Ron Schenone

Walmart Is Going To Combine HDTV, Blu-ray Players & Movies

Posted by on Jan 2, 2010 | 4 Comments

Walmart is in the process of increasing their commitment to Blu-ray. It appears that the retailer is going to be setting up a specific section for HDTV’s, Blu-ray players and Blu-ray movies. Walmart sees an opportunity to expand into the home entertainment business and feels their customers are ready for an upgrade.

In a recent article it states:

As pricing has dropped on on the hardware side of the equation, Walmart has seen that its customer base is more willing to upgrade their home entertainment options.  ”We know that improving home entertainment has been an ongoing trend for households for some time,” Jeff Maas, senior category director for movies and entertainment, told Video Business.  He went on to say,  ”Maybe due to spending more time at home to save money, maybe due to lowered prices on HDTV and Blu-ray. That opens up the option to more people.”

Is the extra Blu-ray push working for the retailer?  It seems to be if what information that is available publicly is to be believed.  Five Blu-ray titles were amongst Walmart.com’s bestsellers in December: Up, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Star Trek, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and Inglourious Basterds.  Estimates also put Walmart pushing past Best Buy as the top retailer of the format, now capturing 30 percent of the over all market.

What about you? Are you ready to dump your DVD in favor of Blu-ray? Are you will to buy a new HDTV, Home Theatre System and Blu-ray player?

Let us know.

Comments welcome.

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  • Buffet

    I’ll wait for the movie.

  • http://wp3.lockergnome.com/nexus/blade/ Ron Schenone

    Hi Buffet,
    It should be interesting to see if Walmart can pull this off.

  • Steve Clark

    Maybe I’m not being a good little Christian, but I hope they splatter and lose thier a$$.

    Wally World is the worst thing to ever happen to American commerce. I remember downtown shopping districts. We enjoyed quality AMERICAN made shoes and clothes. These business people were our friends and neighbors and service was real. If my mom had problems with something, she took it back or ask questions an got a reply with substance. Many times, she just picked up the phone.

    My Dad went to the hardware store. He asked for a solution and got one. Try that at Wally World. Fugetaboutit. Groceries? We went to Krogers or Albersons or a local grocer witha butcher my Mom knew . Eight pork chops cut a inch were just that. I got a T-Bone on my birthday. Mr. Cusimano knew I wanted it with the tail. Try that at Wally World.

    Look at downtown now. Betcha your town is the same as mine- yours too, Chris. Pathetic – and why? For a measly few bucks saving here and there. And what did those few bucks do? They stayed in the US and our communities and created jobs for us from the bottom up.. In 1968,over 85% of all clothing sold was made in the USA. Kiss that good by. Shoes? They came from New England.

    And why can’t my computer hardware come from the US? because we’ve sold our soul our jobs and our economic base. Be careful with that word ‘cheap’.

  • http://wp3.lockergnome.com/nexus/blade/ Ron Schenone

    Hello Steve,
    Great points. We have shot ourselves in the foot.