http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/26/fuh-yuan-retracts-299-wal-mart-hd-dvd-statement/

Apparently, some taiwanese company got a little ahead of themselves. 

yep.

 go BR!

Yeah, leading by not even half a million sales a month, and this statement, which does state that Wal-Mart is looking into cheap player options that do include HD-DVD, proves that blu-ray has already won, at least according to those like hus.

70% of the market a month kiddy.

to bad blue ray sucks. We will be stuck with a stupid sony owned format. This won't be good.

George Romero should do a film starring the HD-DVD .The Night of the Living Deads 2 ,for sure ....

if br ever wins and when, and hd-dvd is gone...watch out world.  the sony proprietary restrictions will take effect and everything in your home will become incompatible until all your home electronics is sony.

I don't see what all the hype surrounding a $299 HDDVD player is anyway.  How long would it take for them to produce the players and by that time anyway, your general players would be below the $300 mark anyway.

I thought it would have been more sensible to get a Blu-Ray player for later this year retailing at $299.  I don't think this pricerange it ridiculous seeing as production costs are reducing all the time.

Anyway...noone has won the HD video war yet...it close, but I would certainly put all my money on Blu-Ray simply because it has more backing. 

 Wow. Calling me kiddy, without even proper punctuation, has magically provd you right.

 Pathetic. Two million total sales in the entire country is not a market; it's a niche. HD is still a niche, so a lead for either format means nothing.

 this is another genius!