Local Target Report

[blu-rayfan101]

This is great and they will be getting rid of hd dvd because aren't they going to be blu exclusive for Christmas.

[Clark Kent]

Originally Posted by StilettoViper

The other day when I went into the Bailey's Crossroads Target in Falls Church, VA. they had totally removed all High Def discs including Blu and HD-DVD. Today for lunch I checked it out again and they had a whole new section of just Blu-Ray discs, approximately 10 rows, mostly new releases with some other catalog titles mixed in. There wasn't an HD-DVD in sight at least not yet. So it looks like Target is definitely leaning towards Blu-Ray. Good sign IMO.

I just got back from this exact store and can give a report. They have expanded the Blu-ray section to about 10 rows but they do have about 4 rows of HD DVD. What's interesting is the new signage that separates the two sections. It says in big print that Blu-rays can be played on the PS3 and BD players found in our electronics section, while the verbiage for HD DVD only says that HD DVDs can be played on Xbox 360 addons found in our electronics section. I think this confirms that Target will not be selling HD DVD standalone players this holiday season.

The section itself hadn't been fully stocked yet but listed much more recent releases than what Target had been carrying(like the Anchor Bay titles, the new Fox titles, etc).

[monkyman]

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

It says in big print that Blu-rays can be played on the PS3 and BD players found in our electronics section, while the verbiage for HD DVD only says that HD DVDs can be played on Xbox 360 addons found in our electronics section. I think this confirms that Target will not be selling HD DVD standalone players this holiday season.

I don't see any Toshiba products in my Target, no TV's, DVD players, nothing.
They also have 11 columns blu to 5 HD-DVD, no end caps or BD players yet.