I sent Blockbuster this email:
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> Customer (Brandon) - 06/18/2007 09:51 PM
> I think it strange when you sell the XBOX 360 HD-DVD player and yet you are only going to support BlueRay. Come on! Please give us HD-DVD's. I think I would buy a HD-DVD player for my XBOX 360 if you started to support HD-DVD's. Please rethink this decision.
And I just got this reply:
06/26/07
Brandon,
Thank you for your feedback regarding our decision to expand our Blu ray
inventory in more than 1,700 corporate owned stores nationwide. Please
note that this expansion will not impact the current inventory of HD DVD
titles in store or online. Blockbuster continues to carry HD DVD in about
250 stores and also offers HD DVD titles online.
We are not endorsing either format and have no desire to lead customers to
a certain format choice. Our goal is to offer customers the most
convenient access to the movies they want and that means giving them the
best availability and the best selection possible in the formats they
prefer.
Blu ray rentals have been outpacing HD DVD rentals in our stores where
we've been offering the high definition format 70 to 30 percent in 2007.
Additionally, because more studios support the Blu ray product, there's a
wider selection of titles available on this format to offer to our
customers.
While it is still too early to say which high definition format will
become the industry standard, we will continue to closely monitor customer
rental patterns both at our stores and online, so we can adjust our
inventory mix accordingly and ensure that Blockbuster is offering
customers the most convenient access to the movies they want, in the
format they want. That may mean in the future that we will add HD DVD
titles to additional stores.
If you have any additional concerns, you may contact the BLOCKBUSTER Rewards Member Service Center at 1-800-406-6843 or by e-mail at
[email protected].
Sincerely,
Crystal
BLOCKBUSTER
Wow, 70 to 30 percent higher? Crazy.