In a statement made to a Chinese website, electronics developer, Fuh Yuan, claimed that Walmart had
placed an order with the Great Wall corporation for 2 million HD DVD players. While no one was able to confirm this news, it created
quite a stir among HD DVD fans. Fuh Yuan has now corrected their original statement. According to a post on their website, Walmart has
asked for a schedule and manufacturing costs but has not placed any orders yet.
We are sorry to correct the statement that we
have two million HD-DVD players order from Wal-Mart and manufactured by China Great Wall Group. The actuality is that we had not received
yet. We are asked to provide the schedule to Wal-Mart and cost to determine the quantity even more than two million, if the cost is good
enough and timing is correct. So the capacity is under consideration. Any qualified manufactured base group will be welcome.
So there you have it. While its not a done deal yet, we at least know that Walmart is looking into HD DVD. Are they looking
into Blu-ray too? I'm sure we'll find out in time. If you'd like to read more, Fuh Yuan's entire post can be found here.
