JP
We posted a story last week regarding Kmart’s decision to support the HD DVD standard somewhat exclusively. Kmart has fired back to the media announcing that they are not picking sides in the battle, and they are happy to carry both formats in their stores.
According to Jonathan Magasanik, VP of Home Electronics for Sears Holdings (they own Kmart) “There have been numerous statements in the media (Wednesday), attributed to Toshiba, indicating exclusive support for the HD-DVD format in Kmart stores. These statements are false. Kmart intends to support both the HD-DVD and Blu-ray platforms, and has no plans to support either platform exclusively.”
After checking out Kmart’s site, what we reported on is still true, as they’re not carrying any standalone Blu-ray players, however they do carry the PS3. It is rather reasonable that they would choose not to carry Blu-ray players, as a PS3 can actually be picked up for less money. It does go to show how HD DVD is gaining some ground with their almost budget-priced standalone players.
Kmart says it still supports Blu-ray [via crave]
One Response to “Kmart denies snubbing Blu-ray, still isn’t selling standalone players”
wENQwq November 5, 2007
“After checking out Kmart’s site, what we reported on is still true”
NO IT ISNT!
You reported a load of 360 fanboy crap that Kmart were only going to support HD-DVD. The PS3 is the cheapest Bluray player on the market and its on sale at Kmart.
What you reported was a load of lies. Just admit it and apologise for misleading your readers instead of trying to give the impression that you did nothing wrong.
Oh yeah and stop being so gullible. Anyone with half a brain would have immediately thought of the PS3 when this nonsense statement from Kmart first appeared. How the hell could they drop BluRay without dropping the PS3?
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