the news was all over this the other night. it really made hddvd look as if it was the nail in its coffin. however they surely wont post a correction to this story and all everyone will remember is hd is failing because the news said target isn't selling it anymore.
Yep, I sent the information to Engadget a couple of days ago from the HD DVD Promotions Group. Apparently the affirmation from Major Nelson finally settled the issue.
I work at Target and can say for my store that we are moving the HD DVDs at a much better pace than the Blu Ray discs. We have already sold out of Bourne Identity after a few days and the HD DVDs are currently understocked because we have not ordered enough.
I do wish this "war" would end soon, but it won't. With so many people who don't even know how to use their HDTV set I think we are still at least a year away from any hi-def discs catching on.
Seriously, retailers need to just end this stupid HD-format war. Basically the outcome is just which mulit-national Japanese electronic company you're going to pay royalties to to watch movies.
When Walmart picks a winner it'll be the end; since 40 percent of all DVDs sold in the U.S. are sold at Wal-Mart.
The original article did not say that target would not carry HD-DVD disk. It said that Target would only carry Stand alone Blu-Ray players not stand alone HD-DVD players, but would still carry the Xbox 360 HD-DVD add on player and the Playstation 3 which also plays Blu-Ray movies. The main point of the article was that Target will not carry stand alone HD-DVD players. Glad to see that the HD-DVD camp are keeping up there end on making misleading statements.
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nizzy1115 @ Jul 28th 2007 5:55PM
the news was all over this the other night. it really made hddvd look as if it was the nail in its coffin. however they surely wont post a correction to this story and all everyone will remember is hd is failing because the news said target isn't selling it anymore.
Evan @ Jul 28th 2007 8:19PM
Yep, I sent the information to Engadget a couple of days ago from the HD DVD Promotions Group. Apparently the affirmation from Major Nelson finally settled the issue.
I work at Target and can say for my store that we are moving the HD DVDs at a much better pace than the Blu Ray discs. We have already sold out of Bourne Identity after a few days and the HD DVDs are currently understocked because we have not ordered enough.
I do wish this "war" would end soon, but it won't. With so many people who don't even know how to use their HDTV set I think we are still at least a year away from any hi-def discs catching on.
Castle @ Jul 28th 2007 8:54PM
Seriously, retailers need to just end this stupid HD-format war. Basically the outcome is just which mulit-national Japanese electronic company you're going to pay royalties to to watch movies.
When Walmart picks a winner it'll be the end; since 40 percent of all DVDs sold in the U.S. are sold at Wal-Mart.
eddie2010 @ Jul 28th 2007 10:45PM
The original article did not say that target would not carry HD-DVD disk. It said that Target would only carry Stand alone Blu-Ray players not stand alone HD-DVD players, but would still carry the Xbox 360 HD-DVD add on player and the Playstation 3 which also plays Blu-Ray movies. The main point of the article was that Target will not carry stand alone HD-DVD players. Glad to see that the HD-DVD camp are keeping up there end on making misleading statements.