Blu-ray in retail stores - reports and anecdotes - Blu-ray Forum

ADPNIGHTMARE · 10-03-2007, 05:23 AM

So since holiday season is coming up I just got word that (source: media sups had training in cali last week about holiday time) throughout the company the shelf space for both formats is going to increase. Can't say exactly how much and when but it is happening and there was some speculation of the blu-ray doubling but that part is still up in the air.

Maxell · 10-03-2007, 05:30 AM

That's good. The media guys at my best buy go strictly by planogram. Though I told them this week they need to spread out, it's looking like a crammed library. There is one hddvd 4' section, one blu-ray 4' section, a blu-ray sled on the racetrack (front walkway), and blu-ray movies below 2 blu-ray display endcaps and also some in the PS3 game section.

jd13 · 10-03-2007, 05:35 AM

Now if they would just be competitively priced with Fry's and online, without having to get a price match, they may actually sell a few.

ADPNIGHTMARE · 10-03-2007, 05:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Maxell

That's good. The media guys at my best buy go strictly by planogram. Though I told them this week they need to spread out, it's looking like a crammed library. There is one hddvd 4' section, one blu-ray 4' section, a blu-ray sled on the racetrack (front walkway), and blu-ray movies below 2 blu-ray display endcaps and also some in the PS3 game section.

yea supposedly the planogram is changing soon. Ill try to get some info on that. but yea we have the same thing at my store except there are no blu-rays in the ps3 section. our blu-ray sled/cart is kinda far away from everything tho. not sure why they moved it so far. but it used to be in the racetrack but now with the holidays we are putting the tvs on sale on the racetrack.

ADPNIGHTMARE · 10-03-2007, 05:38 AM

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Originally Posted by jd13

Now if they would just be competitively priced with Fry's and online, without having to get a price match, they may actually sell a few.

sorry man...but we don't have a fry's in FLA. Ive only seen them on the west coast (AZ and cali).

ESUNintel · 10-03-2007, 05:47 AM

The two best buys by my house aren't really cramming, stuff seems to be selling, it be nice to see more BD's spread out a little more though.

jd13 · 10-03-2007, 05:56 AM

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Originally Posted by ADPNIGHTMARE

sorry man...but we don't have a fry's in FLA. Ive only seen them on the west coast (AZ and cali).

Yea, there are 3 of them in the Houston area. I usually go to BB to get the price match just for the rewards points and it is across the highway from my house.

gr3y · 10-03-2007, 06:23 AM

my closest store theyve tripled the space for bluray... and left only 1 section for hddvd...

spam.curitiba · 10-03-2007, 06:42 AM

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Originally Posted by gr3y

my closest store theyve tripled the space for bluray... and left only 1 section for hddvd...

same here.......at the BB i go to they say it is 80:20 for blu-ray...they say they rarely sell a hd dvd player...

gand41f · 10-03-2007, 08:18 AM

That's great news. Are they also going to increase the number of titles too, not just the number of copies per title? The Best Buy near my place has so many titles missing (even those that I can find in nearby Fry's).

enjoy
gandalf

ADPNIGHTMARE · 10-03-2007, 10:07 AM

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Originally Posted by gand41f

That's great news. Are they also going to increase the number of titles too, not just the number of copies per title? The Best Buy near my place has so many titles missing (even those that I can find in nearby Fry's).

enjoy
gandalf

yes they are increasing the number of titles as well. but the time frame for all of this will vary. but for example at my store we carried "a scanner darkly" for hddvd but not for blu-ray for as long as I could remember. But now we have more than 10 copies of the blu-ray version. and we also have "the road warrior".

And if you check online most of the titles (exception of paramount/dreamworks) say available at most stores. In time past, many of the titles said limited availability.

lokus · 10-03-2007, 10:45 AM

Ahhh the trend towards Blu-ray being the winner in this war is becoming more evident. Go Blu-ray!

gand41f · 10-03-2007, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by ADPNIGHTMARE

yes they are increasing the number of titles as well. but the time frame for all of this will vary. but for example at my store we carried "a scanner darkly" for hddvd but not for blu-ray for as long as I could remember. But now we have more than 10 copies of the blu-ray version. and we also have "the road warrior".

And if you check online most of the titles (exception of paramount/dreamworks) say available at most stores. In time past, many of the titles said limited availability.

That's great news. It will help sell discs if people can actually find things they want.

I can go to Best Buy to price match Fry's more often now.

enjoy
gandalf

P.S. My 600th post!

erowe83 · 10-03-2007, 11:23 AM

I would buy all my blu-rays from Best buy if they competitvely priced them...I just refuse to spend $7-$10 more per title than I would be spending at amazon.

ground chuck · 10-03-2007, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by erowe83

I would buy all my blu-rays from Best buy if they competitvely priced them...I just refuse to spend $7-$10 more per title than I would be spending at amazon.

take a print out from target.com and bb will price match, that's what i've been doing on my lunch break. i bought ff4, yesterday for $27.95.

bhampton · 10-03-2007, 11:59 AM

Honestly,

I can hardly believe how big it is already. SACD/DVD-A never had so much space. I hear HDMedia is 1% of video sales (probly just some HD DUD FUD) but they clearly have at least 10% of the shelf space at my Best Buy.

jediknight182 · 10-03-2007, 12:21 PM

I just went to my local Best Buy looking for Troy: DC and Evil Dead 2. They were in the middle of expanding the Blu-Ray section by another 3 shelves (making it 5 total). The HD-DVD section was still just 2 shelves. I was able to p/u Evil Dead 2 but they are still out of Troy. When I asked if they had any in stock they told me "We have it in HD-DVD".

squire23 · 10-03-2007, 12:28 PM

My Best Buy has about 4 shelves for Blu and 3 for HD DVD, but the best part is that they have 2 full Blu displays going (Samsung and Sony) with more movies at the displays. They do have 1 HD DVD display, but it's tucked away out of the main traffic areas.

SHayes · 10-03-2007, 12:34 PM

I went to BB yesterday to get a coffee maker and check out the KDS-60A300 (awesome looking TV) and they were sold out of Surfer. They sales guy said they sell Blu 3:1 over HD-DUD and would changing the selves to suit more Blu. Currently its 50/50 shelf space.

95pgtproject · 10-03-2007, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by redman1984

i think i just lost a few brain cells

Well put down the crack pipe and get yourself some help before you are completely brain dead. Or is it too late?

10-03-2007, 05:23 AM	#1
ADPNIGHTMARE Active Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:FLA	Blu-ray in retail stores - reports and anecdotes So since holiday season is coming up I just got word that (source: media sups had training in cali last week about holiday time) throughout the company the shelf space for both formats is going to increase. Can't say exactly how much and when but it is happening and there was some speculation of the blu-ray doubling but that part is still up in the air.

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10-03-2007, 05:30 AM	#2
Maxell Expert Member Member since:Aug 2007	That's good. The media guys at my best buy go strictly by planogram. Though I told them this week they need to spread out, it's looking like a crammed library. There is one hddvd 4' section, one blu-ray 4' section, a blu-ray sled on the racetrack (front walkway), and blu-ray movies below 2 blu-ray display endcaps and also some in the PS3 game section.

10-03-2007, 05:35 AM	#3
jd13 Active Member Top contributor Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Spring, TX Home Theater Gallery:15 4K collection:107 Blu-ray collection:618 Blu-ray reviews:6 Trading Score:1	Now if they would just be competitively priced with Fry's and online, without having to get a price match, they may actually sell a few.

10-03-2007, 05:47 AM	#6
ESUNintel Senior Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Colorado	The two best buys by my house aren't really cramming, stuff seems to be selling, it be nice to see more BD's spread out a little more though.

10-03-2007, 06:23 AM	#8
gr3y Active Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:California, USA Home Theater Gallery:28 4K collection:34 Blu-ray collection:1054 Blu-ray reviews:14 Trading Score:58	my closest store theyve tripled the space for bluray... and left only 1 section for hddvd...

10-03-2007, 08:18 AM	#10
gand41f Special Member Member since:May 2007 Location:San Jose, California	That's great news. Are they also going to increase the number of titles too, not just the number of copies per title? The Best Buy near my place has so many titles missing (even those that I can find in nearby Fry's). enjoy gandalf

10-03-2007, 10:45 AM	#12
lokus Senior Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Marlton, NJ Blu-ray collection:72	Ahhh the trend towards Blu-ray being the winner in this war is becoming more evident. Go Blu-ray!

10-03-2007, 11:23 AM	#14
erowe83 Senior Member Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Los Angeles, CA Blu-ray reviews:1	I would buy all my blu-rays from Best buy if they competitvely priced them...I just refuse to spend $7-$10 more per title than I would be spending at amazon.

10-03-2007, 11:59 AM	#16
bhampton Blu-ray Count Member since:Aug 2007 4K collection:981 Blu-ray collection:2537 DVD collection:67 Blu-ray reviews: 6 Trading Score:18	Honestly, I can hardly believe how big it is already. SACD/DVD-A never had so much space. I hear HDMedia is 1% of video sales (probly just some HD DUD FUD) but they clearly have at least 10% of the shelf space at my Best Buy.

10-03-2007, 12:21 PM	#17
jediknight182 Active Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:New York City Trading Score:1	I just went to my local Best Buy looking for Troy: DC and Evil Dead 2. They were in the middle of expanding the Blu-Ray section by another 3 shelves (making it 5 total). The HD-DVD section was still just 2 shelves. I was able to p/u Evil Dead 2 but they are still out of Troy. When I asked if they had any in stock they told me "We have it in HD-DVD".

10-03-2007, 12:28 PM	#18
squire23 Active Member Member since:Oct 2007 Blu-ray collection:27 Trading Score:5	My Best Buy has about 4 shelves for Blu and 3 for HD DVD, but the best part is that they have 2 full Blu displays going (Samsung and Sony) with more movies at the displays. They do have 1 HD DVD display, but it's tucked away out of the main traffic areas.

10-03-2007, 12:34 PM	#19
SHayes Member Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Woodbridge, VA	I went to BB yesterday to get a coffee maker and check out the KDS-60A300 (awesome looking TV) and they were sold out of Surfer. They sales guy said they sell Blu 3:1 over HD-DUD and would changing the selves to suit more Blu. Currently its 50/50 shelf space.

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