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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedBlu-ray hits retail field.(Samsung Electronics Company Ltd.)(Sony Corp.)
Video Business, June, 2006 by Netherby, Jennifer; Ault, Susanne
By Jennifer Netherby and Susanne Ault Some sell players early The second high-definition DVD team has taken the field. As Samsung showed off the first Blu-ray Disc players to Los Angeles media last week, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment introduced the first five movies on the Blu-ray format at retail.
Retailers said initial movie sales were slow without players on sale. On June 25, Samsung was scheduled to roll out a thin layer of players at 2,000 stores, ranging from Best Buy and Circuit City to high-end Crutchfield. Some Los Angeles-area Best Buy and Circuit City locations, however, jumped street date to sell players last week. Samsung hasn't given a number on its initial player shipment, beyond saying that it's in the...
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