Friday, February 15th 2008 is the day that will live in infamy. Or maybe we'll have forgotten all about it by this time next week: Wal-Mart announced their decision to stop carrying HD DVD Players. The following has been posted on Wikipedia's HD-DVD page:

On 15 February 2008, WalMart and Sam's Club have announced that they are phasing HD DVD out completely by June 2008, thus supporting Blu-ray Disc exclusively. Customers are expected to see more pre-dominant move towards Blu-ray Disc in less than thirty days.