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Originally Posted by jasoraso
Walmart has a tie in to the online video stream service VUDU, and when you buy a blu ray movie at Walmart, more often than not, it will include a code for a digital copy that can be redeemed with VUDU. However, if you have your VUDU account set up with Walmart, when you buy the blu ray, you don't have to bother finding the code and inputting into your computer/tv/phone when you get home (those codes can be quite tedious, too). When you purchase the blu-ray at Walmart, the digital copy can automatically be added to your digital library.
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1) Walmart isn't just in a partnership with Vudu, they own it.
2) Instawatch only works for some titles, not all.
3) Publishers aren't generally giving away a digital copy with physical purchase
The book section you envision could be a possibility I suppose, but don't know if Walmart is the company that would implement it. It reminds me a bit of a book shop in a Science Fiction book (IIRC Flash Forward by Robert J. Sawyer) where they only had a single display copy of each book and from there you could either buy a POD physical copy or a digital copy depending on your desires. Seems more something for a full out book store though than a place with a few books like Walmart.