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Kmart Drops Blu-Ray Players

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the priced-out-of-the-competition dept.

Lord Byron II writes "K-mart has decided to stop selling Blu-Ray players in their stores, primarily because of the high cost of Blu-Ray compared to HD-DVD (now under $200). They will continue to sell the PS3 for the time being. Will lower prices speed the adoption of HD-DVD in the upcoming holiday shopping season?"

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  1. Does this mean no blue light special... by Puma_Concolor · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... on a Blu-Ray player?

    Darn...

    1. Re:Does this mean no blue light special... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Parent here. I just wanted to apologize for posting this excerpt from my newest work of fiction. I realize nobody here wants to see my pathetic attempts at writing, and I can't believe I resorted to trolling in order to have it seen. I'm about to go and have a good, long think about my life, and how it managed to reach this tremendous low point. Sorry again, guys.

  2. Rain Man by weak* · · Score: 5, Funny
    Charlie: Tell him, Ray.

    Ray: Kmart sucks.

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  3. kmart shoppers can't afford blu-ray by t35t0r · · Score: 4, Funny

    blu-ray at kmart? that's like trying to sell benz's in the ghetto at retail prices.

  4. Re:Irrelevant by sqrt(2) · · Score: 4, Funny

    Guitar Hero three just came out, and me and two buddies went around town looking for it. He didn't pre-order and the first three stores were sold out of the 360 version (all had Wii version however) until we got to...Kmart. We went to the electronics section and sure enough there on the shelf was 1 360 box left. He wasn't the only one that wanted it, apparently this group of 3 kids, too short to reach the top shelf, were waiting for their older brother or something to get it down for them. Well my friend didn't know this so he grabbed it and walked to the register, and the kids started crying and shouting that he stole it. Sucks for them, he still bought it.

    So yeah, people still buy electronics at Kmart :)

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  5. Sony Betamax, Sony Minidisc, Sony Blu-Ray by SEE · · Score: 5, Funny

    One of these things is just like the others.
    All of these things plainly belong.
    Can you tell what point that I am making,
    by the time I finish my song?

    Three of these things belong together
    Three of these things are kind of the same
    Can you guess what point I am making?
    Now it's time to play our game

  6. Re:No clear winner, yet. by cheater512 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Doesnt that mean that RAID 5 is the clear winner?

    Works nicely for me. :)

  7. Re:Irrelevant by Trillan · · Score: 2, Funny

    Someone who doesn't want to buy tiles from Best Buy.

  8. Re:Motivation by rsmoody · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's common knowledge that Target was paid by Sony to only stock BD players in stores this Christmas and to have an endcap dedicated to BD. http://www.engadget.com/2007/07/26/target-to-only-sell-blu-ray-players-in-stores/

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  9. Re: No Blue Light special on Blue Ray by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Couldn't resist, stupid pedantic point follows.

    The dollar sign "$" doesn't get used as a simple replacement for where you'd normally write the word "dollar" or "dollars" in a sentence, as much sense as that might make if it were true. 100 dollars is written as $100, not 100$.

    Also, do you really need to save those couple of keystrokes by typing "1000's of dollars" instead of "thousands of dollars"? That first one reads like "one thousands of dollars", which not only looks and sounds weird, but doesn't even mean what you intended.

  10. Re:No clear winner, yet. by rishistar · · Score: 5, Funny

    The pirate community says DVD-aaaaarrrrr!!!

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  11. Sony response... by PHAEDRU5 · · Score: 2, Funny

    The people have spoken. The bastards.

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  12. Re: No Blue Light special on Blue Ray by jack455 · · Score: 2, Funny

    *fubar spelt that way for you anal types. I choose to read it "f'ed up beyond all repair spelt that way for you am not a lawyer types"
  13. Re:No clear winner, yet. by Wellspring · · Score: 2, Funny

    The pirate community says DVD-aaaaarrrrr!!!

    Maybe it's just early in the morning, but this guy just won the internet.

  14. Re: No Blue Light special on Blue Ray by mopower70 · · Score: 2, Funny

    "The winner will be whoever the porn industry sides with!!" Ignoring the fact that the porn industry played only a part in that war - it was NOT the deciding factor Seriously. And if you've ever watched porn in high def, you'd understand why their influence is going to be considerably less in this particular battle.
  15. Re:Something you need to know about this posting by trongey · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's just a rhetorical question?
    I'm glad I read this before I posted my answer to the question. That would have been embarassing.

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