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Blockbuster Chooses Blu-ray

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the nailing-the-coffin-shut dept.

s31523 writes "The format war between HD-DVD and Blu-ray has posted another battle, this time the victor seems to be the Blu-ray side. Blockbuster has announced it has chosen Blu-ray as the HD format to rent out in the majority of its stores. This decision comes after rental data was looked at for the 250 stores that carry both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray with the majority of rentals being Blu-Ray. Blockbuster now plans to stock Blu-ray only in 1450 of it's stores, but says the 250 stores with the HD-DVD movies will be kept on the shelf."

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  1. Oh? by Guppy06 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "This decision comes after rental data was looked at for the 250 stores that carry both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray with the majority of rentals being Blu-Ray."

    8 rentals versus 6?

    1. Re:Oh? by pl1ght · · Score: 5, Funny

      Actually the figure stated 70% of all rentals were blu-ray, which would make it around 7 vs 3.

  2. how appropriate by ulysses38 · · Score: 5, Funny

    since i just finished reading the 'psychology of fanboys' story below. now we can see some in their native habitat.

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  3. Re:Freedom to choose by allscan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Someone's got to rip those HD movies for BitTorrent, thanks Netflix!

  4. Rampant grammar-Nazism by Sunburnt · · Score: 5, Funny

    Blockbuster now plans to stock Blu-ray only in 1450 of it's stores, but says the 250 stores with the HD-DVD movies will be kept on the shelf.

    What sort of shelf can fit 250 retail stores, exactly?

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    1. Re:Rampant grammar-Nazism by fbjon · · Score: 4, Funny

      The continental shelf.

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