Wal-Mart Sides With Blu-ray
It's been a rough week for HD-DVD, Toshiba's high-definition video format, and things are starting to look even worse. Sony Corporation's Blu-ray format, supported by heavyweights 20th Century Fox, Sony, and Walt-Disney, won important allies this week: Best Buy announced it would start recommending Blu-ray over HD-DVD to its customers, Netflix completely dropped HD-DVD in favor of Blu-ray, and now Wal-Mart is making a move to potentially end the format wars once and for all.
Wal-Mart, one of the world's leading retailers of movies, announced today that it would sell exclusively Blu-ray movies and hardware (though it will continue selling standard-definition DVDs), beginning in June. As we announced earlier, anonymous sources are suggesting that Toshiba may be halting production of HD-DVD players in the coming weeks.
In light of these recent announcements, Blu-ray may have won the format war, which will come as a relief to many consumers waiting for it to be over before purchasing a next-generation video player.
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tommy38 @ Feb 15th 2008 10:30PM
Good for them. It's been a long time since Sony won anything. Where is their Walkman anyway?
RVMamas @ Feb 16th 2008 9:30AM
What does this mean? How does this affect HD TV?
jcpickw @ Feb 16th 2008 9:39AM
RVMama,
This doesn't affect HDTV. This can be likened to the VHS vs. Beta war of the 1980s. Presumably this means that the successor to the current DVD movies will be Blue-Ray, though DVD will likely be around for quite some time since Blue-Ray Disc players will play them as well.
FedupinUSA @ Feb 16th 2008 10:40AM
just keep changing all the time so as to make that money from everyone. Thats the american corporate way.... Get everyones last dollar and when you get it have the gov issue checks so they can clean out the government accounts too.....PS thanks for the high gas prices BUSH. I think the devil has three heads, George, Annaconda and Dick. PSS all of you people who cant see whats going on I would advise stepping away from your brainwashing churchs... What has this administration done for you????? You are paying double for gas and four times as much for home heating fuel and gas. Was the trade to get involved in peoples private lives and tell people who they could and couldn't marry or this failed abortion ban worth this????And lets not forget to talk about all the lives lost from this unneeded war. IT'S SICK. AMERICA IS SICK!!!!
ditchpasser @ Feb 16th 2008 11:58AM
FedupinUSA says:
just keep changing all the time so as to make that money from everyone. Thats the american corporate way.... Get everyones last dollar and when you get it have the gov issue checks so they can clean out the government accounts too.....PS thanks for the high gas prices BUSH. I think the devil has three heads, George, Annaconda and Dick. PSS all of you people who cant see whats going on I would advise stepping away from your brainwashing churchs... What has this administration done for you????? You are paying double for gas and four times as much for home heating fuel and gas. Was the trade to get involved in peoples private lives and tell people who they could and couldn't marry or this failed abortion ban worth this????And lets not forget to talk about all the lives lost from this unneeded war. IT'S SICK. AMERICA IS SICK!!
--------------------------------------------------Hey FedupinUSA!! If you dont like it here, if you are so sure the USA is sick, you are welcome to leave, quickly, feel free to cut in line on yur way to get out, we won't stop you!
I'm quite sure you will fine that the rst of the worls is better than we are so in the interest of your own personel happieness GET OUT.
Patrick Gardner @ Feb 16th 2008 12:21PM
hey fedupin usa all that over blueray? over reaction isnt it lol
paddle pusher @ Feb 16th 2008 12:51PM
Hooray for Blue Ray. A sad day for consumers hey.
The big companies take my money away. We are such fools today. We all must have the new way. What about the old way, I guess it's no good today.
james s palmer @ Feb 16th 2008 7:35PM
Hey If It changes right now thats great I am just gettingready to buy new TV. Wouldn't that be wonderful to get in early. I bet this is no improvement. Please tell me what it does and why I shouldn't but one of the TV's that will be on sale
Linda @ Feb 17th 2008 6:04PM
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BLU-RAY AND HD-DVD?
DOES ANYONE EVEN KNOW THE DIFFERENCE?
stephen @ Feb 17th 2008 8:23PM
I was wanting to ask basically what Linda asks because if that is the equilevant of VHS and BETA, then you know that fell the wrong way totally.
RENEE @ Feb 17th 2008 8:57PM
well i'll still use my dvd player until it falls apart . I've got better things to do than keep up with the jones. Kid c what I 'm saying y' all
dshell102 @ Feb 17th 2008 11:13PM
Bluray holds a whole lot more info. That's the biggest difference I know of. Other than that, they both do 1080p.
Sony does offer hi def from beginning to end though (recording/playback-cameras, players, tvs) so they push that advantage.
JoJo @ Feb 18th 2008 10:00AM
FedupinUSA says:
just keep changing all the time so as to make that money from everyone. Thats the american corporate way.... Get everyones last dollar and when you get it have the gov issue checks so they can clean out the government accounts too.....PS thanks for the high gas prices BUSH.
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Ummm, BUSH isn't responsible for the high gas prices. The greedy commoditites traders are, they also do their best to create panic by stating that there is a shortage, yet on the news you hear of surplus...I also get tired of hearing their reasoning for doing so..."if you bought a gallon of shampoo, you would pay 20.00 for it, so gas is a BARGAIN at 3.50." I guess they haven't caught on that US economics isn't based on SHAMPOO...it's oil.
Al @ Feb 18th 2008 10:37AM
So what their saying is they can get this at the cheapest price possible so the CEO can add a few more millions to his pay while putting Americans out of work. F CHINAMART.
Daniel Gaunt @ Feb 19th 2008 9:51AM
I'm glad this war didn't last long. now i can buy my PS3
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iratealready @ Feb 20th 2008 11:51AM
Actually, i have been searching for a Blue-ray player that also will have a digital tuner; for when the broadcast signals go totally digital i won t have to trash my analog tv that is a 42 incher...:)