Circuit City Drops HD DVD(Link to Article)

[dewey79]

http://www.1080living.com/modules.ph...article&sid=17

Circuit City in a not so surprising move has discontinued the HD-DVD format in favor of expanding it's Blu-Ray lineup.

Circuit City-long a unofficial supporter of Blu-Ray has always carried HD-DVD in limited quantities vs. it's Blu-Ray inventory. Sources say that this move is not a direct response to Warner studios announcements but more related to the lopsided sales makeup of Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD which in the past weeks has been 85:15 in favor of Blu-Ray says several industry sources

1080living.com contacted 7 Circuit City locations. 5 would not comment citing policies against disclosing merchandising changes, while 3 confirmed that the company has discontinued the HD-DVD format. One store manger informed us, "This move is for business reasons only as Circuit City is committed to the next generation of Hi Def DVD viewing. Based on company sales of the two formats which consisted of 87 percent for Blu-Disc and 13% for HD the company felt that now should be the time to fully commit our resources to one format. Circuit City is the leader of technology and this move again reinforces out commitment to offering out customers the very best available. We expect our competitors to follow suit shortly."

As a result, Circuit City stores will be placing all HD-DVD players on clearance and though no specific price has been announced we were told to expect players in the $100 range.

[miokti]

not surprising? their sales folks seem to be HD-DVD attuned... good news though

[RUR]

Posted last night and already being discussed in this thread: https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...110#post555110

[GarettP]

The dominoes just keep dropping on HD-DVD, soon we won't even have to talk about that other format anymore!

[Blu boy]

to bad there are no cc in my area just bb o well

[LynxFX]

Circuit City-long a unofficial supporter of Blu-Ray has always carried HD-DVD in limited quantities vs. it's Blu-Ray inventory.

Say waht? CC has been more in the red camp if they were in any at all. The only demos I've seen set up have been for HD DVD players including one right when you enter the door. Titlewise they are split right down the middle, but overall have a tiny section compared to Best Buy.

I did notice that while my local stores didnt have the players on clearance yet that front demo area has been replaced with a blu-ray demo endcap. But seriously, a long unafficial supporter of blu-ray, hah!

[BillCable]

Somehow I don't accept the credibility of a "news site" that's only had 17 articles since inception.

[Winn]

Originally Posted by BillCable

Somehow I don't accept the credibility of a "news site" that's only had 17 articles since inception.

Even the Times had a first issue.

[NexusFX]

Just Keep Tippin' em Over Guys

I'm hoping these Domino's Fall Next...soon

Best Buy |/_
Then Wal Mart |/_

Then let's see What Paramount and Universal will do...

[Living Near Shamu]

This is the worst respond by a DUD supporter ever:

Circuit City is no major player anyhow so big deal. I am keeping my Red machine until they can pull it out of my dead hands. Even if all of the studios support Blu Dud I will stay red and just rewatch all of the same movies. I hate Sony, I hate Blu dud, and I hate anyone that likes Blu dud.
I will just go around and post on every website there is to talk trash about blu dud. Come to av forums where all of us love the hd format even if hd goes out of business which it will not because all we need is just 1 studio support and we have 2
Go red, down with blu, red rules, blu sucks and so do you.


What a loser. Go back to your closet and keep listening to your 8-track tapes, lol.

[Blu-Generation]

I hate Sony, I hate Blu dud, and I hate anyone that likes Blu dud.

When did Blu became dud?

[ezcobar411]

Originally Posted by Living Near Shamu

This is the worst respond by a DUD supporter ever:

Circuit City is no major player anyhow so big deal. I am keeping my Red machine until they can pull it out of my dead hands. Even if all of the studios support Blu Dud I will stay red and just rewatch all of the same movies. I hate Sony, I hate Blu dud, and I hate anyone that likes Blu dud.
I will just go around and post on every website there is to talk trash about blu dud. Come to av forums where all of us love the hd format even if hd goes out of business which it will not because all we need is just 1 studio support and we have 2
Go red, down with blu, red rules, blu sucks and so do you.


What a loser. Go back to your closet and keep listening to your 8-track tapes, lol.

Wow, just wow

[Galley]

One of our Circuit City stores had exactly one HD DVD player in the entire store, and sure enough, it was on clearance.

[jd213]

Originally Posted by Living Near Shamu

This is the worst respond by a DUD supporter ever:

Circuit City is no major player anyhow so big deal. I am keeping my Red machine until they can pull it out of my dead hands. Even if all of the studios support Blu Dud I will stay red and just rewatch all of the same movies. I hate Sony, I hate Blu dud, and I hate anyone that likes Blu dud.
I will just go around and post on every website there is to talk trash about blu dud. Come to av forums where all of us love the hd format even if hd goes out of business which it will not because all we need is just 1 studio support and we have 2
Go red, down with blu, red rules, blu sucks and so do you.


What a loser. Go back to your closet and keep listening to your 8-track tapes, lol.

That could be a Blu supporter parodying the predictable responses of some of the HD DVD fanboys. But then again...

[TheRealBob]

Originally Posted by Living Near Shamu

This is the worst respond by a DUD supporter ever:

Circuit City is no major player anyhow so big deal. I am keeping my Red machine until they can pull it out of my dead hands. Even if all of the studios support Blu Dud I will stay red and just rewatch all of the same movies. I hate Sony, I hate Blu dud, and I hate anyone that likes Blu dud.
I will just go around and post on every website there is to talk trash about blu dud. Come to av forums where all of us love the hd format even if hd goes out of business which it will not because all we need is just 1 studio support and we have 2
Go red, down with blu, red rules, blu sucks and so do you.


What a loser. Go back to your closet and keep listening to your 8-track tapes, lol.

I suspect that's a parody.

[marzetta7]

Awesome,...next up...Best Buy.

[theater-one]

Originally Posted by LynxFX

Say waht? CC has been more in the red camp if they were in any at all. The only demos I've seen set up have been for HD DVD players including one right when you enter the door. Titlewise they are split right down the middle, but overall have a tiny section compared to Best Buy.

I did notice that while my local stores didnt have the players on clearance yet that front demo area has been replaced with a blu-ray demo endcap. But seriously, a long unafficial supporter of blu-ray, hah!

At my cc they have always supported blu-ray. So i would not speak for every store.

[sj001]

Originally Posted by Living Near Shamu

This is the worst respond by a DUD supporter ever:

Circuit City is no major player anyhow so big deal. I am keeping my Red machine until they can pull it out of my dead hands. Even if all of the studios support Blu Dud I will stay red and just rewatch all of the same movies. I hate Sony, I hate Blu dud, and I hate anyone that likes Blu dud.
I will just go around and post on every website there is to talk trash about blu dud. Come to av forums where all of us love the hd format even if hd goes out of business which it will not because all we need is just 1 studio support and we have 2
Go red, down with blu, red rules, blu sucks and so do you.


What a loser. Go back to your closet and keep listening to your 8-track tapes, lol.

Either the guy is beyond help in terms of coming to terms with the loss of his beloved format, or it's a joke.

[mystiksuicide]

Originally Posted by marzetta7

Awesome,...next up...Best Buy.

Actually BB has been doing it now for 2 weeks just not as public. Next time you visit BB notice how the tags read "1080p upconverts and hd dvd player"

BB has told it's employees to try to sell the players as upconverts and not as "Next Generation Players"

[saginawjuggalo]

I'm waiting to hear this from a credible source or Circuit City theirself....