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Wal-Mart to only sell Blu-ray DVDs
Yahoo News/REUTERS ^
| Feb. 15th 2008
| Reporting by Franklin Paul; editing by Phil Berlowitz
Posted on 02/15/2008 11:48:58 AM PST by Mad Dawgg
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT.N) on Friday said it plans to exclusively back the Blu-ray high definition movie format, the latest blow to the rival HD DVD camp backed by Toshiba Corp (6502.T).
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blurayhdtv; hdtv; media; tech; technology; walmart
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Turn out the lights the party is over.
HD DVD is doomed...
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posted on
02/15/2008 11:48:59 AM PST
by
Mad Dawgg
To: Mad Dawgg
To: Aaron0617
what do I need to play blue ray dvds? does this mean I have to buy another dvd player?
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posted on
02/15/2008 11:50:09 AM PST
by
Aaron0617
To: Mad Dawgg
I see the writing now ... There it is, right there on the wall!
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posted on
02/15/2008 11:50:18 AM PST
by
TexGuy
(If it has the slimmest of chances of being considered sarcasm ... IT IS!)
To: Mad Dawgg
Does this mean that I have to buy another DVD player?
Sigh.......
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posted on
02/15/2008 11:50:36 AM PST
by
TheRobb7
(Is the Conservative Movement now just an undertow?)
To: Mad Dawgg
HD-DVD was DOA... I can’t believe Toshiba let MS play them so easily in their larger battle to harm Sony.
To: Aaron0617
“what do I need to play blue ray dvds? does this mean I have to buy another dvd player?”
You’ll need a blu-ray player. In addition, you’ll need a high definition television.
To: Aaron0617
Ditto me....I’m techno-challenged.
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posted on
02/15/2008 11:51:52 AM PST
by
ErnBatavia
(...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
To: Mad Dawgg
I am so %$#@* mad!! I refuse to accept the idea that Blu-Ray will be the format for the next four years! I'd rather go back to VHS, if that is what it takes, to teach the so-called "industry" big shots that we will never, ever, ever accept Blu-Ray! < \Conservative shooting selves in foot>
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posted on
02/15/2008 11:52:06 AM PST
by
Recovering_Democrat
((I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of Dependence on Government!))
To: Mad Dawgg
I think Blu-Ray’s triumph over HD-DVD is just another sign that the American people as a whole won’t pick what is better, but rather what has better advertising. See current politicians for more information.
But then, maybe my HD-DVD player makes me slightly biased. Ahem.
10
posted on
02/15/2008 11:52:36 AM PST
by
kc8ukw
(Sign the ALLOW incandescent bulbs petition: http://www.petitiononline.com/incand/)
To: Mad Dawgg
I hear Hillary singing....
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posted on
02/15/2008 11:52:41 AM PST
by
Always Right
(Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
To: Slapshot68
blu-ray players do play “regular” DVDs, don’t they, though?
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posted on
02/15/2008 11:52:45 AM PST
by
Recovering_Democrat
((I am SO glad to no longer be associated with the party of Dependence on Government!))
To: Recovering_Democrat
To: Mad Dawgg
Poetic justice.
Remember, it was Toshiba who sold the USSR backup electrical generator batteries for submarines so they couldn't be detected after Sony refused to do so on the grounds that they could be used against Japan or Japan's closest ally-- us.
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posted on
02/15/2008 11:54:24 AM PST
by
Vigilanteman
(Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)
To: TheRobb7
I don’t even like HD. Everyone looks ugly.
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posted on
02/15/2008 11:54:27 AM PST
by
donna
(Separated at birth: Hugo Rafael Chavez and Barack Hussein Obama.)
To: Mad Dawgg
Sony took the hit on betamax remember years ago
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posted on
02/15/2008 11:54:55 AM PST
by
nikos1121
(Thank you again Jimmy Carter)
To: Recovering_Democrat
They’ll pry my HD-DVD from my cold dead hands...
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posted on
02/15/2008 11:54:57 AM PST
by
fatez
("If you're going through Hell, keep going." Winston Churchill)
To: Mad Dawgg
Is anyone buying blu-ray? I don’t see any need to buy a new player and I imagine it will be some time before most consumers do.
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posted on
02/15/2008 11:55:39 AM PST
by
Maelstorm
(John McCain will make Obama stutter like a little boy.)
To: kc8ukw
This is why it’s nice to let others be the first ones in the pool. Let others spend money on new tech until the details get sorted out, then come in and get the industry standard at a fraction of the initial cost. I’ve survived all these years without the extra pixels. I am pretty sure I can make it a few more.
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posted on
02/15/2008 11:56:19 AM PST
by
Huck
(Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms.)
To: kc8ukw
Bright side. Regular DVDs are going to be dirt cheap? :)
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posted on
02/15/2008 11:56:56 AM PST
by
Politicalmom
(Better a leftist Dem with energized GOP opposition, than a leftist "Republican" with no opposition.)
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