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Best Buy to Officially Recommend Blu-ray to Customers
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Posted February 11, 2008 03:50 PM by Josh Dreuth
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 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.
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CptGreedle
Feb 11, 2008
YES! The next best thing to dropping HD DVD, Best Buy will just Promote Blu-ray over HD DVD. I
hope they just let HD DVD sales drop and let it die on its own.
Blu-ray forever! |
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jnm422
Feb 11, 2008
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Blu Titan
Feb 11, 2008
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scook
Feb 11, 2008
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This is Amazing News, First NetFlix now Best Buy Support!!! It's a good day. |
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MissingPiece
Feb 11, 2008
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IMO, this has already been silently happening at Best Buy. The two BB stores closest to me have racks of Blu-ray discs front and center...first thing you see when you walk in the store. |
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RickD
Feb 11, 2008
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This works great for consumers and Best Buy. |
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Toxa
Feb 11, 2008
huge victory  |
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dobyblue
Feb 11, 2008
Wowza - that's the biggest announcement since the Time Warner press release.
Kudos to Best Buy. |
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camper
Feb 11, 2008
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It's about time. So many people shop at BB that HD-DVD doesn't stand a chance without their support. I wouldn't be surprised if HD-DVD gets moved to the back of the store with the Tube TV's. |
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sj001
Feb 11, 2008
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Thank god, no more consumers will get suckered into buying those POS's, especially at Best Buy. |
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jk1138
Feb 11, 2008
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They do this already at my Best Buy |
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stockstar1138
Feb 11, 2008
"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."
that says it all right there. |
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Elandyll
Feb 11, 2008
Wow. Is it just me or the dominos are falling at an accelerated rate this week ?
Should we expect Uni/Para to be Neutral by Friday ? O.o |
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NexusFX
Feb 11, 2008
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In the Words of "Stone Cold" Steve Austin "GIMMIE A HELL YEAH!!!" |
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ezcobar411
Feb 11, 2008
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Best Buy, you have redeemed yourself |
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LynxFX
Feb 11, 2008
[HD spin]
AHhh, no one buys HD DVD's from Best Buy anyway. This is actually good for HD DVD since now more people will buy from mom and pop stores that all of the sudden will have a good reason to stock HD DVD's and, boom, up goes the economy, wars are ended, and everyone will want to purchase HD DVD's. HD DVD will prevail!!
[/HD spin] |
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BruceWayne
Feb 11, 2008
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Mine currently has 8 racks of Blu and 3 of red, was pretty clear already. Great news though! |
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TauHeel05
Feb 11, 2008
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This is huge news. I expect Universal and Paramount to follow shortly. |
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GregBlu5
Feb 11, 2008
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With this news, and that of Netflix, HD DVD is going down for the count. Next up: Universal, Paramount and Dreamworks defect. |
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Josh
Feb 11, 2008
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I was at Best Buy this weekend, and it was about 5 racks to 4 with Blu-ray getting more space. I see that dwindling now in the wake of this announcement. |
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BLU_BOY02
Feb 11, 2008
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that's awesome news and all!.. but seriously... they need to stop this Bull$hit already and just go Blu-ray exclusive |
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E-Dogg
Feb 11, 2008
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This is great B-Day news to me. |
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Mericalis
Feb 11, 2008
The trickling effect will eventually show in even smaller areas this trend, but right now the smaller areas are still split 50/50. That being said, I'm glad to see they have finally shown a sign of changing. I've noticed even in the smaller markets that the sales associates have been recommending Blu-ray, but it's good to know that it will be OFFICIAL beginning in March.
Now, we just need the rest of the Studios to jump aboard. |
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little_boy_blu
Feb 11, 2008
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Wow.. this week may be the week that the rest of the cookie crumbles for HD-DVD! Great news! |
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TruBlu2
Feb 11, 2008
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THERE IS NO MORE ROOM FOR NAILS IN THE HDDUD COFFIN!!!! |
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Robert Siegel
Feb 11, 2008
HOLY CRAP and Wow, never expected a Monday like this. Between Netflix and Best Buy, if Warner wasn't the nail in the coffin, today's news surely is! Now maybe they will have more blu-ray in their weekly flyer, instead of BOGO hd-dvds. Now I think, my brothers, that we will hear from Universal and Paramount VERY shortly....hehehehe. The fall of the hd-dvd empire!
Thanks Josh, it's been a beautiful day! lol. |
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groovyone
Feb 11, 2008
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Wow. Like others have said, mine already appeared to be phasing it out, with the HD DVD player only hooked to a 32" TV in the back of the TV area. |
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Robert Franklin
Feb 11, 2008
The Look and Sound of: BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEPPPPPPPPPP!!!!! (Flatline)
____________________________________________________________________
Wow!! HD DUD is getting pounded!! |
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PS3-Playb3yond
Feb 11, 2008
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Hmph . . . they should have done that from the beginning. Good news though. Thanks Josh! |
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mystiksuicide
Feb 11, 2008
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Excellent News!!!! But hardly surprising. |
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kaliraver
Feb 11, 2008
Damn!!!! I knew my company would be the first retailer to drop HD-DUD! Man what a great day to be a HD-DVD owner  |
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Russell_L
Feb 11, 2008
Wow. The barriers to full Blu-ray acceptance just keep falling like dominoes. Who's next: Paramount,
Universal, or Toshiba? The handwriting on the wall is getting clearer and clearer--there's no way they
can avoid it now. |
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miokti
Feb 11, 2008
 i'm so happy right now. |
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VEGAZ5
Feb 11, 2008
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hell yeah!! go blu-ray !!! |
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Darth_Bane
Feb 11, 2008
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this is great news, with netflix and best buy customer knowledge should skyrocket quickly now. |
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Johk
Feb 11, 2008
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This keeps getting better and better! |
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little_boy_blu
Feb 11, 2008
Is there a press release or external link confirming this?
don't want to sound skeptical, just want to be sure!  Great news!!! |
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Rustmonsteru
Feb 11, 2008
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Looks like they're trying to ease out of things so they don't piss off any of their customer base. |
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CptGreedle
Feb 11, 2008
I think by the time ParaVersal get around to joining Blu, they will be adding chains around the coffin
of HD DVD, to make sure it doesn't come back from the dead to feast on our blood  |
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york weir
Feb 11, 2008
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Seems Orchestrated. Next up, Circuit City and Amazon. |
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Pellaeon
Feb 11, 2008
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CHECK MATE !!!!! This really is going to be over soon. |
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Kairav
Feb 11, 2008
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That is one of the last nails to hit the HD DVD coffin. Hey Toshiba, you are being insulted by consumers, retail, rental, producers, studios and you still want to fight. Toshiba thinks it is Rocky Balboa or John Rambo. |
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BruceWayne
Feb 11, 2008
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I would think Universal would want to jump a little sooner since some of the biggest titles the studio even has are Spielberg and he won't let them do HD-DUD. Who knows, we may have it by the end of the day at this rate with all this good news :-) |
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Guinness7
Feb 11, 2008
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I wonder what kind of sales they will run that they are recomending blu. |
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Slapper
Feb 11, 2008
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Sweet! More great news for Blu-ray! |
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Raziel Dune
Feb 11, 2008
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my Frys electronics does this blu-ray right infront and HD-DVD is like off and to the right but sweet news go bestbuy even tho i don't like you lol. |
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Skillz5
Feb 11, 2008
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This truly is the end of HD DVD...you can see it! |
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TK421
Feb 11, 2008
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It's finally started. Now, the other retailers will FOLLOW what Best Buy is doing and just put hd dvd out of it's misery and declare BLU-RAY the ULTIMATE high definition format of the FUTURE !!! |
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Iceman713713
Feb 11, 2008
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Finally! Now customers won't get screwed over into buying HD-DuD! The end is near! |
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MissingPiece
Feb 11, 2008
Russell_L,
Universal will be the last to cave in. The president of Universal, Craig Kornblau, has openly stated that he likes the format war. I actually believe he likes it. But he claims that he's prolonging the format war for the good of the consumers, because it supposedly drives prices down. I personally think that he's holding out for a big $$$ offer from the Blu-ray camp. |
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TheEnd187
Feb 11, 2008
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lol the good nes just keeps on coming |
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tru blu
Feb 11, 2008
Time of death...
HD DVD support is like tryng to keep water in your hands. No matter how hard you try, it eventually all leaks out. Amazon will ne next. And then Paramount & Universal will follow. |
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David Craig
Feb 11, 2008
They won't discontinue HD DVD...they'll just put them at the back of the store with the Laserdisk players.
Great news! |
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thespindoc
Feb 11, 2008
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Excellent Monday for the Blu-Crew! Now grab a shovel and help me bury this coffin already! :^) |
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cathexist
Feb 11, 2008
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Great thing to hear from the #1 High Definition seller |
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GreatWhite83
Feb 11, 2008
its a good job weve got all this space on our blu ship, weve still got lots more room.
Hd dvd reminds me of Michael Myers you just cant kill him no matter how many times you actually kill him, well maybe we should just sail away instead. |
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Marwin
Feb 11, 2008
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This is exactly what I have been expecting to happen, first the retailers/renters will go "Blu" one by one and this movement will ultimately force Universal and Paramount to start releasing on Blu-ray. While it will still take some time for all things to fall into place, I am very confident that this war is already over and now we just have to be patient and let things take their time. |
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BluWave
Feb 11, 2008
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Another devastating Death Blow! |
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Joon
Feb 11, 2008
This is 90% of what we wanted from them. The other 10% will come. This day is almost as big as
the Warner announcement. |
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nycomet
Feb 11, 2008
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mr.hidef
Feb 11, 2008
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How much more of the world is left? TOSHIBA....GET A FREAKIN CLUE!!!! Just pull out.....Let the demon disc die!!! |
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Paden
Feb 11, 2008
Glad to hear this.
Over the weekend I went into my BB and found they had 8 racks of Blu to two racks of Red. With software availability like that, if a BB customer wasn't choosing Blu already, having the BB clerks telling them to take a look at the movie selection should've been enough. |
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bbg
Feb 11, 2008
The bombshells keep a fallen'
This is an awesome Monday! |
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Rike255
Feb 11, 2008
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Oh my God this is great news!! Twice in 1 day!! |
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Rainman208
Feb 11, 2008
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If this were a boxing match it would've been stopped long ago. This is getting brutal. For God's sake Toshiba throw in the towel and go out with some dignity. |
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visual0ne
Feb 11, 2008
hahahahahaha! I am stoked! Nice job Best Buy, way to be an industry leader. This is why you
have and always will be my most favorite store ever even if you don't sell Onkyo products. Hint
hint ;-) |
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blukrank
Feb 11, 2008
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Come on Universal and Paramount.HD DVD is dead,why bother sticking with a dead format? |
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bkbluray
Feb 11, 2008
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Best Buy Rocks!!! Just wanted to mention that. |
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that1guystudios
Feb 11, 2008
Alright to those of you who are format neutral guys like I USED to be...dig a hole in your back yard...it's time to bury your HD-DVD player. It's software supply just died.
(If you listen close enough, you can still hear Toshiba sobbing.)
In case you are wondering, there isn't an HD-DVD heaven.
Only Blu-Ray gets to go to heaven.
HD-DVD's will have to go to hell.
:-) |
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that1guystudios
Feb 11, 2008
Yeah, it's happening, folks...my local Target and Sears BOTH just more than doubled
the shelf space amount for Blu-Ray, and cut HD-DVD's shelfing in half.
My Target even has a special Blu-Ray kiosk display with titles for sale at the bottom, a Sony player in the middle and an HDTV from Sony on top. Very slick! |
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saginawjuggalo
Feb 11, 2008
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They have never silently stood on the sidelines. Around here they have always recommend Blu-ray over HD DVD. Just like they recommend Monster Cable over other cables.. More Profit.. Plain and simple.. Business is Business.. Regardless, this is awesome news but nothing surprising to me.. Now let's just hope they start getting competitive with Wal-Mart's movie pricing... let the pricing war begin!! :-) |
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Denzelio
Feb 11, 2008
Oops misread headline thought it read
'Blu-ray to Officially Recommend Blu-ray to Customers'
about time for another marketing campaign wouldn't take much atall to squash Hd's dismal advertisement attempt. just one word "70%", of studio support - soon to be 70% exclusive. |
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U4K61
Feb 11, 2008
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Just for that news, I will see if I can stop by BB and pick up a flick this week. It keeps getting better all the time. |
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frenchglen
Feb 11, 2008
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Excellent to see retailers making decisions, lets hope the two remaining studios speed up their changeover process before it's too late...oh, actually they probably already have lost lots of sales...too bad for them. NOT FOR US |
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Blu boy
Feb 11, 2008
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is it just my best buy? i just went there after work just before reading this and its completely equal 4 to 4. exept there is a really small blu display up front and in the hdtv section togther equal about one shelf section thingy. plus there are no CC or Frys in my area! |
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lildon24
Feb 11, 2008
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The War is OVER!!! HD-DVD a.k.a. Dead Horse is Gone!!! Blu-ray Rulez!!! |
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Tru 2 Blu
Feb 11, 2008
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Now Best Buy needs to do is go exclusively to blu. I'm loving that word =) "exclusively". |
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BluNinja
Feb 11, 2008
Great news Josh you are the man, you made my day for real. This is a sign of all retail stores just dumping HD-DUD all together. Well I'm going next door to tell my neighbor becuase he only buys HD-DUD's. He told me If anymore bad news comes his way about HD-DUD he's going to convert to bluray so everyone I'm going to recruit another Blu Blood Brother.
HD-DUD R.I.P 2008. |
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edgebsl
Feb 11, 2008
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Somebody shoot hd dvd and put it out of it's misery. |
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techyted
Feb 11, 2008
So, if someone doesn't talk to a BB employee, they might buy a crappy HD-DVD. That is lame, just say
March X, we will be discontinuing HD-DVD and be done with it. Good news though. |
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gambare
Feb 11, 2008
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Ah.... what a good day... if you excuse me, time to get a smoke |
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kuliddar
Feb 11, 2008
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Go Best Buy. I have seen lesser HD-DVD discs in store before this announcement though. |
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venom121584
Feb 11, 2008
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man, the news just keeps pouring in every day. HD DUD has ran out of life lines with warner switching, how are they still moving? Just die already. |
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aiman04
Feb 11, 2008
Next, Amazon.
When that happens, no more discussion about the war. The U.N. peace keepers will put everything into order, and BLU will live happily ever after. |
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Excalibur-king
Feb 11, 2008
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So happy to be on the winning camp the Blu camp. |
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johnnymech
Feb 11, 2008
"Brian Dunn, Best Buy's president and chief operating officer commented, "Consumers have told us that they want us to help lead the way."
BestBuy leading the way is like George W. Bush leading the country. |
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jbt419
Feb 11, 2008
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Since BB is where I bought my Sony XBR LCD HD TV and Sony BDB-S1 Blu-ray player, it makes perfect sense. BB is a retail juggernaut who can help pave the way to the inevitable demise of the Toshiba-backed HD Disc. Sempre Blu! |
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saljr
Feb 11, 2008
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This is a super major fudge blow for HD-DVD. I don't care what anybody say now. Its a done deal. Period Blu-Ray won the SUPER BOWL for HD format. |
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Blu_Ray_UK2007
Feb 11, 2008
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It just keeps getting better! |
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JT_Designer
Feb 11, 2008
I always see Best Buy with Blu-ray drives hooked up to their large screen plasma and large screen LCD displays, so I'm not surprised. Hardly anyone there buys HD-DVD.
Every commercial I see these days advertising a new movie release says it will be released on DVD and Blu-ray. I hardly ever hear a commercial say this movie will be released on DVD and HD-DVD. |
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DefTechPioElite
Feb 11, 2008
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as PS3Fanboy said "How many nails does it take to shut a coffin?" |
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ground chuck
Feb 11, 2008
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wow i needed a late night chuckle before bed |
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cajun1975
Feb 11, 2008
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Pink Floyd said it best..." Its just another brick in the wall. " |
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Robert Siegel
Feb 11, 2008
For over a year I have been in these forums listening to:
1. Hd-dvd will win, the players are finalized and they have the great ethernet and interactivity
2. The price of hd-dvd players winning the war is a no-brainer
3. The sound of a Dolby Digital Plus soundtrack on hd-dvd is just as good as a PCM or DTSMA on blu.
4. Warner will go with hd-dvd
5. You blutards are going to have your foot in your mouth
need I go on? We've all read it. So with all the advantages hd-dvd supposedly had, isn't it something that people prefer blu-ray. Hd-dvd fans underestimated the public. They thought that they could not tell the difference between the quality of the 2 formats. Well, look at the state of things now!!!!! |
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moverob
Feb 11, 2008
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When one of the biggest mass consumer electronics retailers says it's over for the "other format", that really is like "a nail in the coffin". Just repeating what I said earlier regarding the Netflix announcement, it's now "Game over!", and Blu is the decisive, unquestioned winner. |
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pro-bassoonist
Feb 12, 2008
One format, one market, one united family of distribs...the proper course of action.
Pro-B |
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soniqueboom
Feb 12, 2008
This is awesome news. Just two days ago I got in an argument with a Best Buy employee when I
asked him to check if they had 300 on blu-ray in stock. He refused to check claiming that 300 was
only released on HD-DVDees nuts. I would love to find this guy in march. I was so angry at this
douchebag I almost punched him. |
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Eye-ray
Feb 12, 2008
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I believe if one of the biggest retailers in the US announced their exclusive support to Blu-ray, the other would follow in a minute. |
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boweyang
Feb 12, 2008
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More nails to help build the hddud coffin it seems. |
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Tmarks
Feb 12, 2008
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yeah i work at best buy in the media department. ive been recomending bluray since our store opened in march 07. there was never a doubt in my mind that bluray wouldnt win. |
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usps03
Feb 12, 2008
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f-best buy. who cares what they think. OH...NOW is when they decide to take a stance? Way to lead from the very very back best buy....oooops i meant follow. best buy is the wal-mart of it's store classification...it smells funny inside, full of morons and sells cheap crap...why did this make it into the "news" section? It would have been news had it been reported like a year ago. Best buy is just another smack filled syringe stuck in the arm of the average consumer...way to go best buy and way to go average consumer for keeping them in business. they dont "just stop" hddvd because believe it or not there are still enough zombie consumers out there buying it and places like best buy selling it to them. |
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antler
Feb 12, 2008
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YaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaY :-) |
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Zazou
Feb 12, 2008
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It still amazes me that HD DVD is still standing. I have a Google News alert for Blu-ray and I'm shocked that there are still articles asking 'Which side will win?' I can't believe that anyone, even the most ardent HD DVD owner now thinks that format has any future. Good news from Best Buy, but if they had any real conviction they would simply stop stocking HD DVD. I wonder how it will work in practice. If someone comes in asking for a HD DVD player, will they do their best to not sell it to them and say they should buy Blu-ray? If that's what they they are going to do why even stock HD DVD? |
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sAvAgE69
Feb 12, 2008
This is great news. Even though I would never buy hardware at best buy, or future shop etc. they do have a great selection in Blu Movies though.
this will get me going for the day. |
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thespindoc
Feb 12, 2008
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The Netflix Goes Blu-ray Exclusive is a major win for Blu...this BB thing is a minor. The key here folks is the word EXCLUSIVE. BB needs to drop HDDVD already. As I've read a few later posts, it's telling once you let the news sink in and look back at what they really are saying. BB is simply "talking-the-talk", now lets see if they can "walk-the-walk" and do the HD industry a real service, and go Blu Exclusive. Actions ALWAYS speak louder than words - and never more so in this case. Here's another cheer for Netflix! |
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Dew
Feb 12, 2008
Why won't HD-DUD just die already!
I hope Best Buy goes completely Blu very soon. |
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Zarathustra
Feb 12, 2008
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Netflix + Best Buy = Goodbye HD-DVD |
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JediRaziel
Feb 12, 2008
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Great news! Now just lower the damn prices on the movies already!!! |
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GarionOrb
Feb 12, 2008
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It's clear that consumers and businesses alike are getting tired of this pointless format war, and they're putting their foot down! The future is definitely Blu! |
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transcension
Feb 12, 2008
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great, I was so pissed at Best Buy for their horrible blu-ray selection I ended up canceling their credit card cause I stopped going there for my movies. Maybe its time to go back? |
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BLU RULES ALL
Feb 12, 2008
Alright, great day for the Blu side. Sucks to own and HD-DVD player now. With all of these big
companies going Blu, Paramount and Universal will have no choice but to jump ship and switch to the
Blu. |
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motogp34
Feb 14, 2008
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With the Monopolization of this format war its clearly to see that Blu is the Consumer Choice ^o) |
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