| crumas2 said: Wow! what part of the country do you live in? Our Walmart in Xenia, OH is the second largest in Ohio (200,000 sq ft), and has 2 Blu-ray players and just a small end-aisle Blu-ray display. |
Yeah but I believe the largest Wal Mart is in Cambridge OH(although I believe that was 5 years ago).
Anyways the Circut City here in SF has only one shelf for Blu Ray the big Best Buy has significantly more space but still minor compared to DVDs I haven't been to the other Best Buy on Masonic. Virgin has a nice selection though
The issue right now for media is exactly the price not jsut the players but movies that cost 25 dollars at the cheapest 35 for the new releases. However TV shows are just right 99 dollars.
The thing is with enterainment DVD is the standard and people are less willing to pay more for all except the Biggest titles(read The Dark Knight). For ti to take off they really need to have a ton of movies available at a retail store for under 15 or 10 bucks. Then people will start building collections and it will go from novelity to staple.
Go buy a movie for someone it is a safe bet you could buy a DVD and they will be able to watch it and if they don't it was a reasonable expectation(unless you hang out with luddites). However the same is not true with Blu Ray in fact it is almost the opposite. This of course could change and I fully expect growth in this field over the course of the next 3-4 years however it will be hampered by digital downloads after that and I do not expect the mass permation of BR players that DVD has attained as in people who make under the poverty line having them and really that is a neccesary component of something like this.
