April 24, 2007

Is Walmart About to Offer an Inexpensive HD DVD Player?

There's a nice unconfirmed rumor circulating on the internet that Walmart may be offering an HD DVD player soon. According to Highdefdigest.com:

News that Wal-Mart was planning to sell a high-def disc player at the discounted price of anywhere from $50-$299 spread across the web like wildfire Friday, but at the end of the day, the unconfirmed report raises more questions than it answers.
The news first surfaced Thursday morning in a post on AVS Forum which cited a Chinese news agency as reporting that Wal-Mart has signed a deal to produce two million HD DVD players to be sold at a discounted price of $299 a pop.

There is some confusion if the Walmart plans to sell HD DVD or Blu-ray according to the article:

But as other online news outlets began to pick up the story on Friday (including perhaps most notably, Engadget), questions began to arise over which high-def formats (if any) the original Chinese report was referring to, as translations of the article show that it uses the phrase "Blu-ray HD DVD" or "Blue Light HD DVD" to describe the supported format of the reported disc player.

We're assuming that the format will be HD DVD but who knows. Any type of high definition player at Walmart should definitely be a bonus for the consumer and surely add some fire to the high definition format war.

At Highdefdigest.com

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