You may or may not have heard that Wal-mart is scrapping all of its blu-ray support by year end, and they are supporting HD-DVD for reasons of cheapness, HD-DVDs are made on the same line as normal DVDs and are considerably less expensive than Blu-Ray. ALso the machines are cheaper and wal-mart bying stuff for cheap and selling for cheap wants to attract more traffic (customers). THis means that movie studios will either have to support HD-DVD or both.

Link: http://news.digitaltrends.com/talkback184.html

Read article for more indepth info

This could spell a major disadvantage for sony, ps3, and its movie studio.

Walmart is the biggest retailer in the US.

People always check Walmart first since they usually have the best prices.

Think I got Guitar Hero 2 for only 69.99

This will be big for HD DVD if it's true.

1. Old news.

2. You own a Wii? Than what do you care about the HD movie wars?

Sry, considering its only 2 days old i didn't realize it is old..abrab_14

zomgzeoldethymebarbershopzzzzz!

No biggie.  It is sad that two days old is old for this forum. 

This is a blog and the person who wrote the article got owned lol...read the comments at the bottom of the page.

Walmart is the biggest retailer in the US.

People always check Walmart first since they usually have the best prices.

Think I got Guitar Hero 2 for only 69.99

This will be big for HD DVD if it's true.

TheOwnerOner

No they don't.  There is a lot of places where there is no walmarts like NYC.  Plus Walmart is a trashy store.

[QUOTE="abrab_14"]Sry, considering its only 2 days old i didn't realize it is old..karicha9

zomgzeoldethymebarbershopzzzzz!

No biggie. It is sad that two days old is old for this forum.

I never go to Walmart. I can't even find a Walmart in NYC. If I wanna buy a blu-ray I eather go to Best-Buy, Circuit City or Amazon.com.  There are great deals on amazon.com!  I suggest everyone visit it if you wanna buy blu-ray's.

On the other hand Walmart may support HD-DVD but the cost of blu-laiser just went down so that means blu-ray's will be cheaper to and more movie studios support blu-ray than HD-DVD. If anything...HD-DVD will loose out!

And one more thing!!!

When 300 comes out on Blu-ray  than HD-DVD will die.....and Spiderman 3 (blu-ray) will hammer the final nail!

[QUOTE="TheOwnerOner"]

Walmart is the biggest retailer in the US.

People always check Walmart first since they usually have the best prices.

Think I got Guitar Hero 2 for only 69.99

This will be big for HD DVD if it's true.

Shadow2k6

No they don't.  There is a lot of places where there is no walmarts like NYC.  Plus Walmart is a trashy store.

Too bad for New Yorkers I guess...

But they are the biggest retailer in the US,

I'd take better price over service anyday.

I never go to Walmart. I can't even find a Walmart in NYC. If I wanna buy a blu-ray I eather go to Best-Buy, Circuit City or Amazon.com.  There are great deals on amazon.com!  I suggest everyone visit it if you wanna buy blu-ray's.

On the other hand Walmart may support HD-DVD but the cost of blu-laiser just went down so that means blu-ray's will be cheaper to and more movie studios support blu-ray than HD-DVD. If anything...HD-DVD will loose out!

HunAndras1984

Since its your avatar I'll bring it up.

I can't wait to see which format sells the most copies of 300.

And one more thing!!!

When 300 comes out on Blu-ray than HD-DVD will die.....and Spiderman 3 (blu-ray) will hammer the final nail!

HunAndras1984

300 will probably also come to HD-DVD. 

I never go to Walmart. I can't even find a Walmart in NYC. If I wanna buy a blu-ray I eather go to Best-Buy, Circuit City or Amazon.com. There are great deals on amazon.com! I suggest everyone visit it if you wanna buy blu-ray's.

On the other hand Walmart may support HD-DVD but the cost of blu-laiser just went down so that means blu-ray's will be cheaper to and more movie studios support blu-ray than HD-DVD. If anything...HD-DVD will loose out!

HunAndras1984

I hardly think that a few dollar decrease in one part is going to transfer on to consumers. 

Isn't all this based on a badly translated Chinese release?

http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/20/the-wal-mart-299-hd-dvd-player-on-the-way/  

[QUOTE="HunAndras1984"]

And one more thing!!!

When 300 comes out on Blu-ray than HD-DVD will die.....and Spiderman 3 (blu-ray) will hammer the final nail!

ramey70

300 will probably also come to HD-DVD. 

I'm sure that it will only come out on Blu-ray and DVD...not on HD-DVD

[QUOTE="Shadow2k6"][QUOTE="TheOwnerOner"]

Walmart is the biggest retailer in the US.

People always check Walmart first since they usually have the best prices.

Think I got Guitar Hero 2 for only 69.99

This will be big for HD DVD if it's true.

TheOwnerOner

No they don't.  There is a lot of places where there is no walmarts like NYC.  Plus Walmart is a trashy store.

Too bad for New Yorkers I guess...

But they are the biggest retailer in the US,

I'd take better price over service anyday.

We do have a K-Mart. But Best Buy always has the better prices for CD's and DVD's.

[QUOTE="ramey70"][QUOTE="HunAndras1984"]

And one more thing!!!

When 300 comes out on Blu-ray than HD-DVD will die.....and Spiderman 3 (blu-ray) will hammer the final nail!

HunAndras1984

300 will probably also come to HD-DVD.

I'm sure that it will only come out on Blu-ray and DVD...not on HD-DVD

Based on what? 

[QUOTE="TheOwnerOner"][QUOTE="Shadow2k6"][QUOTE="TheOwnerOner"]

Walmart is the biggest retailer in the US.

People always check Walmart first since they usually have the best prices.

Think I got Guitar Hero 2 for only 69.99

This will be big for HD DVD if it's true.

Bread_or_Decide

No they don't.  There is a lot of places where there is no walmarts like NYC.  Plus Walmart is a trashy store.

Too bad for New Yorkers I guess...

But they are the biggest retailer in the US,

I'd take better price over service anyday.

We do have a K-Mart. But Best Buy always has the better prices for CD's and DVD's.

Yeah, Wal Mart beats Best Buy in price, and they took out K-Mart to almost bankruptcy.

You may or may not have heard that Wal-mart is scrapping all of its blu-ray support by year end, and they are supporting HD-DVD for reasons of cheapness, HD-DVDs are made on the same line as normal DVDs and are considerably less expensive than Blu-Ray. ALso the machines are cheaper and wal-mart bying stuff for cheap and selling for cheap wants to attract more traffic (customers). THis means that movie studios will either have to support HD-DVD or both.

Link: http://news.digitaltrends.com/talkback184.html

Read article for more indepth info

This could spell a major disadvantage for sony, ps3, and its movie studio.

abrab_14

haha, maybe you should get Wal-Marts actual opinion before you quote someone who is GUESSING.  That's right, the guy is guessing that Wal-Mart will eventually support HDD because it's cheaper.  No where does he have evidence that Wal-Mart is dropping Blu-Ray.  He says because they are driven by cost, HDD will be their choice.  Again, his opinion.

The only thing in his report that can be listed as accurate is the fact there will be cheap HD players this year.  The rest he kind of made up as he went along.  LOL, I find this hiliarious......Wal-Mart declares the winner.  Specially when Blu-Ray is winning by a large margin right now.

http://www.tgdaily.com/html_tmp/content-view-31733-118.html

[QUOTE="HunAndras1984"][QUOTE="ramey70"][QUOTE="HunAndras1984"]

And one more thing!!!

When 300 comes out on Blu-ray than HD-DVD will die.....and Spiderman 3 (blu-ray) will hammer the final nail!

ramey70

300 will probably also come to HD-DVD.

I'm sure that it will only come out on Blu-ray and DVD...not on HD-DVD

Based on what? 

Based on the trailer only came out on PSN and not on Xbox Live.....as far as I know!

And one more thing!!!

When 300 comes out on Blu-ray  than HD-DVD will die.....and Spiderman 3 (blu-ray) will hammer the final nail!

HunAndras1984

Well technically speaking 300 will be out for both formats (at least it should be).  The studio is Warner and they are supporting both formats at the moment.

Spiderman 3, you are correct that will be a Blu-Ray exclusive.

[QUOTE="ramey70"][QUOTE="HunAndras1984"][QUOTE="ramey70"][QUOTE="HunAndras1984"]

And one more thing!!!

When 300 comes out on Blu-ray than HD-DVD will die.....and Spiderman 3 (blu-ray) will hammer the final nail!

HunAndras1984

300 will probably also come to HD-DVD.

I'm sure that it will only come out on Blu-ray and DVD...not on HD-DVD

Based on what? 

Based on the trailer only came out on PSN and not on Xbox Live.....as far as I know!

300 is WB and they are supporting both. And yeah the trailer is on XBL as well.

Sorry dude.

Funny how the HD DVD camp cant confirm this rumor....

 "The biggest news to hit the format war in some time hit last week with word that Wal-Mart and China's Great Wall corporation struck a deal to bring inexpensive HD DVD players to market. While this is would be great news for all HD fans, we were left a bit worrisome by the translation dispute between the two camps. Just to make sure we had our facts straight, we updated the post and contacted HD DVD to get the full story. While the HD DVD camp reminded us that they have inexpensive players from China on the way, they weren't able to confirm any "specific reports relating to Wal-Mart". It seems to us that if this were indeed true, that the HD DVD camp would be the first to trumpet its significance to their success in the format war. As much as we all want inexpensive next generation HD disc players, we will just have to wait for something more official before we hold off on our purchases waiting for Wal-Mart."

And there is an update for the rumor on the cheap walmart HD DVD player stating it was badly translated and might even mean Blu ray.  Sorry to tell you but it is sounding more and more like false hope and rumors.

The format that is outselling the competition by thousands each month and has the most movie studio support is gonna win.  That seems to be Blu ray.  The PS3 audience buying blu ray movies also helps its victory.

Not everything Walmart does is successful.  They don't start any trends or decide anything.  Once something is decided they come in and take over the market, but that's different.  As posted in the that BLOG (that's all it is a blog by a HD DVD Cheerleader, no different than this forum) Linspire anyone?  People predicted doom and gloom for windows with linspire, now nobody even knows what it is.

People keep saying that the cheap dvd players and wal-mart et. al decided DVD's dominance.  No, DVD beat out DIVX (Circuit City, go look it up) from enthusiasts who don't go to Wal-Mart.  Once that format war was decided, mass acceptance took cheap players and dvd's at wal-mart.

Wal-Mart stocks them deep,

and sells them cheap.

[QUOTE="HunAndras1984"][QUOTE="ramey70"][QUOTE="HunAndras1984"][QUOTE="ramey70"][QUOTE="HunAndras1984"]

And one more thing!!!

When 300 comes out on Blu-ray than HD-DVD will die.....and Spiderman 3 (blu-ray) will hammer the final nail!

Bread_or_Decide

300 will probably also come to HD-DVD.

I'm sure that it will only come out on Blu-ray and DVD...not on HD-DVD

Based on what? 

Based on the trailer only came out on PSN and not on Xbox Live.....as far as I know!

300 is WB and they are supporting both. And yeah the trailer is on XBL as well.

Sorry dude.

I didn't know that.....well as long as it's on Blu-ray I don't have a problem!!! 300 is my favorite movie of all time!!

These still might turn out to be Blu-Ray players after all. All we know is Wal-Mart is bring some $300 hi-def player out this year and it will probably decide the format war for good its true. We just dont know which one.

They were talking about HDDVD.. there's a difference between HDDVD and HD-DVD ya' know ;) raualex

Blu-ray is HDDVD  not HD-DVD.

 Haha.

WalMart is far from the best place for movies...plenty of times ive found better deals at say Best Buy-and heck now most of the time I buy online since the best prices are online....I never see High Def movies at walmart anyways...and their DVD selection is just pathetic....I buy games every so often there since they do a much better job on games...but movies...never...Cronaroth

Agree, I buy most media from Amazon.  I won't step foot in a Wal-Mart.  The people in there are nasty and the checkout lines are too long.  I much prefer Target. 

1. Old news.

2. You own a Wii? Than what do you care about the HD movie wars?

Bread_or_Decide

What? Why wouldn't he care about the HD movie wars? 

[QUOTE="HunAndras1984"]

And one more thing!!!

When 300 comes out on Blu-ray than HD-DVD will die.....and Spiderman 3 (blu-ray) will hammer the final nail!

ramey70

300 will probably also come to HD-DVD.

And both will come to standard DVD which will sell by far the most. 

Confirmation FTW:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/20/business/dvd.php

from the International Herald Times a very reliable news source.

It is HD-DVD, NOT bLu-RAY

[QUOTE="ramey70"][QUOTE="HunAndras1984"]

And one more thing!!!

When 300 comes out on Blu-ray than HD-DVD will die.....and Spiderman 3 (blu-ray) will hammer the final nail!

NocturnalDemon

300 will probably also come to HD-DVD.

And both will come to standard DVD which will sell by far the most.

And will look like garbage on HDTV's.

Confirmation FTW:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/20/business/dvd.php

from the International Herald Times a very reliable news source.

 

It is HD-DVD, NOT bLu-RAY

 

elpoep

That article is dated October 20th, 2005.  It has nothing to do with the rumored Wal-Mart deal. 

You may or may not have heard that Wal-mart is scrapping all of its blu-ray support by year end, and they are supporting HD-DVD for reasons of cheapness, HD-DVDs are made on the same line as normal DVDs and are considerably less expensive than Blu-Ray. ALso the machines are cheaper and wal-mart bying stuff for cheap and selling for cheap wants to attract more traffic (customers). THis means that movie studios will either have to support HD-DVD or both.

Link: http://news.digitaltrends.com/talkback184.html

Read article for more indepth info

This could spell a major disadvantage for sony, ps3, and its movie studio.

abrab_14

HAven't $300 HD DVD players existed before Wal-Mart

Confirmation FTW:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/20/business/dvd.php

from the International Herald Times a very reliable news source.

 

It is HD-DVD, NOT bLu-RAY

 

elpoep

umm...the date of the article states THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2005????  I hardly doubt that article is referring to something that happens a year and some change in the future.

[QUOTE="elpoep"]

Confirmation FTW:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/20/business/dvd.php

from the International Herald Times a very reliable news source.

 

It is HD-DVD, NOT bLu-RAY

 

ramey70

That article is dated October 20th, 2005. It has nothing to do with the rumored Wal-Mart deal.

Actually Sherlock, the correlation of the article is Toshiba joining up with Chinese manufacturers.  The statement with"poor translation" about the Walmart deal was about Chinese manufacturers licensed by Toshiba.

Come on now... let's put 2 and 2 together...come on now... you can do it...!!!

Good boy!  See, I told you if you use your brain you could do it!!! 

[QUOTE="Cronaroth"]WalMart is far from the best place for movies...plenty of times ive found better deals at say Best Buy-and heck now most of the time I buy online since the best prices are online....I never see High Def movies at walmart anyways...and their DVD selection is just pathetic....I buy games every so often there since they do a much better job on games...but movies...never...ramey70

Agree, I buy most media from Amazon. I won't step foot in a Wal-Mart. The people in there are nasty and the checkout lines are too long. I much prefer Target.

Target is the classy version of Wal-Mart.  Its clean, its well lit, its well organized, and the people that shop there aren't collecting from the government ;O 

[QUOTE="ramey70"][QUOTE="elpoep"]

Confirmation FTW:

http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/10/20/business/dvd.php

from the International Herald Times a very reliable news source.

 

It is HD-DVD, NOT bLu-RAY

 

elpoep

That article is dated October 20th, 2005. It has nothing to do with the rumored Wal-Mart deal.

Actually Sherlock, the correlation of the article is Toshiba joining up with Chinese manufacturers.  The statement with"poor translation" about the Walmart deal was about Chinese manufacturers licensed by Toshiba.

Come on now... let's put 2 and 2 together...come on now... you can do it...!!!

Good boy!  See, I told you if you use your brain you could do it!!! 

You see thats called assuming and that gets people into alot of trouble.  YOu are trying to put the square block in the hole meant for the triangle just because you think it fits doesnt mean its true.  That is VERY old news and lots of things could have changed since then.