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Best Buy To Recommend Blu-Ray

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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Best Buy Co Inc (BBY.N: Quote, Profile, Research), the largest U.S. consumer electronics chain, said on Monday it will recommend that consumers choose Sony Corp's (6758.T: Quote, Profile, Research) Blu-ray high-definition video format.
The decision gives Sony yet another victory in the battle with Toshiba Corp's (6502.T: Quote, Profile, Research) HD DVD to be the high-definition DVD format of choice.
Earlier on Monday, online video rental company Netflix Inc (NFLX.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said it would exclusively stock Blu-ray DVDs after some of the world's biggest movie studios decided in favor of that format.
Best Buy said it believes consumers will benefit from the choice of one HD DVD format.
"Because we believe that Blu-ray is fast emerging as that single format, we have decided to focus on Blu-ray products," Brian Dunn, Best Buy's president and chief operating officer, said in a statement.
Best Buy will prominently feature Blu-ray hardware and software beginning in March, but will also carry an assortment of HD DVD products for customers who want those, Best Buy said.

http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSWNAS040320080211 (Open in New Window)

Edits: 02/11/08

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HD DVD coffin nail number 1,036,255... - TK421 07:45:35 02/12/08 (10)
How many nails does it take to seal that coffin shut?
- Where is Kekyl with his optimism? nt. - Duilawyer 18:11:56 02/12/08 (9)
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  - He may be hoping for a "mandate": - Audiophilander 15:34:07 02/13/08 (8)
    Since opposites attract, maybe it will be Jazz Inmate in his little blue cheerleader outfit! ;O)
    
    (Sorry, couldn't resist!)
    
    Cheers,
    AuPh
    - I saw you hiding behind your wife's skirt , after you ..... - ZS KEKL 16:16:10 02/13/08 (7)
      made a fool of yourself in the Outside forum .
      
      Your wife had to start posting in that forum , to prop up her so-called " man " .
      
      LOL
      
      You were completely humiliated , and I must say it was .... absolutely hilarious !!!!
      
      LOL
      
      ZS KEKL
      
      P.S. LOL
      - How's that DVD Audio player working? Explain how HD is going to conquer - Duilawyer 07:47:21 02/14/08 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: I saw you hiding behind your wife's skirt , after you ..... posted by ZS KEKL on February 13, 2008 at 16:16:10
        
        the world. Doesn't that make you 0 for everything?
      - With or without a mandate you have a vivid imagination, but... - Audiophilander 00:21:19 02/14/08 (5)
        
        In Reply to: RE: I saw you hiding behind your wife's skirt , after you ..... posted by ZS KEKL on February 13, 2008 at 16:16:10
        
        ... don't fret, maybe Jazz will wash that tell-tale stain out of his blue cheerleader spandex. :^D
        
        > > > "I saw you hiding behind your wife's skirt, after you made a fool of yourself in the Outside forum." < < <
        
        LOL! Keep dreamin'! That's your misguided opinion, which has about as much vested in reality as the future earnings of DVD-A. ;0)
        
        BTW, here's a clue about adult relationships: telling one's spouse where they can and can't post opinions ... NOT a good idea! This is something you should keep in mind if you pursue your male-bonding efforts with Jazz. ;^D
        
        As for foolishness, most folks cause a ruckus every now and then (it's human nature and standard forum practice), but your DVD-A "pom-foolery" over on the Hi-Rez boards makes them all pale by comparison!
        
        IMHO, you have NO room to talk about anyone else's behavior! OTOH, here's a piece of advice: don't give up that courtship with JI too quickly. Maybe you guys do have a future in a sort of Matalin/Carville kind of way; FTR, you two already seem like an old married couple around here! :^>
        
        Cheers,
        AuPh
        
        Thanks for ..... - ZS KEKL 17:47:01 02/17/08 (3)
        
        In Reply to: RE: With or without a mandate you have a vivid imagination, but... posted by Audiophilander on February 14, 2008 at 00:21:19
        
        posting the picture of yourself , which was obviously taken while you were cowering behind your wife's skirt .
        
        LOL
        
        And , congratulations on the Outside forum's Top Post of 2007 , which I see has been described , on that forum , as " Audi's wifey coming to Outside to save her cowardly lion husband from getting lumped up after insulting an Inmate's wife " .
        
        LOL
        
        LOL
        
        LOL
        
        ZS KEKL
        
        P.S. LOL
        
        Suggestion: don't rely quite so much on YECH for ripostes; his opinions have even less value than your own! - Audiophilander 11:27:55 02/18/08 (2)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Thanks for ..... posted by ZS KEKL on February 17, 2008 at 17:47:01
        
        > > > "...posting the picture of yourself..." < < <
        
        I see that you're still living in denial; are there no mirrors in your trailer house? ;O)
        
        AuPh
        
        I see ..... - ZS KEKL 19:08:45 02/18/08 (1)
        
        In Reply to: RE: Suggestion: don't rely quite so much on YECH for ripostes; his opinions have even less value than your own! posted by Audiophilander on February 18, 2008 at 11:27:55
        
        that my posts have landed right on target , and I have made you cry like a baby .
        
        LOL
        
        BTW , I saw your posts , and your wife's posts , on the Outside forum , when they were originally made . I was laughing AT you then , and I am still laughing AT you now .
        
        LOL
        
        You cowering behind your wife's skirt is the most humiliating event , and the most hilarious event , in the history of Audio Asylum .
        
        LOL
        
        So , once again , I say .... Congratulations !!!!!
        
        LOL
        
        LOL
        
        LOL
        
        ZS KEKL
        
        P.S. LOL
        
        Go ahead and vent, but it isn't going to make Toshiba change it's corporate mind nor ... - Audiophilander 21:16:32 02/18/08 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: I see ..... posted by ZS KEKL on February 18, 2008 at 19:08:45
        
        ...get you one of Jazz's blue pompoms as a conquest trophy. ;^D
        
        AuPh
        
        if he had a realtionship, he would not be sullying this forum. nt - Duilawyer 07:48:19 02/14/08 (0)
        
        In Reply to: RE: With or without a mandate you have a vivid imagination, but... posted by Audiophilander on February 14, 2008 at 00:21:19
        
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how idiotic - Joe Murphy Jr 20:49:15 02/11/08 (1)
Best Buy said it believes consumers will benefit from the choice of one HD DVD format.
- Reuters journalists aren't the brightest bulbs in the box NT - Jazz Inmate 15:26:08 02/12/08 (0)
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