Wal-Mart to ditch HD DVD
Written by admin on February 15th, 2008 in Gadgets.
Let’s hope the widespread rumors about Toshiba’s plan to kill HD DVD are true. If not, it might as well prepare for its hara-kiri as soon as possible. It’s because the country’s largest retailer Wal-Mart has announced its allegiance to Blu-ray.
Poor Toshiba, only DreamWorks remains as a major studio loyal to hd dvd. Recently, Best Buy and online video renters Netflix also betrayed the weakened DVD format.
In the next 30 days, the Wal-Mart’s online business and its 4,000 brick-and-mortar Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores will exclusively carry Blu-ray players and movies. Moreover, the retail giant will retain the standard definition DVD players and movies in its inventory.
Just in case you’re still a loyal supporter of beat-up HD DVD, Wal-Mart will continue to sell the remaining items. Though I’m sure most of you will not be interested to buy it even at discounted rate.
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