So you ’ve heard the rumor aboutWalmart getting a undulation of cheap Chinese HD DVD players ? Here’san clause by Digital Trendsriding the 1000 - Digg waving declaring the format war is done . Finshed . Decided . All by the giant retail merchant ’s might , HD videodisk will pull ahead . It makes some sense , and give some perceptiveness to how the retail merchant make up one’s mind what to stock .
https://gizmodo.com/wal-mart-makes-the-push-for-299-hd-dvd-machines-253950
One affair the article ignores : Current facts .
Right now , Walmart carries not only an HD DVD role player for a marginally more expensive $ 349 , by Toshiba , but a$900 dollar mark Blu - ray player , too . So the $ 300 dollar rumored terms of the Chinese players are a gene , but not more than it already has been with Walmart ’s live gillyflower . So there ’s no reason to write this article now . Unless you factor in the quantity of the rumored players : 2 million . That ’s more than the combined claim gross sales of both Blu - ray and HD DVD together , which say more about the pathetic states of both parties . ( Anyone know DVD ’s adoption pace by class one offhand ? ) But I ’m not sure these will be a broker — circumscribed supplying has never been the outcome . It ’s been circumscribed demand . See for yourself — Walmart’s$349 thespian is move on clearance right now . You want a price power point to crow about ? I think it ’s $ 199 . ( That ’s the psychological barrier marketers say husbands have to postulate their wife for license to cross . ) Imagine those 2 million musician get here , are left unwanted on shelf , and get mark down to $ 175 . Now you ’re talking about some leverage in the combat . Oh what ’s that ? Hmm , you ’re already close to this pricing with this dealzmodo of5 free HD videodisc discs with the purchase of a $ 300 HD DVD player .
https://gizmodo.com/dealzmodo-buy-an-hd-dvd-player-get-5-movies-free-253718
How about the fact that Blu - re sales were great this twenty-five percent . I personally trust it has to do with masses purchase moving picture they really want to see . And five of the six major studio do Blu or Both ( Only Universal does stringently HD DVD ) . flake , do n’t block , contentedness is king . Will the studio bow to Walmart ? peradventure . They ’ve done it before , in Walmart ’s groundbreaking but stinking video service that is the first and only to have all6 studios on board . But that has n’t done very well either , has it ? I thought retail might could do anything , but ostensibly , Walmart ’s customer are not precede edge adopters ? I question how that affects their power in this newspaper clipping boundary war ?
https://gizmodo.com/breaking-wal-mart-first-to-offer-digital-movies-from-a-234220
Of course , this is a lot of talk based on rumors . Neither Walmart or HD DVD grouping have made a statement yet . The format war is not make up one’s mind , and I severely doubt Walmart is going to do the decision making without the say of both the studio and your pocketbook . So , steady as she goes .
When we discuss HD DVD and Blu - shaft of light at this detail in time , we ’re talking about really small numbers . When sales are in the tens of grand and not the millions , the securities industry is especially susceptible to changes .
Yes . Like when a few hundred HD DVD fanboys spike theAmazon sales event act with a synchronized April 15th steal . ( Again , Amazon is a much good metric for leading edge buyers than Walmart . )
With book like what we ’re see now , however , it ’s like attempt to call an election with less than 2 percent of the precinct report .
Ultimately , until gal like this onecan name a format by heart , its not over .
https://gizmodo.com/format-war-over-says-mechanical-bull-riding-nymph-228381
And this is why , even if it ’s playfulness to blab out about , we call it non - news .
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