What's up with Best Buy's ad? - Blu-ray Forum

Deech · 11-11-2007, 02:40 PM

I was just looking through the Best Buy ad and what the hell there is 1 and 1/2 pages of HD DVD moves and only one little conner of Blu-Ray movies. The HD-DVD pages have players for sale and talk about the get 7 free HD-DVD movies and all they show for Blu-ray is the higher priced movies then what HD-DVD is offering. What the heck?

cooper1010 · 11-11-2007, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Deech

I was just looking through the Best Buy ad and what the hell there is 1 and 1/2 pages of HD DVD moves and only one little conner of Blu-Ray movies. The HD-DVD pages have players for sale and talk about the get 7 free HD-DVD movies and all they show for Blu-ray is the higher priced movies then what HD-DVD is offering. What the heck?

i saw that, too. not the week they wanna push, i guess?! no big hd-dvd deals really, though...$400 player is not exactly the latest talking point for that format

POOPonYOU · 11-11-2007, 02:55 PM

If by a little corner you mean 1/2 a page than you're right. How can you say HD DVD has 1 1/2 pages. 1/2 of one page is taken up by 3 LCDs on the supposed HD DVD page.

cooper1010 · 11-11-2007, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by POOPonYOU

If by a little corner you mean 1/2 a page than you're right. How can you say HD DVD has 1 1/2 pages. 1/2 of one page is taken up by 3 LCDs on the supposed HD DVD page.

ouch, dude. on a sunday morning?!

nhaase · 11-11-2007, 03:02 PM

Shrek the third is the big movie release of the week. I know CE3K is also coming out, but the big new release which all retailers are going to push is Shrek, and what format is that on now?

Addition: A few page laters in the box for the Ocean's movies it has the blu-ray version of 13 above the HD DVD version, and it is also $5 cheaper. That's nice, as HD DVD tries to trumpet cheaper players, but that is negated by having to spend $5 more on movies. Also, the stacked picture of the trilogy has the blu-ray version on top of the HD DVD version. That should assuage some of your concerns.

dperrone · 11-11-2007, 03:05 PM

The HD add is a little overwhelming, The page is in HD DVD colors and Blu-Ray has 1/2 page. It almost makes me feel that if an average person who doesn't know about either format was to look at this, you would definitely think that HD is the powerhouse. Again, if you don't know, and by the way, the average household consumer doesn't.

nhaase · 11-11-2007, 03:10 PM

They do this week in and week out. When POTC3 comes out they'll push BD, and people will be on here praising it. It doesn't say anything about their stance. The last time I went to a BBuy about 2/3 of their hi-def DVDs were BDs, so that's who their pushing.

atomik kinder · 11-11-2007, 03:51 PM

Not really, there were plenty of $34.99 titles on the HD DVD side, many more than were on the BD side, of course, it would have been more telling if they would have had the WB counterparts along with the HD DVD ones showing that they are only $29.99 as opposed to $34.99 for Ocean's Thirteen, license to Wed, We are Marshall, The Reaping, TMNT, 300, The Departed. If they would have shown those, it would be apparent that the BDs were less expensive.

SpikesBluBlooded · 11-11-2007, 04:01 PM

Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but don't they charge for ad space? Even in their own fliers, companies have to be paying something for a retailer to be pushing their product line. I'm surprised this hasn't been brought up yet...

Porscheman · 11-11-2007, 04:02 PM

who cares...

the Black Friday BB ad has two blu-ray players and only 1 hd listed. Plus a kick ass PS3 deal...

galperi1 · 11-11-2007, 04:13 PM

The two interesting things I noticed are

a) no really good deals on HD-DVD media this week to help Shrek
b) typically you will see advertisements for the new Movie on both formats on a lot of the TV's to boost the adverstising. This time (at least in the Circuit City / Best Buy ads) it just says Shrek 3 is available on DVD and no mention of HD-DVD

MasterXeus · 11-11-2007, 04:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Deech

I was just looking through the Best Buy ad and what the hell there is 1 and 1/2 pages of HD DVD moves and only one little conner of Blu-Ray movies. The HD-DVD pages have players for sale and talk about the get 7 free HD-DVD movies and all they show for Blu-ray is the higher priced movies then what HD-DVD is offering. What the heck?

I don't think it really matters.

WickyWoo · 11-11-2007, 04:20 PM

Companies pay for ad placement just like they pay for shelf placement

What's in the ad is no indication of loyalties

MasterXeus · 11-11-2007, 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by WickyWoo

Companies pay for ad placement just like they pay for shelf placement

What's in the ad is no indication of loyalties

With Shrek 3 coming out, it makes sense that HD-DVD would pay be a big ad placement.

buckshot · 11-11-2007, 04:32 PM

last week was heavy blu, this week is hd heavy. what i think is funny is about half of the hd dvds displayed are available on blu ray too. unfortunately J6P doesn't know that.

what annoyed me was that Close encounters only had a couple little words next to it that said "on blu ray". most of the ads today had scattered blu rays instead of a singular ad space.

SamIam · 11-11-2007, 05:18 PM

It flip flops every week so no worries...plus the BB's in our area are mostly pushing Blu anyway.

radagast · 11-11-2007, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Porscheman

who cares...

the Black Friday BB ad has two blu-ray players and only 1 hd listed. Plus a kick ass PS3 deal...

Where did you see that?

crackinhedz · 11-11-2007, 06:42 PM

Shrek who?

darinp2 · 11-11-2007, 07:01 PM

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Originally Posted by radagast

Where did you see that?

This link:

http://www.blackfridayads.com/stores/2

shows the following for Best Buy:

Playstation 3 40GB w/ NBA 08 Game & Open Season Blu-Ray $399.99
Samsung BP-D1400 Blu-Ray Player w/ 7 Free Blu-Ray Movies $399.99
Sony BD-PS300 Blu-Ray Player w/ Free $100 GC & 6 Blu-Ray Movies $499.99
Toshiba HD-A3 HD-DVD Player with 7 HD-DVD Movies $199.99

From that, it looks like the S300 won't have an MSRP drop before Thanksgiving.

Also, looks like all those deals are good for the whole sale (not just the morning).

BTW: I think Circuit City's deal on the PS3 looks a little better, with a free controller and 3 free Blu-ray movies for $399.99 (not clear if people get to choose their movies though). And the Samsung BD-P1400 is $377.99 (but doesn't look like it comes with any movies instantly). I don't see any Circuit City deals for Toshiba players.

--Darin

X400 · 11-11-2007, 08:14 PM

the Futureshop(canada BB owned) flyers seem to always push HDDVD more especially there holiday flyer season, hddvd players/movies get more space, been noticing that fer awhile, but the Bestbuy ads seem pretty fair/neutral/ more blu favourable then futureshop

maybe since Bestbuy uses Blue as their colour scheme and Futureshop uses Red they made them each support their respective colours

11-11-2007, 02:40 PM	#1
Deech Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Cleveland, Ohio Blu-ray reviews: 1	What's up with Best Buy's ad? I was just looking through the Best Buy ad and what the hell there is 1 and 1/2 pages of HD DVD moves and only one little conner of Blu-Ray movies. The HD-DVD pages have players for sale and talk about the get 7 free HD-DVD movies and all they show for Blu-ray is the higher priced movies then what HD-DVD is offering. What the heck?

11-11-2007, 02:55 PM	#3
POOPonYOU Member Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Beaumont, California	Troll!!! If by a little corner you mean 1/2 a page than you're right. How can you say HD DVD has 1 1/2 pages. 1/2 of one page is taken up by 3 LCDs on the supposed HD DVD page.

11-11-2007, 03:02 PM	#5
nhaase Special Member Member since:Mar 2007 Trading Score:2	Shrek the third is the big movie release of the week. I know CE3K is also coming out, but the big new release which all retailers are going to push is Shrek, and what format is that on now? Addition: A few page laters in the box for the Ocean's movies it has the blu-ray version of 13 above the HD DVD version, and it is also $5 cheaper. That's nice, as HD DVD tries to trumpet cheaper players, but that is negated by having to spend $5 more on movies. Also, the stacked picture of the trilogy has the blu-ray version on top of the HD DVD version. That should assuage some of your concerns. Last edited by nhaase; 11-11-2007 at 03:06 PM.

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11-11-2007, 03:05 PM	#6
dperrone Senior Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Orlando, Florida Blu-ray collection:49	The HD add is a little overwhelming, The page is in HD DVD colors and Blu-Ray has 1/2 page. It almost makes me feel that if an average person who doesn't know about either format was to look at this, you would definitely think that HD is the powerhouse. Again, if you don't know, and by the way, the average household consumer doesn't.

11-11-2007, 03:10 PM	#7
nhaase Special Member Member since:Mar 2007 Trading Score:2	They do this week in and week out. When POTC3 comes out they'll push BD, and people will be on here praising it. It doesn't say anything about their stance. The last time I went to a BBuy about 2/3 of their hi-def DVDs were BDs, so that's who their pushing.

11-11-2007, 03:51 PM	#8
atomik kinder Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Omaha NE 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:-	Not really, there were plenty of $34.99 titles on the HD DVD side, many more than were on the BD side, of course, it would have been more telling if they would have had the WB counterparts along with the HD DVD ones showing that they are only $29.99 as opposed to $34.99 for Ocean's Thirteen, license to Wed, We are Marshall, The Reaping, TMNT, 300, The Departed. If they would have shown those, it would be apparent that the BDs were less expensive.

11-11-2007, 04:01 PM	#9
SpikesBluBlooded Special Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Orlando, FL Blu-ray collection:719 Trading Score:1	Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but don't they charge for ad space? Even in their own fliers, companies have to be paying something for a retailer to be pushing their product line. I'm surprised this hasn't been brought up yet...

11-11-2007, 04:02 PM	#10
Porscheman Active Member Member since:Oct 2007	who cares... the Black Friday BB ad has two blu-ray players and only 1 hd listed. Plus a kick ass PS3 deal...

11-11-2007, 04:13 PM	#11
galperi1 Active Member Member since:Oct 2007	The two interesting things I noticed are a) no really good deals on HD-DVD media this week to help Shrek b) typically you will see advertisements for the new Movie on both formats on a lot of the TV's to boost the adverstising. This time (at least in the Circuit City / Best Buy ads) it just says Shrek 3 is available on DVD and no mention of HD-DVD

11-11-2007, 04:20 PM	#13
WickyWoo Blu-ray Champion Member since:May 2007 Trading Score:2	Companies pay for ad placement just like they pay for shelf placement What's in the ad is no indication of loyalties

11-11-2007, 04:32 PM	#15
buckshot Blu-ray Guru Member since:Feb 2007 Location:san die ego Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:9	last week was heavy blu, this week is hd heavy. what i think is funny is about half of the hd dvds displayed are available on blu ray too. unfortunately J6P doesn't know that. what annoyed me was that Close encounters only had a couple little words next to it that said "on blu ray". most of the ads today had scattered blu rays instead of a singular ad space.

11-11-2007, 05:18 PM	#16
SamIam Banned Member since:Nov 2007	It flip flops every week so no worries...plus the BB's in our area are mostly pushing Blu anyway.

11-11-2007, 06:42 PM	#18
crackinhedz Super Moderator Member since:Feb 2007 Home Theater Gallery:10 Blu-ray reviews:8 Trading Score:19	Shrek who?

11-11-2007, 08:14 PM	#20
X400 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Kent Blu-ray collection:328 Blu-ray reviews:41 Trading Score:23	the Futureshop(canada BB owned) flyers seem to always push HDDVD more especially there holiday flyer season, hddvd players/movies get more space, been noticing that fer awhile, but the Bestbuy ads seem pretty fair/neutral/ more blu favourable then futureshop maybe since Bestbuy uses Blue as their colour scheme and Futureshop uses Red they made them each support their respective colours

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