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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. Re:BB online still has HDDVD by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Blockbuster closed both of their stores here in Springfield, IL. So even if BB was to put BR discs in all of its stores, it would not affect me here. Affect in a local rental way, not affect in an overall which format ends up winning way.

    I don't have a BR or HDDVD player, and I could care less for now. I also don't rent movies. If there is anything worth seeing I wait until a friend rents it and I head over there, or I borrow it if they happen to buy it. MPAA is not getting anything out of me in that respect.

    However, I have been to the movie theater six times in the last three years, and nine times in the last ten years. But those were decent enough to watch in the theater, and you can't beat a 1PM showing on a school day for a completely empty theater. Nice and quiet.