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Bboid on 16 December 2008
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crumas2 said:
MikeB said:
Comparing the amount of shelf space dedicated to Blu-Ray disc at our local Media Markt store to last year (not counting PS3 games of course), it's now 10 times bigger than that of Blu-Ray and HD DVD shelf space combined last year.

Retail adoption is happening fast, as SDTVs only last so long I think eventually a vast majority of people in developed countries will own HDTVs in the coming years. Those who have seen a good Blu-Ray movie on a good HDTV are usually amazed by the difference in visual quality.

The amount of shelf space dedicated to Blu-ray now compared to this time last year depends on where you are.  At our Best Buys here in Ohio it's about 3 times what it was last year.  At FYE it's about the same to 2x, depending on the store.

At least Walmart is dipping its feet into the waters and carrying a few titles, compared to last year when they had just about zero.

The format is definitely doing better than last year, but there are so many titles I want that haven't come out yet, with many that haven't been announced for the format.  For example, I want Lord of the Rings, the first 3 Indiana Jones movies, Close Encounters, and my number 1 favorite of all time, The Princess Bride.  But according to Amazon, The Princess Bride on Blu-ray has been cancelled by the manufacturer.  I certainly hope the studio changes its mind because I'm going to be buying a Blu-ray player in the next week or so.

And, again... they need to get the movie prices down.  $25-35 for a single movie just doesn't cut it.  I did that with 90 laserdisc movies, and I'm not getting taken to the cleaners like that again.

 

 

 

My walmart has a 4 sided cube(3 sides movies 1 side the sale player) in the aisle of bluray, 1 end display of new release bluray and in the normal aisle 8 feet of blu ray movies and 8 feet of blu-ray players.  They actually carry more blu-ray players than dvd now (which is strange and stupid to me) but their redesigned electronics dept focuses on HD entertainment.

On a side note since you also find issue with price, check Amazon.  If theres a specific movie you want to buy, find it on amazon, bookmark it, and check 2x a day and it will probably fall close to your price range soon.  I managed to get Band of Brothers on blu-ray for $33.99 the saturday after black friday, and that price was only posted for 2 hours.  I'm waiting for The Big Lebowski to be released on Blu-ray but it doesnt look likely.  There is quite a high demand for it too.  Just make sure you shop around for low prices and you can get most movies for $10-20 on blu-ray but sometimes it is B1G1 or B2G1.