Is Wal-Mart really favoring HD DVD?

[The Don]

go to their website and search "Toshiba HD-DVD" and tell me what comes up...

also, when you click on "movies" under "entertainment", what is at the top on the left sidebar and what is on the bottom?....

just food for thought..

[frank_t]

uh, yeah. i've just seen a walmart commercial exclusively for hd-dvd.

i think they are favoring the dud.

[MyAbsolution]

maybe so... but i mean toshiba did get that walmart commercial. Hell ive seen it 5 times today :O

what happened to them saying they wouldnt carry those players this winter?

[The Don]

is that the A3 player?...I haven't seen the commercial

[stockstar1138]

wal-mart is not favoring hd dvd. ive talked to about 3 WM employees now, who all have said that this is part of contractual obligations that they had with Toshiba from about a year ago. This is the final part of the obligation and new deals fell through. My guess is the deal said to offer an HD DVD player at 100 below what other retailers where offerince (they were thinking it was going to be selling at 399, so a 299 at walmart wouldn't really look that ridiculous) (ill tell you right now if you told tosh execs last may the a2 was going to go for 98 bucks in oct. they would have sh1t their pants) and to run tv ads and mention hd dvd. after that its done. blu-ray is still favored with shelf space and until hd dvd has more shelf space than blu-ray i do not believe the hd dvd camp has struck any deal with WM. WM is not stupid, they know that they have sold more blu-ray discs than hd dvd by probably 2:1 and them favoring hd dvd just doesn't make sense.

[Switched2BD]

Originally Posted by The Don

is that the A3 player?...I haven't seen the commercial

http://youtube.com/watch?v=b41NXItJ_wo

[jsb_hburg]

Originally Posted by The Don

go to their website and search "Toshiba HD-DVD" and tell me what comes up...

also, when you click on "movies" under "entertainment", what is at the top on the left sidebar and what is on the bottom?....

just food for thought..

first one: well, that's funny and what they deserve


second one: simply an alphabetical advantage

[The Don]

Originally Posted by Switched2BD

http://youtube.com/watch?v=b41NXItJ_wo

yeah, it's the A2 player....

the lady they talked about in the one article was the girl in the commercial...

I thought this was a real comment by a real person ....she is COMPLETELY FAKE!

[richard lichtenfelt]

Chicks shouldn't be allowed to buy electronics w/o male supervision.

[stockstar1138]

Originally Posted by Switched2BD

http://youtube.com/watch?v=b41NXItJ_wo

that is simply one of the worst commercials i have ever seen. "movies look unbelievable on this thing". to J6P it simply says, DVDs look unbeilevable, he buys it, he watchs his upscaled dvds he thinks zomg! thats what the commercial was talking about and he never buys a single hd dvd. and when he does find out how good hd dvd looks over dvd hell go to the store and ask for something and it will be blu-ray exclusive, hell say what about this one, the clerk will say its blu-ray exclusive, and hell say well what about this one, and the clerk will say blu-ray exclusive (by this time only uni and paramount will support hd dvd) and hell all the sudden realize why he got it for 98 bucks.

[jcdDigix]

Originally Posted by richard lichtenfelt

Chicks shouldn't be allowed to buy electronics w/o male supervision.

Eh don't be prejudicial! They have keen eyes!
All the Blu Ladies let your voice be heard! Help Blu-ray finish tosh*t & the dud!

[RUR]

Originally Posted by MyAbsolution

...what happened to them saying they wouldnt carry those players this winter?

They said they wouldn't carry the Venturer player, not Tosh.

"“We have no plans to have Venturer in our stores this holiday,” Wal-Mart merchandise spokeswoman Melissa O’Brien said. “We will continue to offer the best values on popular HD DVD and Blu-ray products from leading consumer brands like Sony, Samsung, Philips, Toshiba and RCA.”"

http://www.videobusiness.com/article....html?nid=2705

[TheAnswer13]

I wouldnt want Walmarts brand image on Blu Ray anyway they can put the hd rack next to the $1 DVD Bin because thats were their going next.

[dpomp]

Originally Posted by Switched2BD

http://youtube.com/watch?v=b41NXItJ_wo

her husband was probably pissed! i could see him saying "Not this one!!! the Blue one!!!!!!"

[sydney]

wally world is full of lies

[bmr76]

I had a customer ask if we would price match walmarts 98 dollar dud, said no because pricematch policy is the best interest of the company, and us losing a 120 dollars to sale the last a2 floor model was not in our best interest. He said ok, and that all bestbuys are out of the a2. Good to hear.

[Intamin]

I said this in another thread, and I'll say it here. I went to two walmarts today, no sign of any ad for hd-dvd, no mention of the sale, and no players of any sort, be it an A2 or A3. What I did find was that they did sell out, big deal, my guess they didn't have many to begin with, and that they were playing a blu ray ad on the tvs. Also, seeing how no mention of hd dvd could be found, the only people that will benefit from this are the select few who were actually able to find one, otherwise, the rest of the population had no idea this happened as there are no signs anywhere to be found about it be it online through walmart.com or in store.

[MiamiLoco]

Since Wal-Mart is supporting HD-DVD so heavily, is anyone else thinking about boycotting Wal-Mart?

[Viiincent]

my local walmart has way more shelf space for Blu than HD-DUD

[fitprod]

Originally Posted by MiamiLoco

Since Wal-Mart is supporting HD-DVD so heavily, is anyone else thinking about boycotting Wal-Mart?

I might... If I actually shopped there in the first place.

fitprod