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[brps3]

When I was in Wal-Mart a while back I made a comment about how many Blurays there were. And one of the employees said that "this time next year we will have more Blu-rays than DVD's."

[ZoetMB]

Originally Posted by brps3

When I was in Wal-Mart a while back I made a comment about how many Blurays there were. And one of the employees said that "this time next year we will have more Blu-rays than DVD's."

Like a minimum wage WalMart store employee would actually have any insight into that.

[UFAlien]

Well, I didn't get any Blu-ray movies, but I did get a new TV that has the option to disable overscan, and I'm planning on picking up The Last Airbender pretty soon with some of the money I got.

[Afrobean]

Originally Posted by ZoetMB

Like a minimum wage WalMart store employee would actually have any insight into that.

If they've been working there a while, it wouldn't be hard to notice the rate at which Blu-ray shelving was taking over DVD shelf space. I know my local Best Buy went from having something like 30% shelves for Blu-ray and 70% for DVD to having about a 50/50 split. It's not so unbelievable that Blu-ray would soon make up the majority of shelving in certain stores.

The many individual titles available on DVD make a lot of money when combined together, but it's not worth it for the store to use up shelf space for many low-priced DVDs with individually small profit margins. Especially when you consider the same title on DVD with a small profit margin might very well be available on BD with a higher profit margin and that sells at a higher rate. For example, Back to the Future trilogy on DVD probably sells for about 20 bucks and sells very few copies, while the BD of it probably goes for like 50 and sells more copies as people update their collection from DVD to BD. In that case, it makes sense to drop the DVD edition from the shelf in order to make more room for BD.

PS There have been tons of articles about how 3DTV hasn't really taken off. That doesn't mean BD has failed to take off and it doesn't mean HDTV has failed to take off. Strawman argument like crazy, man. You can't say "3D has failed to take off" and decide that that means Blu-ray isn't doing well because of that. Blu-ray is doing well IN SPITE OF that.

Anyway, as was pointed out, before long, every major TV model will be a 3D set. People who hate 3D for whatever reason will just avoid buying glasses and only view 2D material on their 3D set.

[brps3]

Originally Posted by ZoetMB

Like a minimum wage WalMart store employee would actually have any insight into that.

Why wouldnt he? Why would he say it? Just to say it?

[Rob71]

Originally Posted by brps3

Why wouldnt he? Why would he say it? Just to say it?

You originally said "employee". That could be anyone from the store manager, to department manager to the guy that polishes the floor at night. But the minimum wage employee just fits his narrative better. Funny thing about those "minimum wage employees". They are just like anyone else. They have ears, and those are just the ones that usually "break" stories on forums. Now they aren't always right, so you take what they say with a grain of salt. But to dismiss them outright and ridicule them makes no sense.

[thewildbunch]

Yeah, give me a break. I worked at a Chuck E Cheese as a "minimum wage employee" for years before and during college and I think I could have told you a thing or two about our product and what was going on with it. I'm sure if someone has been working in the electronics department at Wal-Mart for a couple of years they are able to notice the trends. Quit being so pretentious.