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online.wsj.com - 10/28/2008

Retailers Slash Blu-Ray Player Prices

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J. Emilio Flores/ for The Wall Street Journal Wal-Mart is pushing Blu-ray with displays such as this one in Palmdale, Calif.

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homemediamagazine.com - 11/4/2008

Report: Wal-Mart Replacing Music with Blu-ray

— homemediamagazine.com — Wal-Mart Stores is rapidly downsizing shelf space for music CDs while increasing availability of Blu-ray and consumer... electronics in select locations, according to a new report. The Bentonville, Ark.-based retail behemoth, citing a 23% drop in CD ... (more) Report: Wal-Mart Replacing Music with Blu-ray

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switched.com - 11/4/2008

Wal-Mart Cutting CD Shelf Space to Make Room for Blu-ray

— switched.com — Filed under: Audio/Video , TV Remember the days of watching big box retailers like a hawk to... see if more shelf space was being given to Blu-ray or HD DVD ? Yeah, epic times . Now, however, a new report is suggesting that Wal-Mart may be giving ... (more) Wal-Mart Cutting CD Shelf Space to Make Room for Blu-ray

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amazon.com - 10/27/2008

Save $100 When You Buy a Blu-ray Player and Four Warner Blu-ray Discs Together

— amazon.com — Save $100 when you buy a Blu-ray disc player together with four Blu-ray discs from Warner Home... Video. Choose an eligible Blu-ray disc player and four eligible Blu-ray discs from the below list, and add them all to your Shopping Cart. At checkout, ... (more) Save $100 When You Buy a Blu-ray Player and Four Warner ...

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Blu-ray Players Starting To Look Reasonable
Silicon Alley Insider — It looks like retailers and electronics makers are realizing they're going to have to cut prices on Blu-ray disc players sooner than later if they have any hope that Blu-ray is ever going to take off. Smart move: Blu-ray players were way too expensive at $400. WSJ: Entry-level Blu-ray players have dropped to below $230 at major retailers including Target Corp., Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Best Buy Co. Some experts predict that promotional prices may fall below $150 on Black Friday, the big shopping day after Thanksgiving. ...

Blu-Ray Prices Cut - But Is It Enough?
The Blade by Ron Schenone, MVP — ... has not performed to expectations, but manufacturers sense the urgency, and are making sure that they lower prices to the point that Blu-ray players will become irresistible to consumers this holiday season,” said Bruce Tripido, a vice president of marketing at Sharp Electronics Corp. So the question is this. Will you be buying Blu-Ray this holiday season? Or do you believe that DVD’s are good enough? Comments welcome. Source

Blu-ray Players predicted to drop below $150 on Black Friday
I4U News — ... finally got a sales price below $200 with currently selling for $199.98. I still would by the BD-P1500 though. The WSJ has published a report about the downward spiral of Blu-ray Players and cites experts predicting Blu-ray Players falling below $150 on Black Friday. With the current pricing of Blu-ray Players hovering around $200 it is very much likely to see decent Blu-ray Players for $150 on the day after Thanksgiving. We already reported that ...

Blu-Ray Players Finally Cheap. Will Anyone Care?
Silicon Alley Insider — ... Blu-ray's backers, including Sony (SNE), are counting on this Christmas and the next few years to get Blu-ray to catch on before digital delivery takes off. But so far, only about 4% of movie disc sales are Blu-ray, according to Nielsen. ...