In Reply to: Desperation Firesale or well-planned move to steal the HD media market ? posted by oscar on November 1, 2007 at 18:03:20:
I wouldn't call them unsellable, they have been Amazon's #1 selling DVD player for quite a while.
What I've heard, and I don't have a link, is that Wally World got about 2 million A2s. Remember, Wally World doesn't deal in small quantities of anything. If that's true, and if they sell well (big ifs) it will make a huge difference. Some of the discs will also be on sale.
Of course, if they don't sell well...
I assume Toshiba is making a profit on these,but I don't know for sure, they have specifically stated that these discounts are at the retail level.
I fully expect the BDA to have something up their sleeves as well for the holidays.
Yes, if Warner goes exclusive, either way, the loser will be hosed. Since they have always favored HD DVD, I don't really see why they would go BD.
Jack
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- RE: Desperation Firesale or well-planned move to steal the HD media market ? - Jack G 05:10:56 11/02/07 (9)
- sorry, you ar eright. I did not understand what Wally World reefered to.. - Duilawyer 11:12:03 11/04/07 (1)
- Either you are on reefer or been drinking too much...your spelling is atrocious. :) nt - oscar 16:19:06 11/05/07 (0)
- If they sell well... - Dalton 19:19:52 11/02/07 (0)
- NO way 2 million. 1% that, tops. Absolute tops. nt - Duilawyer 13:58:50 11/02/07 (1)
- RE: NO way 2 million. 1% that, tops. Absolute tops. nt - GoingCoastal 22:49:52 11/04/07 (0)
- Link - Robertc88 05:45:23 11/02/07 (1)
- That April deal was not done, see date :-) - Ole Lund Christensen 14:14:51 11/05/07 (0)
- Warner's might be rooting for HD DVD to win but they might be more interested in ending the format war. - oscar 05:31:36 11/02/07 (1)
- RE: Warner's might be rooting for HD DVD to win but they might be more interested in ending the format war. - Jack G 05:57:19 11/02/07 (0)