Wal-Mart Promoting Blu-ray On TV - Blu-ray Forum

beatboy77 · 12-03-2007, 10:37 PM

My wife and I were watching Desperate Housewives last night and noticed a unique commercial. It was a Wal-Mart commercial promoting Spider-Man 3 on Blu-ray. The commercial mentioned nothing else and it primarily promoted the Blu-ray version vs. the DVD version. The commercial stated the positives of the HD Picture Quality and HD Sound and ended with these words: "Spider-Man 3 available now on Blu-ray. Also available on DVD." It was nice to see Wal-Mart taking a proactive stance for Blu-ray, especially in Prime Time.

~Josh

maximus2323 · 12-03-2007, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by beatboy77

My wife and I were watching Desperate Housewives last night and noticed a unique commercial. It was a Wal-Mart commercial promoting Spider-Man 3 on Blu-ray. The commercial mentioned nothing else and it primarily promoted the Blu-ray version vs. the DVD version. The commercial stated the positives of the HD Picture Quality and HD Sound and ended with these words: "Spider-Man 3 available now on Blu-ray. Also available on DVD." It was nice to see Wal-Mart taking a proactive stance for Blu-ray, especially in Prime Time.

~Josh

Seen the same one. Pretty neat!

Quad · 12-03-2007, 10:38 PM

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Originally Posted by beatboy77

My wife and I were watching Desperate Housewives last night and noticed a unique commercial. It was a Wal-Mart commercial promoting Spider-Man 3 on Blu-ray. The commercial mentioned nothing else and it primarily promoted the Blu-ray version vs. the DVD version. The commercial stated the positives of the HD Picture Quality and HD Sound and ended with these words: "Spider-Man 3 available now on Blu-ray. Also available on DVD." It was nice to see Wal-Mart taking a proactive stance for Blu-ray, especially in Prime Time.

~Josh

Unfortunately they devote very little shelf space to blu-ray titles, for now anyway.

Bullseye · 12-03-2007, 10:38 PM

Thats cool. I have been seeing more BD adds on tv of late too. Which is good news BUT its all Sony. Where the hell is Philips, Panasonic, Fox, Disney, Pioneer etc.

assur191 · 12-03-2007, 10:40 PM

I saw an ad for the Pirates trilogy on blu-ray, while watching MOJO channel last night. It didn't even mention dvd.

bageleaterkkjji · 12-03-2007, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by beatboy77

My wife and I were watching Desperate Housewives last night

how many weeks has it been on? and has lost started yet too

Jokerboy649 · 12-03-2007, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by bageleaterkkjji

how many weeks has it been on? and has lost started yet too

Lost start Feb. 6th.

Alan Gordon · 12-03-2007, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by bageleaterkkjji

how many weeks has it been on? and has lost started yet too

DH has been on for several months now (Sept./Oct.), but "Lost" won't return until next year... if then...

~Alan

Alan Gordon · 12-03-2007, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by beatboy77

It was nice to see Wal-Mart taking a proactive stance for Blu-ray, especially in Prime Time.

Seen it 30-40 times now, but I was disappointed to see a "Transformers" HD DVD commercial from them today at work. First time I've seen it...

~Alan

bageleaterkkjji · 12-03-2007, 11:12 PM

other then football games ive watched like a couple hours of tv since last time desperate houswives and lost was on last year

Innerloop · 12-04-2007, 12:33 AM

Wal-Mart ran another blu-ray commercial a couple weeks ago for a while; the one where the son is pestering his parents to get blu-ray for a christmas present by placing hints everywhere around the house.

Sort of silly, but had the blu-ray logo and name plastered all over it, and the commercial was 100% focused on that one product (Spiderman 3 again, I believe).

I've seen more BD wal-mart ads on TV than I've seen HD-DVD ones.

Blu Titan · 12-04-2007, 12:54 AM

Thanks for the info guys. I honestly have yet to see a Wal-Mart commercial for either format.

Jack Torrance · 12-04-2007, 12:59 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueNeon

Thanks for the info guys. I honestly have yet to see a Wal-Mart commercial for either format.

You missed the HD-DUD one when they were getting ready for the $99 firesale? Dude... you missed out. That one was hilarious.

The happy housewife bragging about getting the HD-DUD player at a great price... how happy her husband was going to be on CHristmas Day when he got it? Oh, priceless. I imagine these characters being driven back to Walmart by the husband on Christmas Day so they can be first in line to return it.

I have not seen any of the movie releated ones myself. But sounds like they are getting behind Blu.

atomik kinder · 12-04-2007, 01:00 AM

I also saw one for Fantastic Four and also the HD DVD of Transformers.

12-03-2007, 10:37 PM	#1
beatboy77 Active Member Member since:Dec 2006 Location:Colorado Springs, CO Trading Score:16	Wal-Mart Promoting Blu-ray On TV My wife and I were watching Desperate Housewives last night and noticed a unique commercial. It was a Wal-Mart commercial promoting Spider-Man 3 on Blu-ray. The commercial mentioned nothing else and it primarily promoted the Blu-ray version vs. the DVD version. The commercial stated the positives of the HD Picture Quality and HD Sound and ended with these words: "Spider-Man 3 available now on Blu-ray. Also available on DVD." It was nice to see Wal-Mart taking a proactive stance for Blu-ray, especially in Prime Time. ~Josh

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12-03-2007, 10:38 PM	#4
Bullseye Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Sep 2006 Location:Ireland Home Theater Gallery:24 4K collection:70 Blu-ray collection:760 Blu-ray reviews: 44	Thats cool. I have been seeing more BD adds on tv of late too. Which is good news BUT its all Sony. Where the hell is Philips, Panasonic, Fox, Disney, Pioneer etc.

12-03-2007, 10:40 PM	#5
assur191 Active Member Member since:Aug 2005 Blu-ray collection:345	I saw an ad for the Pirates trilogy on blu-ray, while watching MOJO channel last night. It didn't even mention dvd.

12-03-2007, 11:12 PM	#10
bageleaterkkjji Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Sep 2007 Location:in the garbage 4K collection:59 Blu-ray collection:322 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:4	other then football games ive watched like a couple hours of tv since last time desperate houswives and lost was on last year

12-04-2007, 12:33 AM	#11
Innerloop Member Member since:Jul 2006	Wal-Mart ran another blu-ray commercial a couple weeks ago for a while; the one where the son is pestering his parents to get blu-ray for a christmas present by placing hints everywhere around the house. Sort of silly, but had the blu-ray logo and name plastered all over it, and the commercial was 100% focused on that one product (Spiderman 3 again, I believe). I've seen more BD wal-mart ads on TV than I've seen HD-DVD ones.

12-04-2007, 12:54 AM	#12
Blu Titan Super Moderator Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Edo, Land of the Samurai Home Theater Gallery:42 4K collection:41 Blu-ray collection:2864 Blu-ray reviews: 2 Trading Score:92	Thanks for the info guys. I honestly have yet to see a Wal-Mart commercial for either format.

12-04-2007, 01:00 AM	#14
atomik kinder Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Omaha NE 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:-	I also saw one for Fantastic Four and also the HD DVD of Transformers.

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