Best Buy to 'Focus' On Blu-ray
The retailer says it will feature Blu-ray products, but will still carry some HD DVD items.
By Swanni
The retailer said that it will recommend that its customers choose Blu-ray over HD DVD, according to an article by Reuters.
But Best Buy added that although it would prominently feature Blu-ray discs and players in stores, it would still carry some HD DVD items.
"Because we believe that Blu-ray is fast emerging as that single format, we have decided to focus on Blu-ray products," Best Buy COO Brian Dunn said in a statement.
The Best Buy news follows an earlier announcement today from NetFlix that it would back Blu-ray exclusively by year's end. The twin announcements could put more pressure on Toshiba, the leading supporter of the HD DVD format, to drop out.
Best Buy said it would place more emphasis on Blu-ray at retail starting in March.
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