Woolworths to Support Blu-ray Exclusively
Posted January 28, 2008 12:52 PM by Josh Dreuth
After analyzing Christmastime sales data, UK retailer Woolworth's has decided to drop their in-store support for HD DVD, and will be featuring Blu-ray players and discs only beginning in March. Blu-ray titles held a sales advantage of 10-to-1 over its rival at Woolworth's 820 retail locations, and as the largest retailer of high definition discs in the UK, they are taking a stand against the format war.
"Sales figures clearly show that the market is moving towards one format of high definition DVD," commented Steven McGunigel, Woolworth's DVD buyer. "Switching to Blu-ray only will provide one clear offer to customers in the format they want to watch high definition movies in."