Local Walmart Selection - Blu-ray Forum

elwaylite · 12-29-2007, 09:04 PM

So I walk into walmart today for some shopping, decided to check out electronics to see what players they had:

3 HD-D1's
4 HD-A2's
NO BD players

Very irritating.

JJ · 12-29-2007, 09:06 PM

Not many people go to Wal-Mart to buy their high-end electronics.

xtop · 12-29-2007, 09:08 PM

whats irritating about it?

elwaylite · 12-29-2007, 09:08 PM

Understood, BUT a little advertising would not hurt. Throw a Sony 300 up there or something.

adonischarming · 12-29-2007, 09:09 PM

I'm in Panama City, Florida and it seems that all the retail stores in my area; Best Buy Circuit City and Wal-mart are 80 percent Blu. My Wal-Mart has a lot more Blu in the past 2 months than before.

JasonR · 12-29-2007, 09:10 PM

Same at my Wal-Mart, but they were SOLD OUT!!!

elwaylite · 12-29-2007, 09:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adonischarming

I'm in Panama City, Florida and it seems that all the retail stores in my area; Best Buy Circuit City and Wal-mart are 80 percent Blu. My Wal-Mart has a lot more Blu in the past 2 months than before.

Maybe mine just sucks. The HD Movie rack is a combined rack of BD and HDDVD and equal to about 1/4 the selection at best buy.

adonischarming · 12-29-2007, 09:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elwaylite

Maybe mine just sucks. The HD Movie rack is a combined rack of BD and HDDVD and equal to about 1/4 the selection at best buy.

Mine was that way but here in the past two months things are looking a lot different. I'm a cosmetologist and I've probably sold 40 in the past year just by talking about blu and the format wars etc.

JasonR · 12-29-2007, 09:18 PM

Yeah, mine just started carrying last month. They are starting to develope a decent selection.

JJ · 12-29-2007, 09:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elwaylite

Maybe mine just sucks. The HD Movie rack is a combined rack of BD and HDDVD and equal to about 1/4 the selection at best buy.

Same here. 1 out of my 4 local Wallies carry Blu-Rays.

Banjo · 12-29-2007, 09:26 PM

All Wal-Mart locations within the Niagara region carry both Blu-ray and HD DVD. Though it's clear that Blu-ray movies take up more space than the HD DVD movies.

They are selling Venturer's HD DVD players though. Ugh.

elwaylite · 12-29-2007, 10:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Banjo

All Wal-Mart locations within the Niagara region carry both Blu-ray and HD DVD. Though it's clear that Blu-ray movies take up more space than the HD DVD movies.

They are selling Venturer's HD DVD players though. Ugh.

The one thing I did notice about the small movie selection, BD was about 80% of it.

Banjo · 12-29-2007, 11:57 PM

I just went to one location today... the Blu-ray shelves were TOTALLY EMPTY!

Same with the HD DVD shelf but there weren't a lot of them to start with. So I asked a Wal-Mart employee what happened to all of the movies. He said that they sold them for 2 for $20...

I assume he meant 2 for $30... still... I think they made a BIG mistake. They weren't supposed to sell all of the Blu-ray movies for that price on Boxing Day.

kiskiboy97 · 12-30-2007, 01:28 AM

My Wal Mart is still carrying the RCA HD DVD player. I believe they want $299 for it. They have it in the center isle in front of the electronics section connected to a TV, but it never plays anything. I haven't seen any other HD players there.

Banjo · 12-30-2007, 03:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kiskiboy97

My Wal Mart is still carrying the RCA HD DVD player. I believe they want $299 for it. They have it in the center isle in front of the electronics section connected to a TV, but it never plays anything. I haven't seen any other HD players there.

That one is $199.99 CAD at the local Costco.

12-29-2007, 09:04 PM	#1
elwaylite Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Mar 2007	Local Walmart Selection So I walk into walmart today for some shopping, decided to check out electronics to see what players they had: 3 HD-D1's 4 HD-A2's NO BD players Very irritating.

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12-29-2007, 09:06 PM	#2
JJ Blu-ray Count Top ranked HT gallery Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Miami, FL Home Theater Gallery:99 4K collection:619 Blu-ray collection:1293 DVD collection:31 Digital collection:5 Blu-ray reviews: 18 Trading Score:203	Not many people go to Wal-Mart to buy their high-end electronics.

12-29-2007, 09:08 PM	#3
xtop Blu-ray Count Member since:Oct 2007 Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Digital collection:- Trading Score:3	whats irritating about it?

12-29-2007, 09:09 PM	#5
adonischarming Member Member since:Feb 2007 Location:Panama City Beach, FL	I'm in Panama City, Florida and it seems that all the retail stores in my area; Best Buy Circuit City and Wal-mart are 80 percent Blu. My Wal-Mart has a lot more Blu in the past 2 months than before.

12-29-2007, 09:10 PM	#6
JasonR Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Trading Score:12	Same at my Wal-Mart, but they were SOLD OUT!!!

12-29-2007, 09:18 PM	#9
JasonR Super Moderator Top contributor Member since:Nov 2007 Trading Score:12	Yeah, mine just started carrying last month. They are starting to develope a decent selection.

12-29-2007, 09:26 PM	#11
Banjo Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2006 Location:Ontario, Canada Blu-ray collection:143	All Wal-Mart locations within the Niagara region carry both Blu-ray and HD DVD. Though it's clear that Blu-ray movies take up more space than the HD DVD movies. They are selling Venturer's HD DVD players though. Ugh.

12-29-2007, 11:57 PM	#13
Banjo Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2006 Location:Ontario, Canada Blu-ray collection:143	I just went to one location today... the Blu-ray shelves were TOTALLY EMPTY! Same with the HD DVD shelf but there weren't a lot of them to start with. So I asked a Wal-Mart employee what happened to all of the movies. He said that they sold them for 2 for $20... I assume he meant 2 for $30... still... I think they made a BIG mistake. They weren't supposed to sell all of the Blu-ray movies for that price on Boxing Day.

12-30-2007, 01:28 AM	#14
kiskiboy97 Blu-ray reviewer Top contributor Member since:Sep 2007 4K collection:- Blu-ray collection:- DVD collection:- Blu-ray reviews:1 Trading Score:2	My Wal Mart is still carrying the RCA HD DVD player. I believe they want $299 for it. They have it in the center isle in front of the electronics section connected to a TV, but it never plays anything. I haven't seen any other HD players there.

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