Nick,
After doing some researching, it seems that Wallmart will be carrying the A2 at a price of $198.00,
As far as the China deal and the Venture HD DVD players, Wallmart has indeed backed out of that deal, It makes sense since they planned on joining the fray with a $200.00 HD DVD player and have been beaten to the punch by Toshiba.
I also read that on 10/08 if you go to wallmart.com it will list their Friday deals.

A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.