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08-11-2007, 11:51 PM
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I've noticed a few more of my local Supermarkets have started to display high def media - anyone else noticed this recently? I know some stores have been stocking discs for months now but I have seen media appear in several more stores now including my local Tesco. Just wondering if there is a roll out going on nationwide - perhaps ASDA and Tesco are introducing the format outside of their key stores?
That said my local Tesco only had 5 titles from each format on the shelves but prices were alot better than HMV and the like - typically about £20 and included Oceans 13. Perhaps we'll see stores start to stock players soon?
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my local tescos has dumped blu ray discs and ps3 games/hardware recently.
now only sells 360,ps2,wii,ds games. strange-biggest tesco in north west of northern ireland to.
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09-11-2007, 3:59 AM
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I couldn't find any HD in the Sutton Coldfield Tesco and it's a big store.
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Wolverhampton Asda have stocks of HD DVD & Blu Ray discs,around 10-12 tiles on each format.
Their prices range from £17-£20 which is pretty good for bricks & mortar outlets 
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Originally Posted by kbfern  Wolverhampton Asda have stocks of HD DVD & Blu Ray discs,around 10-12 tiles on each format. | I think ASDA might have rolled them out to all there larger stores - which is great because I should imagine their links with Venturer will mean well see high def players on sale there soon. Quote: |
I couldn't find any HD in the Sutton Coldfield Tesco and it's a big store.
| Pity. Anyone else notice new additions of HD DVD/Blu-ray discs in their local Tesco? My local store (Bursledon) have just started so I'm sure they can't alone.
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Can't get much near me. Haven't seen a single HD-DVD movie, there are about 10 Blu Ray movies 5 miles from me. Can't even get PS3 games around here yet.
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The three Asda's I get to all stock both formats. The Metrocentre and Boldon branch's pretty big but the Washington branch isn't. They all had a small selection. Haven't been in the other two recently but the Washinton branch has expanded on BD in this last week or so. As well as the small general HD section they new HD releases in with the SD DVDs and they've just set up a PS3/BD section. Dispite this there hasn't been a huge increase in the number of titles available. 
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The new Tesco Extra in Hull has a fairly decent selection of Blu-ray and HD DVD titles. Some of the prices aren't bad either; for example, £13.97 for Black Hawk Down, Hellboy and a few others.
However, the biggest bricks-and-mortar selection I have seen is in the new Gamestation in Hull (which claims to be the "second largest games store in Europe"). They look to have basically every title yet released in the UK on both formats. Unfortunately, the prices are poor.
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The strangest place I've recently discovered HD-DVD and BR is Selfridges in the Trafford Centre Manchester..
But then they are in the Game store inside Selfridges! 
ASDA trafford park has now priced all HD-DVD's and BR's either £20 or below.  HMV and Virgin in Traff. Centre have both formats prices range from ludicrous to plain silly. And WHSmiths also has BR priced similarly.
Has any one tried Morrisons ? I keep meaning to after seeing a picture of BR in their leaflet with the freebie paper..
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I picked up Spiderman Trilogy (blu-ray) for about £35 from Tesco's last weekend - works fine in my Region A blu-ray player and cost me a lot less than ordering a Region A version on-line.
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I hope Supermarkets are stocking more and more films as i think it will lead to prices on the discs falling
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Originally Posted by kbfern Wolverhampton Asda have stocks of HD DVD & Blu Ray discs,around 10-12 tiles on each format.
Their prices range from £17-£20 which is pretty good for bricks & mortar outlets | Same here in Coventry
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Originally Posted by markwpage The new Tesco Extra in Hull has a fairly decent selection of Blu-ray and HD DVD titles. Some of the prices aren't bad either; for example, £13.97 for Black Hawk Down, Hellboy and a few others. | Same at Tesco Holmbush West Sussex. Top 20 HD titles priced from £13.97 to about £20. Nearly got Bourne Supremacy for £13.97 on HD DVD.
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Woolworths in my local town of Wealdstone near Harrow have begun stocking Blu-Ray discs. I was doing some shopping there and noticed a box on the floor that had their blue cases in. I couldn't see any HD-DVD's at the time, but will whine if they don't sell them. No price details yet.
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Asda in Hereford, which I think is the smallest city in UK has stocked BD and HD for several months now. Prices originally ranged from £16 to £22, but just recently, prices have increased and start at £18.49. I got Casino Royale with my PS3, but cannot see a mega improvement over an upscaled SD version. I currently have a Denon 1920 and a Samsung 42" Plasma which has 720p or 1080i. Sitting at 10ft from screen, some people say I will not benefit from BD or HD nor 1080p, so cannot see any point in spending exhorbitant prices if I am not going to benefit.. Anyone else got any thoughts on this?
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