Sir Terrence the Terrible
02-11-2008, 01:29 PM
Beginning in early March, retailer Best Buy will begin officially recommending Blu-ray as best choice for high definition movies to their customer base. Since the beginning of the format war, Best Buy has silently stood on the sidelines providing both the Blu-ray and HD DVD format for consumers to choose. Current sales data now shows that Blu-ray is their choice, and the retailer will soon carry the official stance that Blu-ray is best high definition format.
Brian Dunn, Best Buy's president and chief operating officer commented, "Consumers have told us that they want us to help lead the way. We've listened to our customers, and we are responding. Best Buy will recommend Blu-ray as the preferred format. Our decision to shine a spotlight on Blu-ray Disc players and other Blu-ray products is a strong signal to our customers that we believe Blu-ray is the right format choice for them.
Best Buy will continue to stock a reduced amount of HD DVD players and movies, but the reduction in stock combined with the unified voice to support Blu-ray brings up questions as to how long those stocks will continued to be resupplied.
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUSWNAS040320080211
What we are seeing here is a slow meltdown of the HD DVD infrastructure at both retail, and studio level. Almost all(if not all) HD DVD exclusive studios in Europe have either gone neutral, or Bluray exclusive. Recently several smaller indie studios here in the states also switched allegiance from HD DVD to Bluray exclusive. HD DVD has now gone underwater twice, and when Paramount and Universal make the switch, it will totally drown.
Brian Dunn, Best Buy's president and chief operating officer commented, "Consumers have told us that they want us to help lead the way. We've listened to our customers, and we are responding. Best Buy will recommend Blu-ray as the preferred format. Our decision to shine a spotlight on Blu-ray Disc players and other Blu-ray products is a strong signal to our customers that we believe Blu-ray is the right format choice for them.
Best Buy will continue to stock a reduced amount of HD DVD players and movies, but the reduction in stock combined with the unified voice to support Blu-ray brings up questions as to how long those stocks will continued to be resupplied.
http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssConsumerGoodsAndRetailNews/idUSWNAS040320080211
What we are seeing here is a slow meltdown of the HD DVD infrastructure at both retail, and studio level. Almost all(if not all) HD DVD exclusive studios in Europe have either gone neutral, or Bluray exclusive. Recently several smaller indie studios here in the states also switched allegiance from HD DVD to Bluray exclusive. HD DVD has now gone underwater twice, and when Paramount and Universal make the switch, it will totally drown.