Wal-Mart Goes Blu-ray Exclusive in June

[Brady280]

i could care less about blu ray. its so expensive and for what, better picture. not worth it IMO. i wont move to any of those HD stuff until they force me to.

Same with me I did the same thing with dvd. I don't watch to much movies anyway.

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[gidget]

i don't like sony getting a foothold... i'd bet their royalties are higher than hd-dvd... they make hardware that competes with other vendors version of blu-ray... thus their competition has an added expense that sony doesn't have to pay.

[Skorp]

Very true idjut. We were just discussing in one of my classes how when there is competing formats it is rarely the better product that wins.

[[DT]]

i don't like sony getting a foothold... i'd bet their royalties are higher than hd-dvd... they make hardware that competes with other vendors version of blu-ray... thus their competition has an added expense that sony doesn't have to pay.

Wow, somebody who gets it.

I would've thought after the debacle that was Beta, UMD, MiniDisc, etc., people would never embrace another attempt by Sony to create a media standard. Oh well, what actually led to the current situation is little sketchy, but it IS what it IS.

Well, *hopefully* the war went on long enough for Sony, the other studios and the CE manufacturers to get a good sense of the price point where the "regular consumer" says yes to HDM.

At the end of the day I just want a solid, HD media experience, that doesn't cost an arm-and-a-leg.

I'll be investing into a BD solution +very+ soon. I may, or may not sell/bail on my existing HD-D gear/media (though a quick offer turned up 2 or 3 buyers almost instantly, so that' one possible direction).

[Skorp]

Yeah I'm happy with DVDs, until I'm forced to move on.

[manred]

Yeah I'm happy with DVDs, until I'm forced to move on.

Same here. I don't need an HD movie, to me it all looks the same.

[[DT]]

Yeah I'm happy with DVDs, until I'm forced to move on.

After having had HD-D for a few months, I'll be migrating to BD pretty quickly. I'm planning on replacing 300 and Blade Runner Final Cut HD-D with BD versions as soon as I decide on the BD player (might be a PS3, seems like a decent mid-range, plus of course, there's some kind of game machine tossed in there )

Same here. I don't need an HD movie, to me it all looks the same.

It's better, I don't think that's up for debate - now the specific equipment, movie, person watching might introduce_some_ variance - the BIG difference is whether it's *important* to you and your movie watching experience. We're huge movie enthusiasts, so we like the best experience possible, and without question, that's HDM (whether it's HD-D or BD).

[Apple Guy]

Well I heard toshiba has now dropped hd dvd aswell
This isnt good for xbox