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Retailers make room for Blu-ray
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article published on 21 January, 2008
With Warner Brothers jumping on board the Blu-ray bandwagon, studios and consumer electronics manufacturers aren't the only ones starting to think about the end to the so-called war between the two supposed "next-gen" optical movie formats. Retailers, who have consistently said they don't expect to see a serious market as long as both formats are around, are starting to in anticipation of ... [ read the full article ]
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21. January 2008 @ 17:19 |
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Originally posted by hughjars:
That headline should read 'High St. retailers make way.....'
On-line retailers have plentiful stocks of HD DVD movies
(which, I might add and in contrast to all the 'fire-sale' BS, they are not selling off particularly cheaply either).
Bull. The headline is completely accurate. The story is about what's being stocked in brick and mortar establishments, which is moving further toward Blu-ray on the whole. Online retailers don't have "shelf space" in the retail sense.
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21. January 2008 @ 17:50 |
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I think i'll just stick with sd-dvd's for now and wait a couple of years
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21. January 2008 @ 18:16 |
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Originally posted by hughjars:
That headline should read 'High St. retailers make way.....'
On-line retailers have plentiful stocks of HD DVD movies
(which, I might add and in contrast to all the 'fire-sale' BS, they are not selling off particularly cheaply either).
Bull. The headline is completely accurate. The story is about what's being stocked in brick and mortar establishments, which is moving further toward Blu-ray on the whole. Online retailers don't have "shelf space" in the retail sense.
It really getting out of hand people telling staff members they need to change there headlines.They don't make the news they just report it how it was received.If people got a issue with the headlines they should click the links that are on every article & report it to the source they got it from.
Have anyone seen this rumor right here?
New evidence that Paramount is going Blu?
http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/01/21/new...t-is-going-blu/
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21. January 2008 @ 18:36 |
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Oh no blue-ray one. I guess I'll have to take all of my HD-DVD's and go jump off a cliff. Sounds funner than reading page after page of "I told
you so".
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21. January 2008 @ 19:09 |
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Originally posted by nextgen76:
It really getting out of hand people telling staff members they need to change there headlines.
- Jeeezus wept but you really have no shame.
Did you do a couple of 'I'm only alarmed & concerned, no really' PMs about it as well?
I didn't "tell" anyone what to do, actually.
I made a comment about how the story only applies to B&M retailers, which is 100% correct.
Originally posted by nextgen76:
Have anyone seen this rumor right here?
New evidence that Paramount is going Blu?
- Even the Blu-est fanboys on engadget don't think it amounts to much (which is saying something).
Clearly you do (which is also saying something).
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21. January 2008 @ 19:20 |
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Originally posted by hughjars:
- Even the Blu-est fanboys on engadget don't think it amounts to much (which is saying something).
Clearly you do (which is also saying something).
Your right a rumor is a rumor but this rumor has started to take shape because a N4G member made a call to Amazon & this is what they said & on top of that they added two more BD for release.But if its false i don't have any issue with that because i know in a matter of time there going to become BDA members again.
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UPDATE 1: 2 more titles have been added to amazon: Failure to Launch and Freedom Writers.
UPDATE 2: One of the members on this site was helpful enough to contact amazon about the listings and he got the following reply:
"We have checked our website and confirm that the DVDs you are
mentioned are scheduled to release in March.
Our editorial staff are constantly working on increasing the information we provide about each item as it becomes available to us. However, the information currently displayed on the product's information page is all that has so far been made available to us from the manufacturer."
There might be something to this....
http://www.n4g.com/industrynews/News-102283.aspx
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21. January 2008 @ 19:27 |
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well i jumped on the blu-boat, i cant wait to get more blu-rays, picked up sunshine yesterday, and i want to watch it but i gotta study for exams, god damn exams, the hell with them, i got blu-rays to watch.
Peace
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21. January 2008 @ 19:48 |
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Just for the record, I have no problem with anyone criticizing my work here or anywhere else. When I get something wrong, and occasionally I do, I'll be the first to admit it and make corrections as appropriate. However, I'm equally prepared to defend what I've written.
I haven't taken either side in this silly format war because, quite frankly, neither camp has taken my side. As soon as someone has a product worth buying I'll be ready to buy. Until then I have no qualms about sitting on the sidelines taking potshots at both of them.
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22. January 2008 @ 16:47 |
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Here's another one:
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Major Chicagoland retailer drops HD DVD support
By Mark Raby
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 13:04
Joliet (IL) - Grant's Appliances, one of the top 30 electronics retailers in the US, has joined the growing list of stores that have gotten rid of HD DVD and decided to promote Blu-ray exclusively.
According to a source at Grant's, the entire chain has stopped ordering new HD DVD supply, and the existing inventory has already been depleted.
http://www.tgdaily.com/content/view/35721/117/
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23. January 2008 @ 13:50 |
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27. January 2008 @ 07:41 |
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both overpriced, both suck at that price.
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27. January 2008 @ 20:23 |
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both overpriced, both suck at that price.
You rock Fred :)
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28. January 2008 @ 09:29 |
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Maybe Toshiba and Sony should join forces, have major studios switch sides every couple of months, and watch the sheep go back and forth buying which ever one they think is going to win.
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28. January 2008 @ 13:26 |
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...and another one, this time in the UK:
http://www.t3.com/news/woolworths-blu-ray?=35152
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Woolworths backs Blu-Ray
The move comes after Blu-Ray outsold its rival in Woolies by a massive 10 to 1 over Christmas. The retailer is now the biggest seller of the format in the UK, with sales rising a massive 40% every month.
All 820 Woolworths stores here in the UK will get a Blu-Ray chart, as well as a back catalogue section.
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28. January 2008 @ 13:58 |
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And CC
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17. February 2008 @ 17:36 |
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At least now they know wat format to invest in to make profit for each other.
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