Wal-mart Expanded Blu-ray Section - Page 2 - Blu-ray Forum

Slackr89 · 05-18-2008, 11:39 PM

there always getting more in, but they put them all in there friggin smallest glass case they could find so you can really only see about half the titles they have.

Kratos · 05-18-2008, 11:53 PM

mine just upgraded here in northern IN. we now have one whole row! and they FINALLY got rid of those HD-DUDS!

NJ_RAMS_FAN · 05-19-2008, 12:17 AM

i never shop for blu-rays at walmart so i wouldn't care.

joshie · 05-19-2008, 12:50 AM

I have never bought blu-rays at Walmart when I do buy from B&M stores it is at Best Buy. I need to check out Walmart.

mjbethancourt · 05-19-2008, 03:49 PM

What the hell? I'm in Phoenix, where there's like 4 million people, and I haven't seen a single Blu-ray disc in a Wal-mart (they're still selling HD-DVD, though... those useless coasters seem to be available everywhere). In fact, the only place where I've seen anything more than a four-foot display is at Best Buy and Fry's (and the BB prices are absurd, while Fry's only has like a hundred copies of the same two movies). I've wasted many Saturdays trying to find Blu-rays, and this is a big city. For crying out loud, it's been two years, and I still have to order online and wait a week to get Blu-rays. Two years into DVD, they were selling them in the grocery stores.

crazybat_07 · 05-19-2008, 04:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theprophecy247

just went to my walmart, just as shitty as before..

They are all the same in my town also, and all are in glass cases.

aross6 · 05-19-2008, 04:36 PM

At our local Walmart (St. C., OH) they got a HUGE shipment of library Blu-rays in last Monday and talking to an employee I know who works in the electronics section he told me they were officially expanding their Blu-ray display section in one week (i.e. TONIGHT).

WimeTime · 05-19-2008, 04:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kratos

mine just upgraded here in northern IN. we now have one whole row! and they FINALLY got rid of those HD-DUDS!

Where at in IN? I'm from northern Indiana...

MacDaddy · 05-19-2008, 05:27 PM

Over the weekend I went to four different Walmarts in my local area (Florida pandhandle) looking for the new Samsung 1500 player. No luck on the player however, three out of the four were in the process of updating there overall electronics departments by adding several sections of catalog title blurays. Also, two of the four Walmarts actually had the new Magnavox bluray player in stock for $298. Hopefully this is a sign of good things to come!

crazybat_07 · 05-19-2008, 05:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aross6

At our local Walmart (St. C., OH) they got a HUGE shipment of library Blu-rays in last Monday and talking to an employee I know who works in the electronics section he told me they were officially expanding their Blu-ray display section in one week (i.e. TONIGHT).

Your Lucky!!!!!

crazybat_07 · 05-20-2008, 03:44 PM

Now I do believe in miracles!!!!!!!!! Went to the Wal-Mart today to see what new stuff they had and was VERY surprised to see an expanded section of blu-ray!!!!!!!!!YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

MacHaggis · 05-20-2008, 03:58 PM

No Walmart anywhere near here.

Never entered a Walmart.

Nuff said.

- Bogdan

cathexist · 05-20-2008, 04:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MacHaggis

No Walmart anywhere near here.

Never entered a Walmart.

Nuff said.

- Bogdan

Good for you

...no, seriously...

Mr. Cinema · 05-21-2008, 01:14 AM

Stopped by Walmart tonight after being told they would have their re-set done by Monday night. WRONG.

What I saw was 4 empty sections of shelves and 2-3 BD and player signs laying on them. I'll wait until the weekend to see if those lazy bastards are finished.

darkpoet25 · 05-21-2008, 01:41 AM

Well when I went into work today we had our Blu Ray end cap display was up and we had our expanded Blu Ray section with Paramount titles. Our end cap had a Sony 300 BD player and a PS3 hooked up to a 46"(I believe) Sony Bravia 1080p LCD. The Bravia goes for around $1598 and the Sony BD player was $399 if I remember correctly. They were playing National Treasure on it.

JadedRaverLA · 05-21-2008, 02:00 AM

Just got back from my Walmart, and I was VERY impressed. Their new planogram has an entire aisle for Blu-ray. They were still setting it up and getting the movies out, but here's what they had:

An endcap with a Sony 1080p LCD with a Sony BDP-S300 and a PS3 advertising Blu-ray.

In the aisle, they had:

3 8 foot sections of movies, at pretty good prices

Most of today's new releases (except V for Venedetta which is why I went)
National Treasure 1 & 2 for $24.96 each
Most of the older Paramount catalog back in stock (including Shooter and The Italian Job)
Better pricing than other B&M retailers: $24.96 for many new releases, only a couple of titles up at $29.96; most catalog titles under $20 (except for the Harry Potter movies)

4 Standalone players on display!

Magnavox (Funai) NB500 for $298
Samsung BD-P1500 for $348
Sony BDP-S300 for $388 or 398 (I think I saw two tags with different prices)
Panasonic BD30 for $449

All the players except the Panasonic were instock on the shelf as well. I spoke with the department manager briefly who was directing a couple of empoyees resetting the department. He said they were a high volume store so they had gotten a LOT of players in the last couple of weeks for the new display (mainly Magnavox and additional Sony's). They got a pretty good number of the Samsung but it had been selling well since they got them and were nearly out. The Panasonic's hadn't arrived yet, but are expected later this week.

He said lower volume stores probably wouldn't be getting the Panasonic player (at least initially), but that for the most part, the larger volume stores would carry all 4 models, and smaller stores would carry 3.

I'll try to go back later this week and get some pics once everything's finished being set, but, for those claiming Blu-ray has no shot at going mainstream... Wal-mart stores are stocking 4 different standalone players! If that's not mainstream, then I don't know mainstream.

hoogoosedmoose41 · 05-21-2008, 02:09 AM

Do you know why there isnt any Walmarts In Iraq? there is a Target on every block. hahahha sorry i couldnt resist that one

BLU for Blue · 05-21-2008, 08:26 AM

Mine is still setting up. Mine had an endcap, the one next to the NR DVDs but nothing set up in aisles yet. How was all of your TVs set up because im thinking the Sony Tv wont be set up on mine

EvolutionCherry · 05-21-2008, 09:38 AM

I am not sure about Wal-Mart, but I've seen several places doing expantions of their BD sections.

Beast · 05-21-2008, 07:24 PM

My Wal-Mart expanded also. And they're back out of the Glass Case!!

Unfortunatly, looks like they're still waiting for shipments. As they haven't stocked much yet.

View Poll Results: Did your walmart expand the bd section?
Yea!	103	45.78%
Hell no! are you kidding? this is my local wal-crap we are talking about.	66	29.33%
i dunno i didnt check	56	24.89%
Voters: 225. You may not vote on this poll

05-19-2008, 12:17 AM	#23
NJ_RAMS_FAN Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Mar 2008 Location:North Jersey Home Theater Gallery:7 Blu-ray collection:369 DVD collection:21 Blu-ray reviews:7 Trading Score:103	yea i never shop for blu-rays at walmart so i wouldn't care.

05-21-2008, 02:00 AM	#36
JadedRaverLA Power Member Member since:Apr 2007 Blu-ray reviews:2	Just got back from my Walmart, and I was VERY impressed. Their new planogram has an entire aisle for Blu-ray. They were still setting it up and getting the movies out, but here's what they had: An endcap with a Sony 1080p LCD with a Sony BDP-S300 and a PS3 advertising Blu-ray. In the aisle, they had: 3 8 foot sections of movies, at pretty good prices Most of today's new releases (except V for Venedetta which is why I went) National Treasure 1 & 2 for $24.96 each Most of the older Paramount catalog back in stock (including Shooter and The Italian Job) Better pricing than other B&M retailers: $24.96 for many new releases, only a couple of titles up at $29.96; most catalog titles under $20 (except for the Harry Potter movies) 4 Standalone players on display! Magnavox (Funai) NB500 for $298 Samsung BD-P1500 for $348 Sony BDP-S300 for $388 or 398 (I think I saw two tags with different prices) Panasonic BD30 for $449 All the players except the Panasonic were instock on the shelf as well. I spoke with the department manager briefly who was directing a couple of empoyees resetting the department. He said they were a high volume store so they had gotten a LOT of players in the last couple of weeks for the new display (mainly Magnavox and additional Sony's). They got a pretty good number of the Samsung but it had been selling well since they got them and were nearly out. The Panasonic's hadn't arrived yet, but are expected later this week. He said lower volume stores probably wouldn't be getting the Panasonic player (at least initially), but that for the most part, the larger volume stores would carry all 4 models, and smaller stores would carry 3. I'll try to go back later this week and get some pics once everything's finished being set, but, for those claiming Blu-ray has no shot at going mainstream... Wal-mart stores are stocking 4 different standalone players! If that's not mainstream, then I don't know mainstream. Last edited by JadedRaverLA; 05-21-2008 at 02:13 AM.

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05-18-2008, 11:39 PM	#21
Slackr89 Special Member Member since:Jan 2007 Location:Edmonton, Alberta PSN: Slackr Blu-ray collection:116 Trading Score:2	there always getting more in, but they put them all in there friggin smallest glass case they could find so you can really only see about half the titles they have.

05-18-2008, 11:53 PM	#22
Kratos Member Member since:Nov 2007 Blu-ray reviews:1	mine just upgraded here in northern IN. we now have one whole row! and they FINALLY got rid of those HD-DUDS!

05-19-2008, 12:50 AM	#24
joshie Active Member Member since:Apr 2008 Blu-ray collection:292	I have never bought blu-rays at Walmart when I do buy from B&M stores it is at Best Buy. I need to check out Walmart.

05-19-2008, 03:49 PM	#25
mjbethancourt Blu-ray Samurai Member since:May 2008 Location:suburban fly-over USA 4K collection:15 Blu-ray collection:876	What the hell? I'm in Phoenix, where there's like 4 million people, and I haven't seen a single Blu-ray disc in a Wal-mart (they're still selling HD-DVD, though... those useless coasters seem to be available everywhere). In fact, the only place where I've seen anything more than a four-foot display is at Best Buy and Fry's (and the BB prices are absurd, while Fry's only has like a hundred copies of the same two movies). I've wasted many Saturdays trying to find Blu-rays, and this is a big city. For crying out loud, it's been two years, and I still have to order online and wait a week to get Blu-rays. Two years into DVD, they were selling them in the grocery stores.

05-19-2008, 04:36 PM	#27
aross6 Active Member Member since:Mar 2008	At our local Walmart (St. C., OH) they got a HUGE shipment of library Blu-rays in last Monday and talking to an employee I know who works in the electronics section he told me they were officially expanding their Blu-ray display section in one week (i.e. TONIGHT).

05-19-2008, 05:27 PM	#29
MacDaddy Active Member Member since:Apr 2007 Location:Fort Walton Beach FL 4K collection:48 Blu-ray collection:1534 DVD collection:50 Prime collection:1 Blu-ray reviews: 2	Over the weekend I went to four different Walmarts in my local area (Florida pandhandle) looking for the new Samsung 1500 player. No luck on the player however, three out of the four were in the process of updating there overall electronics departments by adding several sections of catalog title blurays. Also, two of the four Walmarts actually had the new Magnavox bluray player in stock for $298. Hopefully this is a sign of good things to come!

05-20-2008, 03:44 PM	#31
crazybat_07 Active Member Member since:Apr 2008	Now I do believe in miracles!!!!!!!!! Went to the Wal-Mart today to see what new stuff they had and was VERY surprised to see an expanded section of blu-ray!!!!!!!!!YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

05-20-2008, 03:58 PM	#32
MacHaggis Active Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Burbank, CA Blu-ray collection:102	No Walmart anywhere near here. Never entered a Walmart. Nuff said. - Bogdan

05-21-2008, 01:14 AM	#34
Mr. Cinema Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2008 Location:NC 4K collection:34 Blu-ray collection:35 Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:85	Stopped by Walmart tonight after being told they would have their re-set done by Monday night. WRONG. What I saw was 4 empty sections of shelves and 2-3 BD and player signs laying on them. I'll wait until the weekend to see if those lazy bastards are finished.

05-21-2008, 01:41 AM	#35
darkpoet25 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Indianapolis, IN Home Theater Gallery:45 4K collection:50 Blu-ray collection:297 Blu-ray reviews: 4	Well when I went into work today we had our Blu Ray end cap display was up and we had our expanded Blu Ray section with Paramount titles. Our end cap had a Sony 300 BD player and a PS3 hooked up to a 46"(I believe) Sony Bravia 1080p LCD. The Bravia goes for around $1598 and the Sony BD player was $399 if I remember correctly. They were playing National Treasure on it.

05-21-2008, 02:09 AM	#37
hoogoosedmoose41 Senior Member Member since:Feb 2008 Blu-ray collection:308 DVD collection:103	Do you know why there isnt any Walmarts In Iraq? there is a Target on every block. hahahha sorry i couldnt resist that one

05-21-2008, 08:26 AM	#38
BLU for Blue Banned Member since:Jan 2008 Location:New York	Mine is still setting up. Mine had an endcap, the one next to the NR DVDs but nothing set up in aisles yet. How was all of your TVs set up because im thinking the Sony Tv wont be set up on mine

05-21-2008, 09:38 AM	#39
EvolutionCherry Special Member Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Darkside of the Moon Blu-ray collection:78 Blu-ray reviews:37	I am not sure about Wal-Mart, but I've seen several places doing expantions of their BD sections.

05-21-2008, 07:24 PM	#40
Beast Blu-ray Champion Member since:Feb 2008 Blu-ray collection:376 Blu-ray reviews:3	My Wal-Mart expanded also. And they're back out of the Glass Case!! Unfortunatly, looks like they're still waiting for shipments. As they haven't stocked much yet.

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