Toshiba HD DVD players on clearance at Walmart?

[whoelse]

Over at Digital Bits, they have revealed some interesting pictures of Toshiba HD DVD players on clearance at Walmart. Now dont jump to conclusions but is this just a one off, or are other Walmart stores going to follow. There's only one way to find out. Wait and see.

http://www.n4g.com/News-105375.aspx

[goodstuff]

Hmm...very interesting indeed.

And the walls...come tumbling down...tumbling down...

[Razzy]

Is Wal-Mart saying to HD-DVD...........?

[HDPlasma]

The rumor is that the old A3 stock with 300/Bourne included are being clearenced and being replaced with Bourne1/Bourne2 movie bundle A3 units.
I guess this is Toshiba's way of sticking it to Warner.

[GeorgeF76]

Well, at my local Walmart they are selling the Toshiba with the 300/Bourne bundle for 148, marked down from 300. And...they don't seem to be moving. Went there 5 days apart and the boxes were literally in the same positions they were in the first time I saw them. LOL

[CAB]

walmart.com has the A30 for $169.28 and the A3 for $139.28.

A30
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=8246508

A3
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=8246390

Is that normal?

[Pictor]

Originally Posted by HDPlasma

The rumor is that the old A3 stock with 300/Bourne included are being clearenced and being replaced with Bourne1/Bourne2 movie bundle A3 units.
I guess this is Toshiba's way of sticking it to Warner.

Yeah, for some reason that just doesn't seem plausible. Why take a [bigger] loss just to recycle the bundled disks?

[JadedRaverLA]

Originally Posted by HDPlasma

The rumor is that the old A3 stock with 300/Bourne included are being clearenced and being replaced with Bourne1/Bourne2 movie bundle A3 units.
I guess this is Toshiba's way of sticking it to Warner.

I know HD DVD fanbois don't live in reality, but that's the most nonsensical "rumor" I've ever heard. No one puts something on clearance in order to re-release the exact same product with a different "free" pack-in.


If they were going to change the pack-in, they would just start shipping the exact same sku'd product with a different pack-in. They wouldn't clearance out the current product to bring back out the same thing.

But, hey, whatever helps them sleep at night.

[Jackietreehorn]

Originally Posted by Pictor

Yeah, for some reason that just doesn't seem plausible. Why take a [bigger] loss just to recycle the bundled disks?

Exactly. It's not like Warner is making any more for these discs as discs sold...Toshiba would have already paid for them.