Suburbs north of Denver. 24x7 Super WalMart in an affluent neighborhood. I had cased this store Electronics department the evening before. Evening before sales people were playing dumb about the sale, but when I asked specific questions and mentioned it was on the website they loosened up and talked about the night crew stocking things for the 8:00am sale. They honesty didn't seem to know what would be on sale though, except for one guy who had a minor clue ("some kind of DVD player" was his comment).
Arrived 7:40am. Approx 10 people milling around in Electronics. No lines. The group appeared to be pretty informed and knew what they were coming after on the technical points, not just "because it's on sale". Sales lady was soliciting everyone who walked into the department, "Are you here for the sale?" Everybody wrote their name down on the list for the product they wanted. I was around 6th on the A2 list. A2 and laptop lists were neck and neck in length, with a good 50% of the group adding themselves to both lists.
8:00am A good 50 people milling around the department by then. Pallets rolled out at 8:00am on the nose, and names were called in order. 40 A2's were available. Strict limit of one per customer, enforced by a 300 lb 4 foot tall lady who apparently didn't like her job. Definitely not someone you'd ask the question "Can I have two?" a second time to. Got mine. Lines formed at the department cash registers to pay, I was around 6th and was done in less than 10 minutes. I saw an estimated 25-30 A2's standing in line to pay, with five or so sitting unclaimed on the pallet. I asked that since their lists had been fulfilled, could I buy a second player, but was denied.
Another person buying an A2 was texting two of his friends at different WalMarts checking on their status. They were at regular (not Super) WalMarts in a nice, but not quite so affluent, area of town. Those other WalMarts are prone to big lines at the door on Black Friday. Neither of his friends got their A2. His quote was "Those stores were 'bum rushed' ". Whatever that means, ... but it doesn't sound pleasant.
Sales lady at my WalMart reported they didn't get any of the $15 HD DVDs in to sell.
Left store around 8:10 - 8:15
Called a different WalMart (near affluent shopping mall, no residential areas close to it) around 8:45 and asked about $15 movie availability. Sales lady said they had the movies, but the A2s were all gone. Drove to second WalMart, arriving 9:00. Electronics department was deserted. $15 HD DVDs were limited to two movies. One copy of the first movie available, three copies of the second movie. I never heard of either movie. Passed on that, bought some Starbucks coffee, and left.