While many see Warner's decision to support Blu-ray as a sign
that the format war is ending, this has had little effect on retailers. According to Home Media
Magazine, national retailers, like Best Buy, are continuing to sell hardware and software in both formats.
Last week,
Best Buy spokesperson Brian Lucas said the retailer would continue stocking HD DVD so long as studios release content in HD DVD and there
is a market for the format.
“As far as we’re concerned there are still two formats and the format war is not really over,” Lucas
said.
He said Best Buy would continue telling customers about the two formats and not take sides so they could make “an informed
decision.”
As someone who reads the Sunday circulars religiously, I can say that, in most cases, retailers are giving
equal ad space to both formats. However, with Toshiba's latest round of price cuts and more titles being released on Blu-ray, things
could swing either way. If you'd like to read more, the entire article can be found here.
