Back in December I posted a Blog that said “HD or BD – Does Anyone Care.” I only received one response, I was very disappointed.   :(  But following the news from Best Buy and Netflix, everyone's asking "what about Wal-Mart?"

 Ok, so are you ready…Wal-Mart is going Blu. 

 
I am very excited about this news!!  This decision will make my job so much easier.  While I myself bought an HD player this Christmas, primarily because my husband is a huge Jason Bourne fan, I guess I am going to have to retire it to the kids play room as an up convert.  My kids have already been enamored by the great hi def experience and we no longer have control of the TV in our family room.  Soon they will enjoy the family Hi Def player in their playroom and can watch their standard def Scooby Doo, Star Wars, and Harry Potter movies as if they were in Hi Def.

Enough about my family and on to the Wal-Mart plans… by June Wal-Mart will only be carrying BluRay movies and hardware machines, and of course standard def movies, DVD players, and up convert players.   Not sure of the short term pricing plans, but history tells us that as more people move to a new technology prices typically go down.  

So… if you bought the HD player like me, I'd retire it to the bedroom, kid’s playroom, or give it to your parents to play their John Wayne standard def movies, and make space for a BD player for your awesome Hi Def experience.  I am probably going to surprise my husband with BluRay player for Father’s Day, so please don’t tell him!

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