Engadget reports that Target has announce they will not carry HD DVD players in their retail stores and instead only stock Blu-Ray Players. They will however continue to stock HD DVD movies and HDDVD movies and players will continue to be sold on their website.
Just last month Blockbuster also announced that it would only offer Blu-ray as a HD rental format. This looks like Blu-ray has just won another major battle in the format war. Now we just have to wait for Wal-mart to make a similar claim. Wal-mart, though hated by many, is one of the world’s largest retailers. Wal-mart DVD sales account for almost 40% of the market. This huge share gives the retailer unprecedented control in the availability and pricing of retail DVDs.