A short interview at Best Buy

[oscar_in_fw]

Originally Posted by mystiksuicide

I went to drop of some dinner today at work for my b/f and whats the first thing I see when I get out of the car? The guy parked next to me was putting a Samsung blu player in the backseat. As I strolled around the store there wasn't anyone looking at hd dvd yet a see a guy in his 40 with his wife and kids holding a stack of blu movies id say between 6-8.

I must admit I am a bit puzzled, I hardly see anyone buying hd dvd's movies or players so how in the hell can the lead only be 2:1?

Because you'll hear just as many stories about other "anecdotal" tales of BB salesmen saying HD DVD players are flying off the shelf while the Blu-ray players are gathering cobwebs and HD DVD software sales have gone through the roof since the Toshiba A2s were dumped at $99. The $199 Toshiba A3s are still half the price of the cheapest Blu-ray standalones which is unfortunately a big differentiator for a lot of people.

[Corrupteddragon]

ASking a BB cashier is the same as driving to your nearest McDonalds and asking the drive up guy " whats winning HD-DVD or Blu-Ray?" I should know, I used to work at Best Buy and pretty much the people they make cashiers are the people who have no intelligence.

[Mericalis]

Originally Posted by Corrupteddragon

ASking a BB cashier is the same as driving to your nearest McDonalds and asking the drive up guy " whats winning HD-DVD or Blu-Ray?" I should know, I used to work at Best Buy and pretty much the people they make cashiers are the people who have no intelligence.

Hmm, the person must have some intelligence as they said they like Blu-ray.

[Corrupteddragon]

Originally Posted by Mericalis

Hmm, the person must have some intelligence as they said they like Blu-ray.

ok thats true. But then again, even a monkey can figure out shapes sometimes. The problem with cashiers is they are pretty much trained to be positive about whatever you are buying. So if you had a stack of HD-DVDs in your hand, the cashier would tell you that HD-DVD is doing great. Hell, if you had a stack of BetaMax tapes i bet the cashier would " after asking what is that?" say oh yeah, they are selling awesome!

[Mericalis]

Originally Posted by Corrupteddragon

ok thats true. But then again, even a monkey can figure out shapes sometimes.

Again...SOME INTELLIGENCE.

[cleric]

Originally Posted by Mericalis

Hmm, the person must have some intelligence as they said they like Blu-ray.

Or they are spitting out the Best Buy corporate spew they are suppose to. Wait no your probably right the kid at the register knows what hes talking about.

[CptGreedle]

I did see a guy roaming around BBy holding a BD player in his arm, looking at the BD section of discs, he wandered into the HD-DVD section but seemed to quickly realize he was in the wrong place.
So good to see more people getting BD. In fact, this guy was the only guy I saw the entire time looking at HD-DVD at all.
A number of people were more interested in the BD section (which is bigger too).
Also, there were 2 display demoing BD stuff, and one HD-DVD display that was busted... the player would not play apparently. HAHAHA

[mystiksuicide]

Originally Posted by oscar_in_fw

Because you'll hear just as many stories about other "anecdotal" tales of BB salesmen saying HD DVD players are flying off the shelf while the Blu-ray players are gathering cobwebs and HD DVD software sales have gone through the roof since the Toshiba A2s were dumped at $99. The $199 Toshiba A3s are still half the price of the cheapest Blu-ray standalones which is unfortunately a big differentiator for a lot of people.

I think you missed the part where I said I went to drop off diner to my b/f at work. He is a Magnolia Pro and he does have an insight to what he and his friends sell at the store. It's not a cashiers point of view it's what is actually going out the door.

I wish I had more accurate figures but since this weekend has been hectic the best he can do is guess but he estimates that out of every 10 next generation format player sold at the store 8 where blu. Of course that store is very biased to blu since every employee there either owns a PS3 or a stand alone.

Two are neutral who where actually red at first and are now leaning towards the blu side.

[dobyblue]

Originally Posted by oscar_in_fw

The $199 Toshiba A3s are still half the price of the cheapest Blu-ray standalones

Not quite - Sammy BD-P1400 with dts-HD MA bitstream is only $339 on Amazon.