UK: Woolworths backs Blu-ray over HD DVD
Posted by Dennis Sellers 
Jan 28, 2008 at 9:46am
In another blow to the HD DVD format, Woolworths has become the first major retailer in the UK to solely back one of the new high def formats—and it’s going with Blu-ray, reports the Retail Bulletin. The company will only stock Blu-Ray discs starting in March.
At that time Woolworths stores will have a Blu-Ray DVD chart in all 820 stores and a Blu-Ray DVD back catalogue section in larger stores. Since launching high definition DVDs in October last year, Woolworths has become the biggest retailer of the new DVD format in the UK, says the RetailBulletin.
Earlier this month the NPD research group reported that, during the week of Jan. 5 to 12, Blu-ray nabbed 92.53 percent of the high-def disc-player market. What’s more, those numbers don’t include the PlayStation 3 or Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on drive—only standalone players.
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