Audio Video News

It's been less than a week since we reported that Netflix will stop renting HD DVDs in favor of Blu-ray discs and Best Buy will promote only Blu-ray, even though it will still carry HD DVD products in its stores. Now, an official blog by some Wal-Mart Associates reveals that the über retail chain will carry Blu-ray discs and players exclusively as of June, 2008. As blogger Susan writes, "If you bought the HD player like me, I'd retire it to the bedroom, kid's playroom, or give it to your parents to play their John Wayne standard-def movies."

It sure looks grim for HD DVD at this point. Perhaps UAV reviewer Tom Norton put it best, saying, "The fat lady has finished her warm-up for the final act of Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), grabbed her spear, and tossed a couple of chocolate donuts onto her helmet horns for a post-apocalyptic snack."