What Does Best Buy Promoting Blu-Ray Mean?

[hardcore_canadian]

I mean, they can't tell their Employees what to say, My boss tells me every day that HD-DVD is Better, and I still sell BDP-S500s like there's no tomorrow.

What does this even mean? Is it them just telling us "We as a Company Like Blu-Ray, but that doesn't really matter"

[BStecke]

Hopefully it means "The bogo's for HD DVD we've had for the past two weeks have been clearance sales and once we're out of discs, we're not ordering any more." Otherwise, apparently they're going to have some displays to promote Blu-ray further.

[MerrickG]

What it should mean is that Best Buy is going to do their best job to promote bluray as the next gen movie media and that it will only recommend HD-DVD to those "who insist"

[yankeedawg21]

i work for Best Buy it means no HDDUD endcaps dedicating more shelfspace to blu and removing shelfspace from HDDUDs i can also tell you we havent recieved one shipment of Toshiba HD players since the WB announcement I will check out our new planogram tomorrow and see what things look like for March setups

[Rob Zuber]

What Does Best Buy Promoting Blu-Ray Mean?

If you take an HD DVD disc up to the checkout, they slap you.

[BLU for Blue]

The best buy near me gets plenty of toshiba shipments, for 2 weeks in january they couldnt keep them in stock

[Blu-Beard]

Originally Posted by Rob Zuber

If you take an HD DVD disc up to the checkout, they slap you.

No lie, I seen it happen

[Marcusarilius]

Originally Posted by yankeedawg21

i work for Best Buy it means no HDDUD endcaps dedicating more shelfspace to blu and removing shelfspace from HDDUDs i can also tell you we havent recieved one shipment of Toshiba HD players since the WB announcement I will check out our new planogram tomorrow and see what things look like for March setups

Awesome News. Its also very bad business for BB to continue selling DUD players at this point as a viable, competitive HD format to choose. BB is in for the long run (unlike Toshiba) and need these HD customers to return for all future purchases. You don't want the Frankenstein mob showing up at BB with pitch forks and torches.

[simpspin]

Originally Posted by Rob Zuber

If you take an HD DVD disc up to the checkout, they slap you.

Then they say: "What's the color of my shirt, *****!?"

[Marcusarilius]

Originally Posted by BLU for Blue

The best buy near me gets plenty of toshiba shipments, for 2 weeks in january they couldnt keep them in stock

Only problem is, is that they were all returned a week later for a full refund or a real HD player...

[BLU for Blue]

im going to pick up Inside man and Bourne Ultimatum tomorrow, so I'll see if they actually say

BB worker: "Umm well..umm...I advise you to get blu ray movies"
Me: " I have Blu ray already"
BB worker: "ok bye"
BB worker: "side note, geek squad doesnt do anything, all they do is take your broken item and send it in to get fixed, most of the time they dont know whats wrong even if you tell them"

[Blu-Beard]

Originally Posted by Marcusarilius

Awesome News. Its also very bad business for BB to continue selling DUD players at this point as a viable, competitive HD format to choose. BB is in for the long run (unlike Toshiba) and need these HD customers to return for all future purchases. You don't want the Frankenstein mob showing up at BB with pitch forks and torches.

[BLU for Blue]

ill see tomorrow, but last time I went on Feb 1st they said Blu ray players and HD DVD players both sell very well and they dont expect to get rid of their supply until the the format war is over

[Goodguy818]

Originally Posted by Rob Zuber

If you take an HD DVD disc up to the checkout, they slap you.

HAHa coulnt stop laughing, i actually imagined it happening!

[Marcusarilius]

Originally Posted by BLU for Blue

im going to pick up Inside man and Bourne Ultimatum tomorrow, so I'll see if they actually say

BB worker: "Umm well..umm...I advise you to get blu ray movies"
Me: " I have Blu ray already"
BB worker: "ok bye"
BB worker: "side note, geek squad doesnt do anything, all they do is take your broken item and send it in to get fixed, most of the time they dont know whats wrong even if you tell them"

This won't apply to buying movies. They asume you already have the DUD player. But try and ask a rep about you hearing DUD is winning this war from an HD DUD site. Ask them about a DUD player? See what they say?

[quaylie]

Originally Posted by BLU for Blue

im going to pick up Inside man and Bourne Ultimatum tomorrow, so I'll see if they actually say

BB worker: "Umm well..umm...I advise you to get blu ray movies"
Me: " I have Blu ray already"
BB worker: "ok bye"
BB worker: "side note, geek squad doesnt do anything, all they do is take your broken item and send it in to get fixed, most of the time they dont know whats wrong even if you tell them"

this doesn't go into effect until march 1st guy.

beware the ides of march.

[BLU for Blue]

Originally Posted by Marcusarilius

This won't apply to buying movies. They asume you already have the DUD player. But try and ask a rep about you hearing DUD is winning this war from an HD DUD site. Ask them about a DUD player? See what they say?

I dont think anyone on Earth actually believes HD DVD still has even a .000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001% chance to gain a studio back, but its not right to advise people to not buy something...If someone is short on money and they see a high definition player for 150.00 and the worker says, you should get a blu ray player instead because HD DVD is going to be extinct in a year, now the customer goes to look at the Blu players and sees them starting at 400.00. That worker will see that person walk out of the store nice and fast. They just lost 150.00

[Anthony P]

What does this even mean? Is it them just telling us "We as a Company Like Blu-Ray, but that doesn't really matter"

I don't work for BB, but my guess it means

Originally Posted by Anthony's translation of what BB is saying

We will point out to anyone that asks that they are better off buying BD, but if a particular consumer still wants we will be happy to sell him HD DVD stuff until the shelves are much more empty at which point we will be announcing that we are going exclusive. This way we cover our a$$ with these dumb consumers that bought HD DVD because we warned them to buy BD and it is all their own doing.

[hardcore_canadian]

Best Buyers, does this apply to Future Shop as Well? I don't expect you to know, but maybe one or two of you might

[miokti]

It will be mostly in advertising. Best Buy commercials will only show Blu-ray. Also, Best Buys will have Blu-ray promotional displays... maybe with a really nice TV and Blu-ray playing, but no such display for HD-DVD.