Target stores' decision to back Blu-ray

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I am new to the forums so forgive me if this has been brought up before on here. But As many people have read Target has decided to pretty much back Sony by starting to carry one of their players for the Fall to Christmas season, along with the PS3 already being sold at stores.

Although the model of the player that will be carried is still unknown i do have a few extra details to give out in terms of how Target will handle it ( I work there).

For now the HD DVD player add on for the Xbox 360 will still be carried in stores, for how long is unknown at this point. I do know that starting in October the High Def. movie selection will expand to a total of 8 feet or 4 feet for Blu Ray and 4 feet for HD DVD. If you don't know 4 feet is simply one shelving unit 6 units high and 8 units across. As this happens the of the movies will expand and more older releases will appear there as well as new ones. Because this Christmas season is sort of a test run for Target fulling backing Blu Ray, a final decision to get rid of HD DVD's will be made.

Of Course a lot of stuff is still up in the air and with todays announcement of Paramount/Dreamworks decision to back HD DVD might change things a bit, I see Target slowly getting rid of HD DVD as time goes on. I cant speak for all Target stores but HD DVDs are the store I work at are hardly sold, and rarely do we run out of them. But I have noticed that a few of Blu-Ray movies we carry do run out the first week they come out including: 300, Disturbia, Are we done yet?, and Wild Hogs.