Wednesday, May 2, 2007
Wal-Mart, Fuh Yuan Deny $299 HD DVD Player Deal
Posted by Damion Chaplin in "NEWS" @ 02:00 PM
"In the endless sniping between the Blu-ray and HD DVD camps, one bit of news involving HD DVD and Wal-Mart looks to have been overstated. Upon hearing news that Wal-Mart was placing orders for $299 HD DVD players, a number of news outlets and blogs reported that Wal-Mart was officially backing HD DVD, and that the move would be a big boon for HD DVD in general... As it turns out, Wal-Mart made no such orders. Fuh Yuan issued a statement clarifying the situation: Wal-Mart is shopping around, looking at options. Fuh Yuan said that they have not received an order from Wal-Mart. The company wants to know if and when Fuh Yuan could deliver a mass of HD DVD players, and at what price, however. In short, there's no set deal, no set price, and no clear notion of when HD DVD players might storm the hallowed halls of Wal-Mart priced at the low, low $299 mark that had everyone flipping out earlier in the week."
Well, for those of us (like me) that were hoping to maybe get their hands on that $299 HD-DVD player from Wal-Mart may end up waiting even longer. Apparently, the whole thing was totally blown out of proportion and never happened the way everyone was reporting it had. Oh well. Rest assured that $299 player will come eventually, just not quite as soon as everyone was hoping...
Well, for those of us (like me) that were hoping to maybe get their hands on that $299 HD-DVD player from Wal-Mart may end up waiting even longer. Apparently, the whole thing was totally blown out of proportion and never happened the way everyone was reporting it had. Oh well. Rest assured that $299 player will come eventually, just not quite as soon as everyone was hoping...
