That fork looks just silly. I prefer:

Wow, I guess this Walmart news is bigger than I thought since it's on Yahoo's front page.

It's also one of the top stories on MSNBC.com.

Bill Hunt was right all along.

Blah, let's not turn this into a "told you so" thing.

Well, this explain things at my local WalMart. They had HD-DVD and Blu-Rays before Christmas. Shortly afterwards, they all disappeared. I looked the other day, and Blu-Rays had shown back up.

Too bad it was mostly the Harry Potter movies.

Yes, and a coin flip could have the same odds as well

Your response was a lot kinder than mine was going to be.

We may not have always agreed about how the war should have turned out, but we definitely agree about Bill Hunt.

Seriously? The first 200 DVDs that I bought ... averaged to

[QUOTE=namja]Seriously? The first 200 DVDs that I bought ... averaged to

Go to Sam's Club people. Both Wal-Marts near me have shit for HD selections. The Sam's I work at has a ton of Blu. Almost all of the new releases, plus pallet displays for Lionsgate and Warner(actually at least three pallets) catalog titles.

God, I hate it when I have to agree with one of your posts. I feel so dirty.

Well, with all due respect to both of you, you are agreeing with a post that was way off base and totally incorrect in its interpretation of what I said. At no point did I ever refer to you or anyone else as a liar, and to be honest I'm getting more than a little ticked off at being accused of doing something that I did not do.

My original post was very clear that I disagreed with the claim that this was non-news, based on anecdotal evidence from a few Walmart locations. That is completely different than "dismissing your comments as lies".

[QUOTE=namja]Seriously? The first 200 DVDs that I bought ... averaged to

I never said you did. But you did say (without directly saying it to me) that my post was pointless. At least man up and admit that my point wasn't pointless. In the context of my life, it's not pointless. The Wal-Marts near me don't carry jack or shit for any HD media. So to me, going Blu exclusive has little impact on my life at t his point in time. In the grand scheme of overall things, yes, it's obvious it is a big announcement. But, don't discount someone's take on it, just because it is different than your own.

Don't do it until he changes his old signature


Besides that, he just may be as it says in his sig...

I think everyone pretty much has accepted reality. If you have HD DVD movies, this is a great time for deals. Why should I stop and suddenly go Blu-ray? Doesn't make sense to me, as an HD DVD owner. I'm picking up as many HD DVD titles as I can before they become unavailable.

However, early next year, I do plan on going Blu-ray. Given we have BOGO sales.

And I have to agree, Wal-Mart doesn't have that great of a collection of HD titles around my location, either. Maybe this will change.

I went to both Wal-Mart and Fry's Electronics today and both are PROMINENTLY displaying Blu-ray players and discs. Let's face it folks: it's pretty much over for HD-DVD.

This will be even more true when the lower-cost Profile 1.1 and 2.0 players using recently-unveiled lower-cost player chipsets start hitting the market this summer and fall, which could drive the cost of a Blu-ray player under US$200 for a Profile 1.1 player and US$250 for a Profile 2.0 player. These prices are the "tipping point" where sales of Blu-Ray players really take off.

I don't think anyone, anywhere, is arguing otherwise.

...and you know one format has won when Ray continually italicizes it.

Wait a minute. Maybe we should protest Walmarts decision. Afterall, it is because of Walmart that I have an HD-DVD player. It was their $99 pre-black friday sale that seduced me into red. And now that I'm hooked, now barely 3 months later they say sorry, but we're not going to stock HD-DVDs anymore? That ain't right.

I wonder if Toshiba gave Wal-Mart the green light for this announcement. Reason is, Wal-Mart would be shipping back the HD DVD players to Toshiba if the players were in the return period.

I wish you would have phrased that way in the first place. Because, yes, I will happily concede that your comment wasn't pointless, now that I understand what you meant. But saying "I don't think this is news" carries a subtly different meaning, especially in the hotbed of "partisan" bickering we've seen over the past few weeks, wouldn't you agree?

However, I will still contend that you don't know whether it will "have an impact on your life". At least, not yet. What if, as a result of the decision, Walmart opts to put a lot more Blu-ray product in a lot more stores?

I've been mulling over the Walmart situation, and it seems that they must have been using a subset of their stores as sort of a test market for HDM, to be able to gauge consumer interest and preference without investing too deeply in either format at the start. And now that the have decided which format will sell better for them, why wouldn't they broaden their coverage of it to more areas, perhaps including yours?

Actually, I will contend I know it won't have an impact on my life. Not one single iota of difference. Guess how many DVDs I've purchases at Wal-Mart in my life. A whopping zero. I don't foresee that changing anytime soon. So, if there's one thing that I'm pretty sure of is that regardless of what Wal-Mart's allegiance is to a format, it won't phase me.

Toshiba doesn't tell Walmart anything.

Walmart tells Toshiba what's what. Just like they do with every vendor.

What's Toshiba going to do - say "we're not giving you our products ever again to sell?" I doubt Walmart would even notice.

This isn't meant to be snarky or anything.

This is simply how Walmart is in the retail landscape - they say jump, everyone does.

Then why didn't Wal-Mart announce their plans back in January? Why would they wait a month and a half? Was Wal-Mart concerned about returned merchandise? I agree, Wal-Mart certainly doesn't live off of selling High-Def equipment--and never will, but why would they wait so long after Warner Brothers' announcement. If it wasn't about consumers returning product, then what other reasons would Wal-Mart have.