I've been to three new stores in the last month, and none of them carry HD/BD. Today, was the grand opening of one in Nashville. Once again; no dice. However, the manager informed me they'd had 1/2 dozen people ask for them since the doors opened at 8 am. He also said, he would tell the buyer about the number of requests. We'll see if it has any impact.

Ooooo. . . . "the buyer."

Walmart sucks. None of the walmarts in my area (there are 3 of them) carry any HD-dvd's or blu rays for that matter. Well they all have one blu ray, Xmen3, but its 29.99 hardly a deal considering they have the same title at fry's for 27.99. Another thing is walmart.com has higher prices then target which is strange because walmart was always cheaper for standard dvd then target.

Walmart sucks

Wanna know what's even more funny? The new walmart is only 5 miles away from the old one. And the old store stocks HD!

Ooooo. . . . "the buyer."
Yeah really, I worked for Hell Mart once and NO manager ever talks to the buyer. The District GM, maybe but not a store manager or even a department manager. Once an item is sold that data leaves the store and goes to Bentonville Ar. A store manager really only knows when trucks are coming and that they have merch for certain departments, the door greeter knows more than most managers. :)

Yep none of the 5 walmarts near me carry any HD-DVDs at all although all the targets have a dozen of each format.

The closest walmart is getting 2 blu-rays this tusday. They said they will be put in the ps3 case as they don't have a spot for them otherwise..

all the ones near me stock hd-dvd and blu ray but very few titles like 5-7 of each format

NO manager ever talks to the buyer.

Exactly what i was thinking, but as a former retail manager, it is a much easier and faster response than explaining the fact that you have no actual control over what comes in your store.

Exactly what i was thinking, but as a former retail manager, it is a much easier and faster response than explaining the fact that you have no actual control over what comes in your store.
True.

A new Walmart just opened Friday where I live, Washington, MO, a semi rural area outside of St. Louis, and its twice as big as the old Walmart it replaced, and still I couldn't find any HD discs there.

I went to Walmart.com before I went to the new store, to check out the HD DVD offerings, and except for Superman Returns, their prices on HD DVDs are high anyway. I not going to pay $30 for a movie, except for a select few I really want.

Well, we're going to finally get a Target soon, so we won't be a one store town anymore.

There's one opening here in less than a month and I've already asked the manager if they'll be carrying HD-DVD on day one. Hopefully having someone pestering him already will help make sure they're there from the start.

all the ones near me stock hd-dvd and blu ray but very few titles like 5-7 of each format

The posh Wal Mart in Plano, TX that sells caviar only has 4 of each format, and they're literally just thrown in the bottom of one display that makes them impossible to find because they blend in with the rest of the wall of DVDs.

Wal-mart is still in the test marketing stage for HD DVD and Blu-ray. Expect to see more with the HD A2 rollout.

Also Wal-mart sends some inventory along on new products on a rolling basis from store to store.

Last but not least, Wal-Mart's inventory system can reallocate stock from one store where stuff is selling to another store where it is not.

Expect more inventory at Wal-mart when prices get cheaper and sales grow higher.

And Wal*mart wonders why they are having so-so sales! :rolleyes: None of them in my area have ever carried them. Only Target, BB, and CC...

It's funny how different the Walmart's are by are of the country.I have 3 Walmart's in my vicinity(one being a "Super' Walmart), and all three recently stopped carrying BlueRay due to lack of sales and used the space left over from them to add more HD DVD titles.The store closest to me is a smaller Walmart but still has over 30 different titles in stock at any one time and gets anywhere from 3-5 copies of all new releases and always get restocked quickly if the sell out.

Players are coming to the big box stores so maybe HD and BD titles will follow. Local COSTCO yesterday had a stack of about 30 Toshiba HD DVD players for $ 447. It was the A2 but labeled as D2.

The one by my house has both and haven't restocked since Christmas. I went to one on the "other side of the tracks" thinking the demographic over there wouldn't be HD buyers. I was right, although the lady behind the counter said "They're all HD-DVD's." I have been to 5 others including one in a really nice part of town and they said they are supposed to get them but they haven't showed up yet.

The Walmart near me, while it is not a new one finally got some X Box 360 HD DVD add ons. They have one copy of one HD DVD, Batman Begins, in the case with the Playstation 3 games, locked up. I don't know why. I might go pick it up tonight, since I was planning on getting Batman Begins anyway.

The nearest Wallmart has an endcap full of HD DVD and Bluray. It is restocked often and kept loaded with an excellent selection.

Out of the Walmarts that are near me, only the 2 SuperWalmarts carry HD-Dvds and Blu Ray. Granted its not a huge selection, but I was glad they had some at least.

Local Super Walmart had 13 HD-Dvds and 13 Blu Ray. They had KK for $19.99 my son gave KK for Christmas from Fry's it was $24.99 sticker was on it. MI box set $59.99 so what they have the prices are good.

mark

The posh Wal Mart in Plano, TX that sells caviar only has 4 of each format, and they're literally just thrown in the bottom of one display that makes them impossible to find because they blend in with the rest of the wall of DVDs.

The Waxahachie, TX, store doesn't have HD DVD or Blu-ray disks. They don't even have caviar like the Plano store. They do have fish eggs to use as bait in the fishing tackle department :D

what Wal-Mart in Nashville are you talking about?

The new one on Nolensville Rd. Where Harding Mall used to be.

The nearest Wallmart has an endcap full of HD DVD and Bluray. It is restocked often and kept loaded with an excellent selection.

Same as the Walmart in my area. The guy working in that dept. said HD-DVD was selling out faster than the other format.
The avg. price of $23.98 Can for a HD-DVD disc may have somthing to do with it.

The Waxahachie, TX, store doesn't have HD DVD or Blu-ray disks. They don't even have caviar like the Plano store. They do have fish eggs to use as bait in the fishing tackle department :D

Well, I would have thought of all the local stores, that Plano store would have had a decent selection, but I was wrong. The new Wal-Mart on Custer and 380 doesn't have them at all.

My walmart sucks, no hd players from either camp and 5 BR and 3 HD DVD titles to choose from. Movie trading company almost has a better selection, and they dont buy any yet. (Not in their computer system, I asked tonight)