. Blade Runner, I Am Legend and many, many more! Wal-Mart phasing out HD DVD to support Blu-ray exclusively
It appears that the US’s largest retailer, Wal-Mart, has just announced that it’s Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores across the country will be carrying Blu-ray products exclusively, and will phase out the lose commercially popular HD DVD format.
HD DVD will be phased out over the next several months as the remaining HD DVD stock is sold off, restocking the gained shelf Blu-ray movies and hardware machines.
“We’ve listened to our customers, who are showing a clear preference toward Blu-ray products and movies with their purchases,” said Gary Severson, Senior V.P., Home Entertainment, Wal-Mart, U.S. “With the customers best interest in all we do, we wanted to share our decision and timeline with them as soon as possible, knowing it will help simplify their purchase decision, increase selection, and increase adoption long term. We anticipate enhancing our selection with continued great values in hi-definition Blu-ray products, so our customers can further enhance their entertainment experience at home.”
This isn’t the first retailer to make such a decision; Best Buy, Netflix and others have also recently announced Blu-ray as either their favoured or exclusive format.
It looks like HD DVD is on its last leg.
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To bad they waited til after Christmas to do it. Guess they had to wait it out and see which one sold better during the holidays.