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Originally Posted by ack_bak
I think you are grossly underestimating the power of product placement, marketing, and sales. There is a reason why CE and content companies often have to pay the stores money for the best real estate spots in the store. There is a reason why companies spend vasts amounts of money on marketing and promotions.
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I bet you have an iPhone.
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Originally Posted by ack_bak
This was set into motion well before DVD hardware sales started spiking back in 2003-2004. VHS was started taking a backseat in most of my local big box stores near me (Alexandria, VA at the time) back in 1999-2000.
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I think your timing is off. 1999 was The Year of the DVD. That was the year player sales quadrupled, and although it continued to climb from there, such a drastic increase was not seen again. Even skeptical me got a DVD player that year. Jeez, I already had a massive DVD collection by 2003. It's only 2009 right now. This DVD thing has been happening longer than you think. (DVD is 12 years old, or 13 depending on where you are.)
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Originally Posted by ack_bak
Well I guess it depends on where you live. The Best Buy I go to in Salt Lake City has Blu-Ray front and center and takes up a good chunk of real estate. I would say 25-30% of their shelf space is allocated for Blu-Ray. Best Buy, Walmart, and Target all have BD players hooked up to HDTV and are playing demos. My local Costco does as well. My local Target and Walmart have Blu-Ray front and center on the new release end caps as well and both stores have greatly expanded their Blu-Ray section since the same time last year.
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I wish I saw that when I go shopping. But I don't. What I see isn't very encouraging, which is bad, because I want everything on Blu-ray.