Did anyone else see Blu-Ray's dominance in this weeks ads? - Blu-ray Forum

HK-48 · 10-07-2007, 11:48 PM

I don't know if this is only for my local area, but did anybody see the Best Buy and Circuit City ads? Blu-Ray was advertised very well. In Best Buy I think, they showed a $499 Samsung Blu-Ray player and a ton of Blu-Ray movies on basically the whole page. I didn't see any HD DVD advertisements except for I think under Evan Almighty it said coming to HD DVD.

JadedRaverLA · 10-08-2007, 12:08 AM

Yeah, Circuit City has a B2G1 deal on select Blu-ray titles, with a decent ad.

Best Buy didn't have a sale at all, but they did show a bunch of BDs under the advertised Sammy player and some more with the PS3. Also, they have a deal where you get $100 off if you buy an HDTV and a BD or HD DVD player.

dgator783 · 10-08-2007, 12:49 AM

the last pg of the best buy ad was the best I thought....u get a 40" 1080 SOny Bravia LCD+ PS3 game + 1 Blu Ray + PS3 for $2089....awesome deal

Slapper · 10-08-2007, 12:52 AM

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Originally Posted by dgator783

the last pg of the best buy ad was the best I thought....u get a 40" 1080 SOny Bravia LCD+ PS3 game + 1 Blu Ray + PS3 for $2089....awesome deal

I'm thinking about this package for the bedroom. Best deal I've seen in a while from Best Buy. It's like a PS3 for free!

jorg · 10-08-2007, 01:02 AM

i noticed same thing best buy and the very bised future shop(twords hd dvd) have most if not only blu-ray adds

frank_t · 10-08-2007, 02:03 AM

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Originally Posted by HK-48

I don't know if this is only for my local area, but did anybody see the Best Buy and Circuit City ads? Blu-Ray was advertised very well. In Best Buy I think, they showed a $499 Samsung Blu-Ray player and a ton of Blu-Ray movies on basically the whole page. I didn't see any HD DVD advertisements except for I think under Evan Almighty it said coming to HD DVD.

yep. definitely a nice change

BUT -- a "ton"? c'mon.

i'm all for trashing BB 'cause my local BB is giving Blu the royal shaft. CC is kind of "fair and balanced" when it comes to software only; for players, they are all about HD-DVD.

guess south-east PA is red territory.

(walmart is worthless; they have neither format. seriously; target has a large amount of blu shelf space for 5 movies. weird)

nails · 10-08-2007, 05:21 AM

I walked into a district HQ best buy the other day which is pretty much the largest store in the area to see how they had the sections setup for HD. Ends up that Blu-ray has 6 sections which is the entire front face at the front of the store, and the 6th section with wraps around the back. HD-DVD was on the back and one shelf down totaling 4 shelf units. Either Sony is paying BBY more for product placement, or BBY Corporate isn't a fool to #s.

kx11 · 10-08-2007, 05:40 AM

blu is for boys

red is for girls

most of these places have boys workin' so they choosed thier color :P

ESUNintel · 10-08-2007, 05:47 AM

Even CompUSA advertised the S300 player and a few movies. The only disappointment was Ultimate Electronics, they just had a Toshiba HD-DVD player on the front page of their ad.

blackhawktraffic · 10-08-2007, 05:47 AM

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Originally Posted by ESUNintel

Even CompUSA advertised the S300 player and a few movies. The only disappointment was Ultimate Electronics, they just had a Toshiba HD-DVD player on the front page of their ad.

What *****s.

pro-bassoonist · 10-08-2007, 08:30 AM

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Originally Posted by frank_t

guess south-east PA is red territory.

It always has been. Recent elections prove it

Pro-B

Elandyll · 10-08-2007, 04:05 PM

Talking about "Ads", one thing that annoys me is to see the "HD-DVD" logo in every single Knocked-Up or Evan Almighty TV commercial, but Fox not putting the Blu-Ray logo one on the FF2 movie ads.

Opportunity wasted imho...

blu-rayfan101 · 10-08-2007, 04:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Elandyll

Talking about "Ads", one thing that annoys me is to see the "HD-DVD" logo in every single Knocked-Up or Evan Almighty TV commercial, but Fox not putting the Blu-Ray logo one on the FF2 movie ads.

Opportunity wasted imho...

I have to agree with you.

10-07-2007, 11:48 PM	#1
HK-48 Active Member Member since:Aug 2007	Did anyone else see Blu-Ray's dominance in this weeks ads? I don't know if this is only for my local area, but did anybody see the Best Buy and Circuit City ads? Blu-Ray was advertised very well. In Best Buy I think, they showed a $499 Samsung Blu-Ray player and a ton of Blu-Ray movies on basically the whole page. I didn't see any HD DVD advertisements except for I think under Evan Almighty it said coming to HD DVD.

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10-08-2007, 12:08 AM	#2
JadedRaverLA Power Member Member since:Apr 2007 Blu-ray reviews:2	Yeah, Circuit City has a B2G1 deal on select Blu-ray titles, with a decent ad. Best Buy didn't have a sale at all, but they did show a bunch of BDs under the advertised Sammy player and some more with the PS3. Also, they have a deal where you get $100 off if you buy an HDTV and a BD or HD DVD player.

10-08-2007, 12:49 AM	#3
dgator783 Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Lakeland,FL 4K collection:377 Blu-ray collection:1521 Blu-ray reviews:11 Trading Score:14	the last pg of the best buy ad was the best I thought....u get a 40" 1080 SOny Bravia LCD+ PS3 game + 1 Blu Ray + PS3 for $2089....awesome deal

10-08-2007, 01:02 AM	#5
jorg Power Member Member since:Dec 2006 Location:Ontario, Canada Home Theater Gallery:2	i noticed same thing best buy and the very bised future shop(twords hd dvd) have most if not only blu-ray adds

10-08-2007, 05:21 AM	#7
nails Active Member Member since:Aug 2007	I walked into a district HQ best buy the other day which is pretty much the largest store in the area to see how they had the sections setup for HD. Ends up that Blu-ray has 6 sections which is the entire front face at the front of the store, and the 6th section with wraps around the back. HD-DVD was on the back and one shelf down totaling 4 shelf units. Either Sony is paying BBY more for product placement, or BBY Corporate isn't a fool to #s.

10-08-2007, 05:40 AM	#8
kx11 Special Member Member since:Aug 2007 Blu-ray collection:28	blu is for boys red is for girls most of these places have boys workin' so they choosed thier color :P

10-08-2007, 05:47 AM	#9
ESUNintel Senior Member Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Colorado	Even CompUSA advertised the S300 player and a few movies. The only disappointment was Ultimate Electronics, they just had a Toshiba HD-DVD player on the front page of their ad.

10-08-2007, 04:05 PM	#12
Elandyll Blu-ray Knight Member since:Aug 2007 Location:MD Blu-ray collection:188 Trading Score:1	Talking about "Ads", one thing that annoys me is to see the "HD-DVD" logo in every single Knocked-Up or Evan Almighty TV commercial, but Fox not putting the Blu-Ray logo one on the FF2 movie ads. Opportunity wasted imho...

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