Did this happen at all Wal-Marts

[stockstar1138]

Okay, so I just got back from wal-mart and I noticed 3 things that I was wondering if its just me or all wal-marts.

1. The Blu-ray/HD DVD endcap has been replaced by Easter movies and has been moved into the aisle.

2. Beowulf or any other new HD DVD title has not been stocked at all, not sold out, not stocked!

3. HD DVD player prices have been slashed in half. A2 is now $74 by me.

[blackhawktraffic]

The local Wally World in town had zero HD DVD or Blu ray players, and the movies were in small section right near the counter...not much more than 15 BD's and 8 HD DVD's stocked.

[haushausman]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

HD DVD player prices have been slashed in half. A2 is now $74 by me.

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! That's around the price of a non-upscaling DVD player. Too funny...

[stockstar1138]

Originally Posted by haushausman

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! That's around the price of a non-upscaling DVD player. Too funny...

My GF and I actually counted. There was 11 DVD players that were being sold higher than the HD DVD player.

[Marcusarilius]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

My GF and I actually counted. There was 11 DVD players that were being sold higher than the HD DVD player.

They could have boughten the official DVD up-converter. Poor J6P. Not a clue.

[big angry]

Just got back from Wal-Mart and yes, indeedy, they are selling the Toshiba HD-A2 for $74.68!!!

So I grabbed one (and a case of beer) and got out of there. Now I don't have to use my PS3 to play regular DVD's, and I can replace my ancient non-progressive for something a little more modern.

[stockstar1138]

Originally Posted by big angry

Just got back from Wal-Mart and yes, indeedy, they are selling the Toshiba HD-A2 for $74.68!!!

So I grabbed one (and a case of beer) and got out of there. Now I don't have to use my PS3 to play regular DVD's, and I can replace my ancient non-progressive for something a little more modern.

normally i would call you a loser for buying an HD DVD player, but given that they are cheaper than most of the DVD players at wal-mart, i think it is completely justified. Blu supporters should help get those things off the shelves for good.

[Malosch78]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

My GF and I actually counted. There was 11 DVD players that were being sold higher than the HD DVD player.

Thats just sad for HD-DVD and Tosh

[big angry]

I find it amusing that so many of you actually hold hatred towards Toshiba and HD-DVD. Do you realize how ridiculous that is?

Seriously, there are things to get passionate and worked up about. This really should not be one of them.

But to each his own, I guess.

[lilboostedscooby]

They have moved the blu ray disc to an isle instead of right in front of the entrance to the music/ video section of wal mart. I think its a dumb move by wal mart. Best Buy has one full isle dedicated to blu ray only . Now thats a great move by best buys.

[radagast]

Originally Posted by big angry

I find it amusing that so many of you actually hold hatred towards Toshiba and HD-DVD. Do you realize how ridiculous that is?

Seriously, there are things to get passionate and worked up about. This really should not be one of them.

But to each his own, I guess.

Those people, like myself, who know the history of Toshiba's shenanigans have reason to hate them. They fought Sony in the development of the original DVD spec. Sony made peace by bending over backwards and letting Toshiba have 95% of what they wanted, and also the lion's share of DVD royalties. Toshiba was also on the wrong side of the recordable DVD war. So whan I read that there were two competing HD formats and Toshiba and Sony were the main contenders, I wondered if Toshiba was going to have the worst format again and sure enough, they did. The history of the HD format war shows how much power and money Toshiba was wanting to grab AGAIN. They could have joined forces with Sony and Pioneer, but NOOOO...

[deathscripture]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

Okay, so I just got back from wal-mart and I noticed 3 things that I was wondering if its just me or all wal-marts.

1. The Blu-ray/HD DVD endcap has been replaced by Easter movies and has been moved into the aisle.

2. Beowulf or any other new HD DVD title has not been stocked at all, not sold out, not stocked!

3. HD DVD player prices have been slashed in half. A2 is now $74 by me.

That happened here at least, seems to have less blu too now.

[nomad2010]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

Okay, so I just got back from wal-mart and I noticed 3 things that I was wondering if its just me or all wal-marts.

1. The Blu-ray/HD DVD endcap has been replaced by Easter movies and has been moved into the aisle.

2. Beowulf or any other new HD DVD title has not been stocked at all, not sold out, not stocked!

3. HD DVD player prices have been slashed in half. A2 is now $74 by me.

happened at mine too in ohio. no idea why... blu's have been moved to the very back of the dvd area.

[blukrank]

Happen at the 2 Wal*Marts near me too. They did have copies of Beowulf HD DVD's on the shelf thoe.

[cajun1975]

I have two Wal-Marts that are 20 min away from me. One always had a decent selection of Blu Rays the other one had them hidden behind glass in the PS3 display. Now, as of this week, the one that had the decent selection of Blu now has little to none and the one that had the movies hidden away now has an entire slection in with the reg. DVD's. What the hell is that about???? Strange.

[Blu-Beard]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

Okay, so I just got back from wal-mart and I noticed 3 things that I was wondering if its just me or all wal-marts.

1. The Blu-ray/HD DVD endcap has been replaced by Easter movies and has been moved into the aisle.

2. Beowulf or any other new HD DVD title has not been stocked at all, not sold out, not stocked!

3. HD DVD player prices have been slashed in half. A2 is now $74 by me.

This happened at mine. And they have so few that it took me forever to find them. Not even enough for a section, more like two vertical rows

[big angry]

That almost makes me want to go to Wal-Mart and look for an HD-DVD player. I don't care if the format is dead, that's a bargain. You're getting a quality machine to play DVD's for 1/5th its original price.

Matter of fact, I think I'm gonna get dressed and go over there right now.

[Brian Cash]

My walmart has only 3 in stock and thats we own the night 30days of night and michael clayton

[JasonR]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

Okay, so I just got back from wal-mart and I noticed 3 things that I was wondering if its just me or all wal-marts.

1. The Blu-ray/HD DVD endcap has been replaced by Easter movies and has been moved into the aisle.

2. Beowulf or any other new HD DVD title has not been stocked at all, not sold out, not stocked!

3. HD DVD player prices have been slashed in half. A2 is now $74 by me.

All of the above happened at my Wal-Mart, I noticed it Sunday!

[SlmShdy1]

Originally Posted by stockstar1138

Okay, so I just got back from wal-mart and I noticed 3 things that I was wondering if its just me or all wal-marts.

1. The Blu-ray/HD DVD endcap has been replaced by Easter movies and has been moved into the aisle.

2. Beowulf or any other new HD DVD title has not been stocked at all, not sold out, not stocked!

3. HD DVD player prices have been slashed in half. A2 is now $74 by me.

1. That happened across all Wal-Marts. It was time for a video reset. The Easter endcap is a seasonal thing. It will change as holidays do. The Blu-ray/HD DVD section is now a part of the New Releases. I ended up adjusting my HD section so that it's almost all Blu-ray. I decided to keep one row of HD DVD's just out of curiousity (see if anyone would still buy them).

2. I only got one copy of Beowulf on HD DVD and it sold right away. Last week, a few copies of American Gangster were also purchased.

3. Not only the A2, but the A3 also went down to $74. If you check out BestBuy.com, they have the A35 for $149, but it's sold out.