Check Out - Wal-Mart’s blog - is announcing that Wal Mart will “go Blu” and will not longer sell HD DVDs. I did not even know they sold HD DVDs. I think this is pretty much irrelevant as Amazon.com is the largest retailer of HD DVD hardware and software (the A3 and A30 continually outsell all BD players including the PS3 on Amazon.com). The big question is will this help Blu-ray - will Blu-ray sell more players at Wal-Mart in HD DVDs absence? I am willing to bet that the demo that shops at Wal-Mart is not going to be keen on spending up to $35 for a movie and between $300 - $500 for a BD player.

Additioanlly, the poster advises, people who bought an HD DVD player to keep it as an upconvert player - sound advice:

So… if you bought the HD player like me, I’d retire it to the bedroom, kid’s playroom, or give it to your parents to play their John Wayne standard def movies, and make space for a BD player for your awesome Hi Def experience.  I am probably going to surprise my husband with BluRay player for Father’s Day, so please don’t tell him! 

This practice would be contrary to an HD DVD death. Unlike Beta, HD DVD has a life regardless of studio and/or retail support as an upconverting player and can play CDs and your HD DVD library. If homes have HD DVD players there is a market for HD DVD movies and until Toshiba stops selling HD DVD players or the DVD forum calls for an end to HD DVD player production, I see this market ever present. I can also see MS, Paramount, Universal sticking with HD DVD just to irritate Sony.

Regardless, it makes sense that Wal-Mart will no longer sell the more affordable hardware :rolls eyes:. In any event this will be a boon for lower income PS3 fanboyz. They can now dance in Wal-Mart’s aisles announcing the death of HD DVD! Yippee!

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