped the BD count and had spiderman and FF4, taking it to a total of 15 BD and 9 Dud, 5 rows Blu and 3 red

yankees120 · 10-20-2007, 04:01 PM

yea so did mine, i was just there and they were putting out the titles, cheapest one i seen was about 19 for halloween and house of 1000 corpse

and most other titles were 25

johnnyd1 · 10-20-2007, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by yankees120

yea so did mine, i was just there and they were putting out the titles, cheapest one i seen was about 19 for halloween and house of 1000 corpse

and most other titles were 25

Same here. Not too bad !

rjg · 10-20-2007, 04:31 PM

Same here also, Mine had like 30 blu titles, 10 hd-dvd. And so far has become the lowest price store for blu-rays. Planet earth 69.99. Halloween 16, 300 24.99. i was happy.

supertrunks6 · 10-20-2007, 04:34 PM

my local Wal Mart here in Tulsa did have 4 rows of BD and 2 HDDVD and when I went up there Tuesday to buy the Reaping they had a whole BD display on an endcap

johnnyd1 · 10-20-2007, 05:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by supertrunks6

my local Wal Mart here in Tulsa did have 4 rows of BD and 2 HDDVD and when I went up there Tuesday to buy the Reaping they had a whole BD display on an endcap

Great !

fridge74 · 10-20-2007, 05:19 PM

Same at my Walmart in Ohio. From 6 to 20 Blus. Dud went up as well 2 to 8

jw · 10-20-2007, 06:30 PM

it was a corporate thing initiated in all stores, the sales associate in electronics, i hope he isnt the dept mgr said that they are mainly carrying blu-ray because"The Disney films come on them" WTF Thats a really good reason and all but make the consumer aware of the real reasons that blu is perferred over HDDVD and it has a better sales record since its launch compared to hddvd

u_nick · 10-20-2007, 08:39 PM

A couple of my Targets were updated today.

They were 4 columns Blu, and 2 HD before, and they now bumped it up to 11 columns Blu, and 5 HD. Almost triple the space for Blu! Woohoo!

David Craig · 10-21-2007, 05:09 PM

The WalMart near me in Mississauga just went from 2:1 in favour of Blu-ray to 3:1 in favour of Blu-ray.

Also the rack for hidef movies has been moved out into the aisle. Now you can't miss it. It has four sides and 3 of those are Blu-ray. One side is HD DVD but it is the side you'd see last.

Anyone thinking "who will win this war" is clearing going to think Blu-ray now.

Also I asked an employee at Walmart, who would win the war. He said he thought Blu-ray.

user friendly · 10-21-2007, 07:23 PM

Fry's

Caligula · 10-21-2007, 07:27 PM

Wish there are frys here in Philly

The Guardian · 10-21-2007, 07:29 PM

My local Wal-mart got one of the big 4-sided displays today... 2 sides are entirely Blu, one side has one row of HD DVD and another side has 2+ rows. Overall 82-26 for Blu in titles available. The two TVs were showing demos, one was alternating BD/HD DVD (I wonder what format they burned their demo disc in? lol) and the other side was a blu-ray only demo screen. Ironically the one that is blu-ray all the time is on the side with the most HD DVD. All the HD DVD is on bottom rows by the floor.

I wish I had one of those Fry's around here too!

Banjo · 10-21-2007, 09:36 PM

The local Wal-Mart on 4th Avenue in St. Catharines just got one of these 4-side displays too. Pretty cool!

3 sides are pure Blu-ray while one side is HD DVD with some Blu-ray movies. It was just really nice to see such a display!

mattym · 10-21-2007, 10:13 PM

perhaps i need to get out more...but i went into asda again today to get a paper and such, so thought i would have a quick look at the BD section again...yesterday all the trays were full, except the copy of Spidey i bought, today there were only 2 left in the 300tray, 1 out of the casino royal, 1 out of black hawk down, 2 out of ghost rider(!) none gone from stealth, 1 of each of the Eastwood war films gone and one other i cant recall...so not bad for 24hours! teh hddvd section had a copy of 300 gone, the rest were full!

cartman781 · 10-21-2007, 10:15 PM

Mine just went from 2-3 titles of each to 5 vertical rows of Blu and 3 of red.

paulyg · 10-22-2007, 02:28 PM

I was at WM a week ago, they had 4 BDs this week 40

. I picked up Halloween and Underworld. Both were under $20.00 ea. I find that most B&M stores are much higher than on line. I don't like WM, I ment I didn't like WM, now I'll be back every Tuesday

SS316SRV · 10-22-2007, 02:29 PM

Shelf space is the new "Black Bars".

Sonny · 10-22-2007, 02:35 PM

Every place like W-M BB CC Target all are in favor of Blu-Ray!!

My BB Just went 7 shelfs BLU & only 3 HD and the hd is not full by any means

Wal-Mart ( all 20 or so here in S.A. are all at least 3-1 or 4-1 for BLU, same with Target & CC!!!!

S.A. is a BLU-RAY City!!!!!

10-20-2007, 10:58 AM	#1
johnnyd1 Expert Member Member since:May 2007 Location:RightBehindU, PA. Blu-ray reviews:5	*Local WalMart expands Blu-ray** My local WalMart Expanded the Blu Ray selection from 5 titles to 20. All in one week ! The red ant movies selection is up to 10 from 2. No players though !

10-21-2007, 05:09 PM	#11
David Craig Active Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Canada Blu-ray reviews: 5	Toronto, Canada The WalMart near me in Mississauga just went from 2:1 in favour of Blu-ray to 3:1 in favour of Blu-ray. Also the rack for hidef movies has been moved out into the aisle. Now you can't miss it. It has four sides and 3 of those are Blu-ray. One side is HD DVD but it is the side you'd see last. Anyone thinking "who will win this war" is clearing going to think Blu-ray now. Also I asked an employee at Walmart, who would win the war. He said he thought Blu-ray.

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10-20-2007, 12:19 PM	#2
mattym Expert Member Member since:Jun 2007	my local asda has just opened a new media area, last week it was 9 titles of each format, today they had upped the BD count and had spiderman and FF4, taking it to a total of 15 BD and 9 Dud, 5 rows Blu and 3 red

10-20-2007, 04:01 PM	#3
yankees120 Banned Member since:Oct 2007	yea so did mine, i was just there and they were putting out the titles, cheapest one i seen was about 19 for halloween and house of 1000 corpse and most other titles were 25

10-20-2007, 04:31 PM	#5
rjg Active Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:San Diego Blu-ray collection:215 Blu-ray reviews:4	Same here also, Mine had like 30 blu titles, 10 hd-dvd. And so far has become the lowest price store for blu-rays. Planet earth 69.99. Halloween 16, 300 24.99. i was happy.

10-20-2007, 04:34 PM	#6
supertrunks6 Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Tulsa, Ok	my local Wal Mart here in Tulsa did have 4 rows of BD and 2 HDDVD and when I went up there Tuesday to buy the Reaping they had a whole BD display on an endcap

10-20-2007, 05:19 PM	#8
fridge74 Member Member since:Jun 2007 Blu-ray collection:1	Same at my Walmart in Ohio. From 6 to 20 Blus. Dud went up as well 2 to 8

10-20-2007, 06:30 PM	#9
jw Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Apr 2007 Location:USA Trading Score:519	it was a corporate thing initiated in all stores, the sales associate in electronics, i hope he isnt the dept mgr said that they are mainly carrying blu-ray because"The Disney films come on them" WTF Thats a really good reason and all but make the consumer aware of the real reasons that blu is perferred over HDDVD and it has a better sales record since its launch compared to hddvd

10-20-2007, 08:39 PM	#10
u_nick Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2007 Location:CT, US Trading Score:27	A couple of my Targets were updated today. They were 4 columns Blu, and 2 HD before, and they now bumped it up to 11 columns Blu, and 5 HD. Almost triple the space for Blu! Woohoo!

10-21-2007, 07:23 PM	#12
user friendly Active Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:The Great White North Home Theater Gallery:7 Blu-ray collection:87	Fry's

10-21-2007, 07:27 PM	#13
Caligula Banned Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Philadelphia Trading Score:1	Wish there are frys here in Philly

10-21-2007, 07:29 PM	#14
The Guardian Expert Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Kitchener, ON Blu-ray collection:9 Trading Score:1	My local Wal-mart got one of the big 4-sided displays today... 2 sides are entirely Blu, one side has one row of HD DVD and another side has 2+ rows. Overall 82-26 for Blu in titles available. The two TVs were showing demos, one was alternating BD/HD DVD (I wonder what format they burned their demo disc in? lol) and the other side was a blu-ray only demo screen. Ironically the one that is blu-ray all the time is on the side with the most HD DVD. All the HD DVD is on bottom rows by the floor. I wish I had one of those Fry's around here too!

10-21-2007, 09:36 PM	#15
Banjo Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2006 Location:Ontario, Canada Blu-ray collection:143	The local Wal-Mart on 4th Avenue in St. Catharines just got one of these 4-side displays too. Pretty cool! 3 sides are pure Blu-ray while one side is HD DVD with some Blu-ray movies. It was just really nice to see such a display!

10-21-2007, 10:13 PM	#16
mattym Expert Member Member since:Jun 2007	perhaps i need to get out more...but i went into asda again today to get a paper and such, so thought i would have a quick look at the BD section again...yesterday all the trays were full, except the copy of Spidey i bought, today there were only 2 left in the 300tray, 1 out of the casino royal, 1 out of black hawk down, 2 out of ghost rider(!) none gone from stealth, 1 of each of the Eastwood war films gone and one other i cant recall...so not bad for 24hours! teh hddvd section had a copy of 300 gone, the rest were full!

10-21-2007, 10:15 PM	#17
cartman781 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Sep 2007 Location:In a van down by the river Blu-ray collection:2074 DVD collection:257 Digital collection:18 Blu-ray reviews: 7 Trading Score:99	Mine just went from 2-3 titles of each to 5 vertical rows of Blu and 3 of red.

10-22-2007, 02:28 PM	#18
paulyg Active Member Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Indiana Home Theater Gallery:17 Blu-ray collection:268	I was at WM a week ago, they had 4 BDs this week 40 . I picked up Halloween and Underworld. Both were under $20.00 ea. I find that most B&M stores are much higher than on line. I don't like WM, I ment I didn't like WM, now I'll be back every Tuesday

10-22-2007, 02:29 PM	#19
SS316SRV Blu-ray Guru Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Appleton, WI Blu-ray collection:74	Shelf space is the new "Black Bars".

10-22-2007, 02:35 PM	#20
Sonny Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Aug 2007 Home Theater Gallery:8 Blu-ray reviews:6 Trading Score:1	Every place like W-M BB CC Target all are in favor of Blu-Ray!! My BB Just went 7 shelfs BLU & only 3 HD and the hd is not full by any means Wal-Mart ( all 20 or so here in S.A. are all at least 3-1 or 4-1 for BLU, same with Target & CC!!!! S.A. is a BLU-RAY City!!!!!

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