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    Walmart Clearing Out CDs/DVDs to Make Room for Electronics, Games and Blu-ray?
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    Image of hazmx hazmx
    11/05/08

    In reply to Walmart Clearing Out CDs/DVDs to Make Room for Electronics, Games and Blu-ray?
    That lady just creeps me out every single post.... It also makes me chukle
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    Image of unkpku has a really long fucking screenname because i saw some other people do it unkpku has a really long fucking screenname because i saw some other people do it
    11/04/08

    In reply to Walmart Clearing Out CDs/DVDs to Make Room for Electronics, Games and Blu-ray?
    But their 2 for 4 dollars!
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    Image of Crashproof Crashproof
    11/04/08

    In reply to Walmart Clearing Out CDs/DVDs to Make Room for Electronics, Games and Blu-ray?
    At our local Walmart they actually cleared away space in the middle of the men's clothing section for a Guitar Hero display.
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    Image of Skorpius Skorpius
    11/04/08

    In reply to Walmart Clearing Out CDs/DVDs to Make Room for Electronics, Games and Blu-ray?
    Their CD section is not that robust to begin with. Remember kids, CDs are as close to lossless as we can get (sans vinyl) and you can rip them to whatever codec you please. We need to stop going backwards in regards to audio fidelity.
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    Image of DaneB DaneB
    11/04/08

    In reply to Walmart Clearing Out CDs/DVDs to Make Room for Electronics, Games and Blu-ray?
    Gamble now? Maybe. Bet on the future? Yes. Walmart is the one retailer that can cement a standard of technology into our lives. By promoting Blu-ray, they'll make sure the average American picks up a player sometime in the next couple of years. With a new format solidly in place this ensures that Walmart doesn't lose out on tons of business with the movie industry going all digital. This way, the average American will still go to a brick-and-mortar retailer to pick up movies. It's good for their business in the long run.


    Also, let's not forget this is Walmart and they probably spent millions of dollars analysing a project of this scope and determined that it would be in their best interest. They're not idiots. Let's not pretend that we lowly Gizmodo readers can make major capital budgeting decisions for the largest company in the world.

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    Image of Giz Has Lost It Giz Has Lost It
    11/04/08

    In reply to Walmart Clearing Out CDs/DVDs to Make Room for Electronics, Games and Blu-ray?
    They're not 'getting rid' of DVDs, they're just going to pile them all in those big cardboard bins in the middle of the aisles.
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    Image of wjousts wjousts
    11/04/08

    In reply to Walmart Clearing Out CDs/DVDs to Make Room for Electronics, Games and Blu-ray?
    Oreos 2 for $4!
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    Image of inajeep inajeep
    11/04/08

    In reply to Walmart Clearing Out CDs/DVDs to Make Room for Electronics, Games and Blu-ray?
    Walmart is getting paid to make more room. Seeing the DVD section shrink and blu-ray grow will put the idea of upgrading into people's minds. "Hurry up and upgrade of your DVD will be obsolete." says the artificial little voice in the back their minds. I tell that little voice to take a look at the outrageous price of the blu-ray titles and he shuts right up.
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    Image of GTgeek GTgeek
    11/04/08

    In reply to Walmart Clearing Out CDs/DVDs to Make Room for Electronics, Games and Blu-ray?
    I recently checked out the Blu-Ray section in Walmart, and it was pretty pathetic. It only had 2 racks worth of space, and over have of the slots were empty. I personally don't see the point in buying blu-ray movies anyway unless they're newer action movies. My dvd of Grandma's Boy doesn't need to be in high-def for it to be funny.
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    Image of Demonbird Demonbird
    11/04/08

    In reply to Walmart Clearing Out CDs/DVDs to Make Room for Electronics, Games and Blu-ray?
    Meh, it fits. Target slaughters them on DVDs, and Walmart has better game selection that Target.
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    Image of typeszero199 typeszero199
    11/04/08

    In reply to Walmart Clearing Out CDs/DVDs to Make Room for Electronics, Games and Blu-ray?
    where am i going to buy censored 50 cent cds now?
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    Image of AloysiusAsteria AloysiusAsteria
    11/04/08

    In reply to Walmart Clearing Out CDs/DVDs to Make Room for Electronics, Games and Blu-ray?
    Wal-mart can't actually eliminate DVD or CD space, the currently contract ALL that out to a company. The company has a contract in 5 year intervals, and they just had it renewed last year. They can't however scale it back, but they won't reduce it by large amounts.

    BTW: That picture used is at least 5 years old. They stopped wearing Shmocks(sp) 2 years go, stopped using "rollback" signing WAY before that. :P
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    Image of Chris2812 Chris2812
    11/04/08

    In reply to Walmart Clearing Out CDs/DVDs to Make Room for Electronics, Games and Blu-ray?
    Maybe the reason Wal-mart doesn't sell any CDs is because they only sell edited CDs. One mistake I'll never make again, and they are pretty stringent about not taking CD returns
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    Image of Rabid Penguin Rabid Penguin
    11/04/08

    @Chris2812: Maybe you should consider switching to music with less swearing then you'll never even notive the difference ;c)
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    Image of Dafrety Dafrety
    11/04/08

    @Chris2812: They won't take CDs back because you're a dirty nasty pirate. You could have copied the music to your computer, then shared it with everyone all over the world!
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    11/04/08

    @Rabid Penguin: I tried to swear off of music but I couldn't do it..
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    11/04/08

    @Dafrety: Plus he probably rubs them all over his junk before putting them back in the jewel case and Wal-Mart knows that too. They know everything...
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    Image of Reil: Lifehacker Ninja Stars Reil: Lifehacker Ninja Stars
    11/04/08

    @Jrsy is the dude, playin' the dude, disguised as another du...: BUT DO THEY SEE WHY KIDS LOVE CINNAMON TOAST CRUNCH?!
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    11/04/08

    @Reil(aos): Of course. It's the same reason adults love it too..
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    Image of KhaiJB KhaiJB
    11/04/08

    In reply to Walmart Clearing Out CDs/DVDs to Make Room for Electronics, Games and Blu-ray?
    not here they are not... they just reorganised the Movie section and Blu still only has 2 racks compared to the 10/15 for DVD's....
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    11/04/08

    In reply to Walmart Clearing Out CDs/DVDs to Make Room for Electronics, Games and Blu-ray?
    Suddenly cookies are not quite that tasty.
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