Wal*Mart will surely decide this war!

[Lord_Stewie]

Originally Posted by LynxFX

I just went to a couple of our largest Walmarts looking for Blu-ray and HD DVD to see how they were doing with getting joesixpack into HDM. What I found is very telling about how much they are going to decide this format war for us.

Walmart Supercenter:

Their Blu-ray and HD DVD selection:


That's right, 4 titles. 1 HD DVD, 2 Blu-ray and the sold out one is the Blu-ray Wildhogs. Wow, that is quite the selection. I did see a Heroes HD DVD stuffed in the bottom of the Xbox 360 case.

Regular Walmart:
Nada. Not a thing on the shelves.

So this is the store everyone is clammering over getting to support their format? I still can't believe that Walmart is responsible for nearly 40% of all DVD sales. They only have a single isle dedicated to DVD! Every store I go into, that's all they carry. 1 isle and a couple discount bins. It's amazing they do that much biz. Judging by the bins, I think the bulk of their sales are those 5.99 and less titles and doublefeature/triplefeature packins for $10-$15. Blu-ray and HD DVD will be shunned at these stores with their $25 and $30 pricetags.

honestly i don't think this would decide the winner of the format war. i think that the majority of consumers don't purchase hi def movies from wal-mart. the one closest to me has all its HDDVDS SOLD OUT. and many blurays on shelf. i retails like best buy, and circuit city would decide this war in BDs side.

[Kousakuya]

Don't most people order HD online?

[bhampton]

No,



I'm going to decide this war. In fact, I already have. Blu Ray wins. Game over HD DVD.

-Brian

[shatta]

we should all go into wal mart and hide all the hd-dvds in the auto part section

[tron3]

Originally Posted by jbenn

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I don't know how big a footprint Target has in North America, but in our area they cater to a slightly more upscale shopper than Wal-Mart. Things at Target are generally more expensive, but have a nicer quality and higher quality to them in general....

I'm inclined to agree. I go to a BJ's whole sale club and they make a great effort to keep the place clean and such, but the people who shop there. About a mile up the road is Target and I am always more impressed with that store. Much bigger too. Walmart feels like a combo of the two. Not as nice a place to shop, but huge.

[LynxFX]

Originally Posted by TruBlu2

Most Super Walmarts carry Blu-ray. Find a Super Walmart.

The picture at the start of this thread is from a Super Walmart.

[caliminius]

Originally Posted by jbenn

But really, does anybody really buy those $5 DVD's other than grandmothers at Christmas who don't really understand what product they're buying?

As a matter of fact, I picked "True Lies" and "The Running Man" out of the $5 bargain bin a couple of weeks ago. Sad that "The Running Man" looked so much better than "True Lies" ("True Lies" was non-anamorphic so turned to crap upscaled to 1080p). Most of the stuff in there is garbage, but you can occassionally find something worthwhile. It's no different than going to Circuit City or Best Buy to pick up DVD's when they're on sale for $5...just at Walmart you have to be a lot more careful you don't walk out with the cropped full frame version. A DVD is a DVD no matter where you buy it.