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BPHusker · 11-02-2007, 08:39 PM

I actually went and got a A3 at Best Buy today. I got 2 movies in the box (300 and Bourne Identity), 2 free from Best Buy (Transformers and Hot Fuzz) and will get 5 from the mail in. Gotta love free movies.

I will still buy all the neutral movies on BR and get a few HD-DVD exclusives. I pretty much just got it as an upconverting player anyway and just so I won't be bummed when I find out stuff is HD-DVD exclusive.

I went with 2 guys from work, who were buying them as their second players. I would assume that is the majority of buyers of the A2 and A3. He just wanted 9 free movies.

yakman · 11-02-2007, 08:48 PM

How many duds could they dump in the market with the $200M that WB turned down? 1,000,000?

chrisshea · 11-02-2007, 08:51 PM

i just saw the add i just came online to see if people were talking about it ehehhe

i got 3 of my freinds to go blu
was easy
invited them over showed them 10 min of pirates 1 or 2 and they didnt have anymore doubt BLU-RAY!

whippersnapper · 11-02-2007, 08:58 PM

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Originally Posted by BLackie

I went to walmart this morning early to pick up dog food and i went by the electronics and they had 23 people in line buying that crapy toshiba and all the HD DVD movie selections were gone

then i went to another walmart because that one didnt have my dog food and people were in line to!!! Im worried

Is this troll still here? His posting history reveals him for what he is. A FUD spreader with no subtlety.

whippersnapper · 11-02-2007, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Jurassic

Well, from what i saw today, my local walmart had about 20 of the 98.00 dollar units. As of four this afternoon, the sales lady said only two had sold.

I find this hard to believe. At $98 you'd at least have the eBay resellers out in force. Maybe you don't have any in your neighborhood. They're everywhere else.

swifty7 · 11-02-2007, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by SpikesBluBlooded

Not to be funny, but then why buy a DUD player in the first place? This time next year the titles that are exclusive to DUD will be available on Blu once this war ends, so why waste the money?

well! at this point we don't know exactly what will Paramount do down the road and also there's always the Warner factor to consider, besides $98 is chump change even if it all fails at the end. Anyway after receiving the 5 free movies makes the player pretty much free so I asked myself........WHY THE HELL NOT!!!!

Deciazulado · 11-02-2007, 11:01 PM

Bullseye · 11-03-2007, 12:03 AM

Can any of the insiders confirm if Wal-mart has gone format exclusive?

bdrex28 · 11-03-2007, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Bullseye

Can any of the insiders confirm if Wal-mart has gone format exclusive?

Where did you hear that from? I've seen NOTHING even close to that.

Bullseye · 11-03-2007, 12:19 AM

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Originally Posted by bdrex28

Where did you hear that from? I've seen NOTHING even close to that.

There is no specific statement. I am just asking

http://www.highdefdigest.com/tags/show/Wal-Mart

Jurassic · 11-03-2007, 12:20 AM

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Originally Posted by whippersnapper

I find this hard to believe. At $98 you'd at least have the eBay resellers out in force. Maybe you don't have any in your neighborhood. They're everywhere else.

This may be true, my area of michigan is out in the boonies. But as of seven tonight, there were still about 19 left. My walmart is a supercenter, and always full of people, but noone appears to be buying the cheap players.
Maybe tomorrow it'll pick up a bit

bdrex28 · 11-03-2007, 12:23 AM

None in Oklahoma , which is good. I knew several people that tried to go pick one up.

Alas, we're a "no-dumping" state where it's illegal for this to be sold at that price.

Two of the three have now ordered a 40gb PS3.

jimsch42 · 11-03-2007, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Deciazulado

Excellent

rjg · 11-03-2007, 02:54 PM

I know Spiderman will sell HUGE, but with all the promos for the CHEAP A2 and some specials on some movies. Do you guys think we might have a competion for the sales week?, Kinda with transformers, the red group put their own little sale.
What i am optimistic is even though we had a bogo, they dont, its just a promo for acouple movies. I think and hope we dont loose this week. I probably will making another purshase just to be on safe side.

Esox50 · 11-03-2007, 02:59 PM

No, the HD DVD business model is NOT sustainable. Nothing to worry about. As I've posted, this is it. HD DVD has obviously been put on notice. Whether it's from WB or from the Toshiba head office (there was a rumor/post on this about 4 weeks ago), we don't know. All we know is that they are desperately trying to hold on and make a dent into BDs lead so as not to lose what little industry support HD DVD has left.

I suspect that by this time next year, this thing could very well all be over...

w_tanoto · 11-03-2007, 03:01 PM

Yes. but we also got 40GB PS3 sold out. so let's hope 40GB sold more than that inferior player

mykevermin · 11-03-2007, 03:08 PM

Nope.

xtop · 11-03-2007, 03:29 PM

i love how everyone thinks they shouldn't be worried. 250k of those players available. even if half of those players sold, sold 1 hd dvd thats 125k...on top of the thousands they're already going to sell without the sale.

sorry blu fans..this may be a temporary spike here, but if warner sees this and goes hd exclusive, game over.

WinterWolf · 11-03-2007, 03:31 PM

With PS3 40GB and Spidey 3...

it should be HD DVD owners that should be worried

The Big Blue · 11-03-2007, 03:34 PM

Aint skeerd.

I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of the $98 a2s sold this weekend are 2nd & 3rd players.

The Q4 Blu onslaught began Tuesday.

11-03-2007, 02:54 PM	#1434
rjg Active Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:San Diego Blu-ray collection:215 Blu-ray reviews:4	Should we be worried about the HD-DVD promo's for this week? I know Spiderman will sell HUGE, but with all the promos for the CHEAP A2 and some specials on some movies. Do you guys think we might have a competion for the sales week?, Kinda with transformers, the red group put their own little sale. What i am optimistic is even though we had a bogo, they dont, its just a promo for acouple movies. I think and hope we dont loose this week. I probably will making another purshase just to be on safe side.

11-02-2007, 08:39 PM	#1421
BPHusker Senior Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:US Blu-ray collection:1 Trading Score:11	I actually went and got a A3 at Best Buy today. I got 2 movies in the box (300 and Bourne Identity), 2 free from Best Buy (Transformers and Hot Fuzz) and will get 5 from the mail in. Gotta love free movies. I will still buy all the neutral movies on BR and get a few HD-DVD exclusives. I pretty much just got it as an upconverting player anyway and just so I won't be bummed when I find out stuff is HD-DVD exclusive. I went with 2 guys from work, who were buying them as their second players. I would assume that is the majority of buyers of the A2 and A3. He just wanted 9 free movies.

11-02-2007, 08:48 PM	#1422
yakman Member Member since:Aug 2007	How many duds could they dump in the market with the $200M that WB turned down? 1,000,000?

11-02-2007, 08:51 PM	#1423
chrisshea Active Member Member since:Mar 2007 Blu-ray reviews:3	i just saw the add i just came online to see if people were talking about it ehehhe i got 3 of my freinds to go blu was easy invited them over showed them 10 min of pirates 1 or 2 and they didnt have anymore doubt BLU-RAY!

11-02-2007, 11:01 PM	#1427
Deciazulado Site Manager Top contributor Member since:Aug 2006 Location:USiberia Home Theater Gallery:6 4K collection:1160 Blu-ray collection:7049 DVD collection:4045

11-03-2007, 12:03 AM	#1428
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	Can any of the insiders confirm if Wal-mart has gone format exclusive?

11-03-2007, 12:23 AM	#1432
bdrex28 Senior Member Member since:Sep 2007 Location:Edmond, OK Blu-ray reviews:4	None in Oklahoma , which is good. I knew several people that tried to go pick one up. Alas, we're a "no-dumping" state where it's illegal for this to be sold at that price. Two of the three have now ordered a 40gb PS3.

11-03-2007, 02:59 PM	#1435
Esox50 Blu-ray Guru Member since:Jan 2007 4K collection:416 Blu-ray collection:488	No, the HD DVD business model is NOT sustainable. Nothing to worry about. As I've posted, this is it. HD DVD has obviously been put on notice. Whether it's from WB or from the Toshiba head office (there was a rumor/post on this about 4 weeks ago), we don't know. All we know is that they are desperately trying to hold on and make a dent into BDs lead so as not to lose what little industry support HD DVD has left. I suspect that by this time next year, this thing could very well all be over...

11-03-2007, 03:01 PM	#1436
w_tanoto Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Hatfield, UK / Jakarta, Indonesia Blu-ray collection:37 Blu-ray reviews:47	Yes. but we also got 40GB PS3 sold out. so let's hope 40GB sold more than that inferior player

11-03-2007, 03:08 PM	#1437
mykevermin Member Member since:Jun 2007	Nope.

11-03-2007, 03:29 PM	#1438
xtop Blu-ray Count Member since:Oct 2007 Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Digital collection:- Trading Score:3	i love how everyone thinks they shouldn't be worried. 250k of those players available. even if half of those players sold, sold 1 hd dvd thats 125k...on top of the thousands they're already going to sell without the sale. sorry blu fans..this may be a temporary spike here, but if warner sees this and goes hd exclusive, game over.

11-03-2007, 03:31 PM	#1439
WinterWolf Member Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Houston, Texas	With PS3 40GB and Spidey 3... it should be HD DVD owners that should be worried

11-03-2007, 03:34 PM	#1440
The Big Blue Blu-ray Guru Member since:Feb 2007 Blu-ray collection:98 Blu-ray reviews:1	Aint skeerd. I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of the $98 a2s sold this weekend are 2nd & 3rd players. The Q4 Blu onslaught began Tuesday.

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