Engadget is reporting that Wal-Mart will soon begin selling a $299 high definition video disc player. Problem is, Engadget’s source, the Japanese tech site Akihabara News, isn’t sure if the new player is HD DVD or Blu-ray. The Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats are vying to be the sole successor to standard-definition DVD format. Or perhaps the new player is a hybrid device like the BD-UP5000 player Samsung says it will bring to market this year.
Anyway, Engadget and Akihabara News say Wal-Mart has purchased 2 million of the low-cost players from a Chinese manufacturer called Great Wall Corporation. The technology inside the player reportedly is made by the Taiwanese company Fuh Yuan, with some help from Japan’s TDK.
Source: PC World