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[Oni Jazar]

Announced & Dated Exclusive Titles (Thanks to ClevelandRob on avs):

Blu-ray Exclusives for the remainder of 2007 (as of 9/8/07):

* The Replacement Killers (Sony)
* The Condemned (Lionsgate)
* David Gilmour: Remember That Night (Sony BMG)
* A Few Good Men (Sony)
* House of 1000 Corpses (Lionsgate)
* Black Book (Sony)
* Memoirs of a Geisha (Sony)
* Tekkonkinkreet (Sony)
* Underworld (Sony)
* Bram Stoker's Dracula (Sony)
* Dawn of the Dead (1978) (Starz)
* The Day After Tomorrow (Fox)
* Day of the Dead (1985) (Starz)
* Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (Starz)
* Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer (Fox)
* Halloween (1978) (Starz)
* Master & Commander (Fox)
* 28 Days Later (Fox)
* 28 Weeks Later (Fox)
* The Amityville Horror (1979) (MGM)
* Edward Scissorhands (Fox)
* The Fly (1986) (Fox)
* From Hell (Fox)
* Reign Over Me (Sony)
* RoboCop (MGM)
* Surf's Up (Sony)
* Hollow Man (Director's Cut) (Sony)
* The Invisible (Buena Vista)
* Masters of Horror: Season One - Volume One (Starz)
* Masters of Horror: Season One - Volume Two (Starz)
* The Company (2007) (Sony)
* The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007) (Fox)
* Home of the Brave (Fox)
* Hostel (Director's Cut) (Sony)
* Hostel: Part II (Sony)
* King of New York (Lionsgate)
* Meet the Robinsons (Walt Disney)
* Mr. Brooks (MGM)
* Scary Movie (Dimension)
* Spider-Man 3 (Sony)
* Spider-Man: The High-Definition Trilogy (Sony)
* Battle of Britain (MGM)
* Beowulf & Grendel (Starz)
* A Bridge Too Far (MGM)
* Cars (Buena Vista)
* Monty Python's Life of Brian (Sony)
* Oldboy (Tartan)
* The Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1 (Walt Disney)
* Ratatouille (Walt Disney)
* Red Dawn (MGM) JUST LISTED!
* Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Sony)
* Dragon Ball Z: Broly (FUNimation)
* I, Robot (Fox)
* IMAX: Africa the Serengeti (Razor Digital)
* IMAX: Alaska Spirit of the Wild (Razor Digital)
* IMAX: Antarctica -- An Adventure of a Different Nature (Razor Digital)
* IMAX: Australia Land Beyond Time (Razor Digital)
* Masters of Horror: Season One - Volume Three (Starz)
* Prison Break: Season One (Fox)
* Badder Santa: The Unrated Version (Buena Vista)
* The Die Hard Trilogy (Fox)
* Live Free or Die Hard (Fox)
* Pathfinder (Fox)
* The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (Buena Vista)
* 20 Million Miles to Earth (Sony)
* Cast Away (Fox)
* Independence Day (Fox)
* Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Fox)
* Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Buena Vista)
* Ronin (MGM)
* High School Musical 2 (Walt Disney)
* Lost: The Complete Third Season - The Unexplored Experience (Disney)
* Masters of Horror: Season One - Volume Four (Starz)


HD-DVD Exclusives for the remainder of 2007 (as of 9/8/07):

* Elizabeth (Universal)
* For Love of the Game (Universal)
* The Last Starfighter (Universal)
* Saturday Night Fever (Paramount)
* Evening (Universal)
* Freedom: 2 (Bandai Visual)
* The Getaway (1994) (Universal)
* Knocked Up (Universal)
* Next (Paramount)
* Patch Adams (Universal)
* Top Gun (Paramount)
* Evan Almighty (Universal)
* A Mighty Heart (Paramount)
* Transformers (DreamWorks)
* Carlito's Way (Universal)
* Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (Universal)
* Inside Man (Universal)
* The Jack Ryan Collection (Paramount)
* Seed of Chucky (Universal Entetainment)
* Face/Off (Paramount)
* Talk to Me (Universal)
* Pride & Prejudice (2005) (Universal)
* Star Trek: The Original Series -- The Complete First Season (Paramount)
* Tremors (Universal)
* Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (DreamWorks)
* Old School (Paramount)
* Battlestar Galactica: Season One (Universal)

 

[Bulla564]

That list is not looking too good for HD-DVD...

 

[djkimothy]

Wow, at that list.

 

[KachoMakura]

That list is so one-sided it's ridiculous. Where are Shrek and Bourne?

 

[captive]

which is really what it comes down to - MS Vs Sun

I think you misunderstand. Javascript != Java.
From that link HDi is a combination of javascript and XML, while BDJ is java.

 

[Forsete]

* Master & Commander (Fox)
* 28 Days Later (Fox)
* Spider-Man: The High-Definition Trilogy (Sony)
* A Bridge Too Far (MGM)
* Cars (Buena Vista)
* The Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1 (Walt Disney)
* Ratatouille (Walt Disney)
* Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Sony)
* Cast Away (Fox)
* Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Buena Vista)
* Ronin (MGM)

Do want.

From the HD-DVD list, I only want Transformers.

 

[NekoFever]

That list is so one-sided it's ridiculous. Where are Shrek and Bourne?

Just not formally announced yet. They'll be coming.

These are my purchases for the rest of the year:

* Dawn of the Dead (assuming transfer is decent)
* Master & Commander
* Cars
* Ratatouille
* The Die Hard Trilogy
* Independence Day

* The Bourne Ultimatum
* Top Gun
* Transformers

Plus from Warner I want 2001, Blade Runner, and The Shining, probably on HD DVD.

 

[RaidenZR]

I got my PS3 from Amazon on Thursday and, being a previous HD disc skeptic I have to say I was incredibly impressed. I tossed in "A Scanner Darkly" while I was half asleep and right out of the gate the quality made me perk up and stare attentively and in awe at the colors and clarity. I am a believer now. I am one of those individuals who can quite easily see the difference and quality jump from standard DVD. I even worked on Scanner as an animator and the material looked as good as the source we cranked out. It helps that it was vector-based and can be output at any resolution, but yeah... the final product on my screen was very redeeming. If that's not an endorsement for anyone who can afford this luxury, then I don't know what else can be.

That said, I caught this tidbit this morning: http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=487

Sounds like Sin City and Batman Begins are being prepped for the Blu-Ray format. Was this known information?

 

[Kabuki Waq]

HD DVD got LASt star fighter as well??!!?


FUCK!

 

[distantmantra]

Blu-ray Exclusives I want

* Black Book (Sony)
* Tekkonkinkreet (Sony)
* Edward Scissorhands (Fox)
* RoboCop (MGM)
* Spider-Man: The High-Definition Trilogy (Sony)
* Oldboy (Tartan)
* Ratatouille (Walt Disney)
* Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Sony)
* The Die Hard Trilogy (Fox)
* Live Free or Die Hard (Fox)
* Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Buena Vista)

HD-DVD Exclusives I want

* Freedom: 2 (Bandai Visual)
* Knocked Up (Universal)
* Transformers (DreamWorks)
* Battlestar Galactica: Season One (Universal)
+ Bourne Ultimatum

Sucks that I'll be missing out on the HD-DVD exclusives, but there's enough crap on Blu-ray (and Blade Runner and Harry Potter) that I want to blow my money on.

 

[Days like these...]

Sounds like Sin City and Batman Begins are being prepped for the Blu-Ray format. Was this known information?

Warner's been dangling the proverbial carrot in front of Blu Ray owners for awhile now. Supposedly they're waiting for BD-J to be finalized/implemented.

 

[Xater]

My lists would look like this:

Blu-ray:

* The Replacement Killers (Sony)
* Black Book (Sony)
* Memoirs of a Geisha (Sony)
* Tekkonkinkreet (Sony)
* Bram Stoker's Dracula (Sony)
* Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (Starz)
* Master & Commander (Fox)
* 28 Days Later (Fox)
* 28 Weeks Later (Fox)
* RoboCop (MGM)
* Spider-Man: The High-Definition Trilogy (Sony)
* Oldboy (Tartan)
* Ratatouille (Walt Disney)
* Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Sony)
* The Die Hard Trilogy (Fox)


HD-DVD:

* Transformers (DreamWorks)
* Face/Off (Paramount) (<- can get this one on Blu-ray over here)
+Bourne Ultimatum

Seems like I can still wait with my HD purchase. :lol

 

[Oni Jazar]

That list is so one-sided it's ridiculous. Where are Shrek and Bourne?

They have not been dated.

 

[VanMardigan]

Dual Layer HD-DVD (30 GB) costs more than single layer BluRay (25 GB)

How is that surprising or somehow counterintuitive?? Isn't that how it's supposed to be? And on top of that, I think you're using old information, because I don't think you're accounting for the yield subsidization, since BD 25's yields simply aren't as high as HD30s.

edit:

Once Paramount starts to really pump out content the same way Fox has recently announced, the exclusivity numbers should look more even. Not to mention, Universal released a ton of their catalog titles earlier this year and throughout the summer, so the list isn't as stacked because Fox chose to delay their titles.

 

[neojubei]

My lists would look like this:

Blu-ray:

* Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer (Fox) (because it is a comic book movie)
* Edward Scissorhands (Fox)
* Reign Over Me (Sony)
* Scary Movie (Dimension) -if this is the first one, heck yea
* Spider-Man: The High-Definition Trilogy (Sony)
* Oldboy (Tartan)
* The Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1 (Walt Disney)
* I, Robot (Fox)
* The Die Hard Trilogy (Fox)
* Live Free or Die Hard (Fox)
* Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Buena Vista)
* Ronin (MGM)
* Lost: The Complete Third Season - The Unexplored Experience (Disney)

HD-DVD that i want, but will not buy:

* Battlestar Galactica: Season One (Universal)

 

[Kolgar]

DVD Forum approves 'bigger than Blu-ray' HD DVD

07 Sep 07
Country: China, USA
Source: Online Services/Intelligence/Video and DVD/Updates

The DVD Forum, the international DVD standards authority, has approved a 51 GB single-sided triple-layer HD DVD disc for production. Extension to the HD DVD standard, which was submitted by Toshiba in April, received approval on 31 August 2007. Other recent developments include:

A single-sided triple-layer HD DVD/DVD hybrid (combi) disc, the DVD layer of which would be playable by legacy DVD players, is expected to be approved before the year end.

Our take...
The approval of Toshiba's 51 GB disc is good news for the HD DVD camp, allowing it to compete directly with rival Blu-ray Disc's (BD) dual-layer 50 GB disc. As with the BD50, it is likely to take some time for production yields to reach a commercially viable level. However, once this has been achieved it will arguably eliminate one of the principle reasons behind some studios' support of Blu-ray over HD DVD, thus potentially making it easier for Disney or Fox to adopt a format-agnostic position without losing face. Meanwhile, the development of a triple-layer single-sided hybrid HD DVD/DVD disc will also be welcomed by HD DVD supporters. Both Warner and Universal have been releasing double-sided hybrids in the US for some time but they have yet to use this approach in Europe. Single-sided hybrids (sometimes called 'twin format' discs) offer the same space for promotional printing as traditional optical discs and do not require the consumer to think about which way to put them into the player. Anime title Freedom was released in the US as a single-sided hybrid in June but its capacity (15 GB HD DVD and 4.7 GB DVD) was not sufficient for a major studio release. The approval by the Forum of a triple-layer hybrid might arguably encourage some studios to release certain titles only on HD DVD/DVD hybrids, which could in turn lead to some DVD buyers building up a library of HD DVD titles by default, before making the decision to upgrade to a hi-def video player. So far there have been no indications that the BD camp plans to support hybrid discs.

http://www.screendigest.com/online_services/intelligence/video_and_dvd/updates/vi-060907-ec3/show

TL51 HD - (3) 17 GB HD layers

TL Twin - (2) 17 GB HD layers + (1) 5GB SD layer

 

[chubigans]

I thought current players couldn't read triple layer discs? I remember hearing that argument anyway...

 

[maharg]

BD-J looks more daunting huh? Now here's the actual function call that you may need to use 100 times more:

HDi

document.Menu.style.animateProperty("y","928px;738px",0.5);

BD-J

openMenu(menu);

It's all about encapsulation and re-use. The more the language has to mature the more libraries available and the less coding will need to be done. There are already BD-J WYSIWYG solutions that require no programing.

Um. And what, you can't encapsulate in the javascript/xml hdi? That seems rather unlikely.

I would think that fact that Java programmers are in abundance (and even still, that's simple code) would make all the difference.

Also one thing that Paramount exec glossed over:

Dual Layer HD-DVD (30 GB) costs more than single layer BluRay (25 GB)

So if that extra space isn't necessary, BluRay is cheaper. Unless you can fit everything in 15GB.

Javascript programmers ain't exactly rare either, and, to be blunt, are better at web-style UIs, which is basically what disc menus are.

 

[Crayon Shinchan]

I thought current players couldn't read triple layer discs? I remember hearing that argument anyway...

They can't. And HD-DVD supporters would rather you forget that BD is technically capable of 200GB discs.

 

[djkimothy]

The approval by the Forum of a triple-layer hybrid might arguably encourage some studios to release certain titles only on HD DVD/DVD hybrids, which could in turn lead to some DVD buyers building up a library of HD DVD titles by default, before making the decision to upgrade to a hi-def video player. So far there have been no indications that the BD camp plans to support hybrid discs.

I don't think people will stand for that if that means paying next gen prices for standard def content... Talk about lack of choice.

And are these triple layer discs compatible with current hardware? And would this move not legitimize what the Blu-ray camp has been saying, flexibility with high capacity?

All Toshiba needs now is to up the current bandwidth, and their on par with Blu-ray. :/

 

[Days like these...]

These new triple layer discs will work on current players I imagine? Otherwise I dont see the point in alienating early adopters. But hey if sony can shaft early adopters ( profile 1.1 and 2.0) toshiba can too!
With all things being equal now (except for player prices, interactive features) it all boils down to studio support? Or in Gaf's case whether you love sony or not. Or am I over simplifying things?

 

[HyperionX]

These new triple layer discs will work on current players I imagine?
With all things being equal now (except for player prices, interactive features) it all boils down to studio support? Or in Gaf's case whether youlove sony or not. Or am I over simplifying things?

I highly doubt it. Unless that design spec existed from the beginning, it's not likely to work. Also, TL HD-DVDs are going to lose any sort of price advantage they once held since I doubt you can retrofit existing DVD manufacturing lines to make TL HD-DVDs.

 

[VanMardigan]

I think it doesn't make any sense to speculate about whether current players can play that, whether Toshiba would use it for movies, or whether they just care for the combo disc aspect of it.

It won't be long now before we're told what the deal is. Toshiba, unlike the BD camp, has been pretty open about the HD DVD standards. Meanwhile, the BD camp has all kinds of compatibility questions hanging for over a year now.

 

[HyperionX]

I think it doesn't make any sense to speculate about whether current players can play that, whether Toshiba would use it for movies, or whether they just care for the combo disc aspect of it.

It won't be long now before we're told what the deal is. Toshiba, unlike the BD camp, has been pretty open about the HD DVD standards. Meanwhile, the BD camp has all kinds of compatibility questions hanging for over a year now.

That doesn't mean HD-DVD players are now powered by pixie dust and will have zero compatibility issues. It's quite unlikely that can properly anticipate a unforeseen physical media update two years in advance.

 

[djkimothy]

These new triple layer discs will work on current players I imagine? Otherwise I dont see the point in alienating early adopters. But hey if sony can shaft early adopters ( profile 1.1 and 2.0) toshiba can too!
With all things being equal now (except for player prices, interactive features) it all boils down to studio support? Or in Gaf's case whether you love sony or not. Or am I over simplifying things?

But the films are guaranteed to work with your player whether it is 1.1 compliant or not. These TL HDDVDs have yet to be confirmed to work with older players. Which makes me think this is geared as a mass storage solution.

 

[Andy787]

* Dawn of the Dead (1978) (Starz)
* 28 Days Later (Fox)
* Edward Scissorhands (Fox)
* Cars (Buena Vista)
* Oldboy (Tartan)
* Ratatouille (Walt Disney)
* Badder Santa: The Unrated Version (Buena Vista)
* The Die Hard Trilogy (Fox)
* Cast Away (Fox)

Do want.

* 28 Weeks Later (Fox)
* The Fly (1986) (Fox)
* Reign Over Me (Sony)
* Spider-Man 3 (Sony)
* The Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1 (Walt Disney)
* Red Dawn (MGM) JUST LISTED!
* Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Sony)
* Live Free or Die Hard (Fox)

Will rent.

Not even including Warner's catalog (which is probably my favorite of the majors), looking forward to a great fall for Blu-Ray titles. Finally, more stuff that I actually want to purchase!

 

[SRG01]

I don't think people will stand for that if that means paying next gen prices for standard def content... Talk about lack of choice.

And are these triple layer discs compatible with current hardware? And would this move not legitimize what the Blu-ray camp has been saying, flexibility with high capacity?

All Toshiba needs now is to up the current bandwidth, and their on par with Blu-ray. :/

I've never really bought into the space arguement... Wouldn't bandwidth actually be the real limiting factor in HD-quality media anyway?

 

[SRG01]

These new triple layer discs will work on current players I imagine? Otherwise I dont see the point in alienating early adopters. But hey if sony can shaft early adopters ( profile 1.1 and 2.0) toshiba can too!
With all things being equal now (except for player prices, interactive features) it all boils down to studio support? Or in Gaf's case whether you love sony or not. Or am I over simplifying things?

No, the BD spec is backwards compatible. Always has been.

 

[Cheebs]

You guys listing Die Hard realize that the unrated cut is NOT on Blu-Ray, just DVD right?

 

[OokieSpookie]

You guys listing Die Hard realize that the unrated cut is NOT on Blu-Ray, just DVD right?

Already been discussed thank you for your contribution.

 

[Days like these...]

But the films are guaranteed to work with your player whether it is 1.1 compliant or not. These TL HDDVDs have yet to be confirmed to work with older players. Which makes me think this is geared as a mass storage solution.

You're right they haven't been confirmed to work with older players but it would be suicide for Toshiba to start using triple layer discs that dont work on older players so who knows what Toshiba is planning. Having said that I dont really see the benefits/practicality of using them as a mass storage solution.

 

[OokieSpookie]

They know that, they just are hoping that if they keep saying things like "possible" that they can just rely on the idiots who quote pr statements and latch onto soundbytes without actually knowing what they are reading.
A good chunk of the hd market are impulse buyers who do not do research.

 

[Mau ®]

Announced & Dated Exclusive Titles (Thanks to ClevelandRob on avs):

HD-DVD Exclusives for the remainder of 2007 (as of 9/8/07):

* Pride & Prejudice (2005) (Universal)

Its the only HD-DVD movie I could possibly care about but it is also my favorite movie!

 

[VanMardigan]

A good chunk of the hd market are impulse buyers who do not do research.

If you're talking about HD discs, you couldn't be more wrong. The current HD disc market is mostly enthusiasts who are very well informed. The largest pool of casual buyers would be the large segment of Ps3 owners who know very little about Blu Ray or HD discs in general.

 

[SRG01]

A good chunk of the hd market are impulse buyers who do not do research.

If you're talking about HD discs, you couldn't be more wrong. The current HD disc market is mostly enthusiasts who are very well informed. The largest pool of casual buyers would be the large segment of Ps3 owners who know very little about Blu Ray or HD discs in general.

Oh wait, so now we're going from PS3 owners who don't know about the Blu-Ray player onboard to PS3 owners not knowing about Blu-Ray and HD? :lol

 

[Days like these...]

A good chunk of the hd market are impulse buyers who do not do research.

HD in general or is that a jab at HD DVD? Do you really believe that the majority of ps 3 owners who had blu ray forced on them did alot of research. I'm not referring to gaffers as we are for the most part more informed than the general populace.

 

[VanMardigan]

Oh wait, so now we're going from PS3 owners who don't know about the Blu-Ray player onboard to PS3 owners not knowing about Blu-Ray and HD? :lol

What's the difference between the two? Honestly, I'm not being difficult, but I can't see the distinction you're trying to make.

 

[OokieSpookie]

HD in general or is that a jab at HD DVD? Do you really believe that the majority of ps 3 owners who had blu ray forced on them did alot of research. I'm not referring to gaffers as we are for the most part more informed than the general populace.

Hd in general, do not pull that forced on them bullshit because it is utter crap and the sign of someone who does not have a real argument.
You can't have it both ways, either PS3 users are being forced to buy movies or PS3 users aren't using them to watch movies.
Saying that PS3 users are forced to get bluray is like saying that 360 users are forced to go buy dvds.

 

[VanMardigan]

I don't think the argument is that they're forced to buy Blu Ray movies but that they're forced to buy a Blu Ray drive whether they will use it or not.

But you know these arguments don't really belong here, they should be on the gaming side.

 

[OokieSpookie]

I don't think the argument is that they're forced to buy Blu Ray movies but that they're forced to buy a Blu Ray drive whether they will use it or not.

But you know these arguments don't really belong here, they should be on the gaming side.

Agreed

 

[Days like these...]

I don't think the argument is that they're forced to buy Blu Ray movies but that they're forced to buy a Blu Ray drive whether they will use it or not.

That's what I was trying to get at. Thanks.

 

[OokieSpookie]

Edit : nvm

 

[tedtropy]

Dammit, I going to have to buy Battlestar Galatica S1 again...

 

[lupin23rd]

So this page is the what-are-you-buying page?

I'll bite:

* The Replacement Killers (Sony)
* Lost: The Complete Third Season - The Unexplored Experience (Disney) [guess I need to see the first two seasons...]
* Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Fox)
* The Die Hard Trilogy (Fox)
* Live Free or Die Hard (Fox)
* Memoirs of a Geisha (Sony)
* Dawn of the Dead (1978) (Starz)
* Day of the Dead (1985) (Starz)
* 28 Days Later (Fox)
* 28 Weeks Later (Fox)
* Scary Movie (Dimension)
* Spider-Man: The High-Definition Trilogy (Sony) [maybe...]
* Oldboy (Tartan)
* Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Sony)
* Prison Break: Season One (Fox)

Also, The Simpsons and Superbad if they make it out this year.

Glad I picked up my HDTV today!

 

[lupin23rd]

Just realized that was just the exclusives.

Count me in for Oceans Box Set, Blade Runner, and Troy.


Fuck...

 

[C4Lukins]

Announced & Dated Exclusive Titles (Thanks to ClevelandRob on avs):

Blu-ray Exclusives for the remainder of 2007 (as of 9/8/07):

* The Replacement Killers (Sony)
* The Condemned (Lionsgate)
* David Gilmour: Remember That Night (Sony BMG)
* A Few Good Men (Sony)
* House of 1000 Corpses (Lionsgate)
* Black Book (Sony)
* Memoirs of a Geisha (Sony)
* Tekkonkinkreet (Sony)
* Underworld (Sony)
* Bram Stoker's Dracula (Sony)
* Dawn of the Dead (1978) (Starz)
* The Day After Tomorrow (Fox)
* Day of the Dead (1985) (Starz)
* Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn (Starz)
* Fantastic Four: The Rise of the Silver Surfer (Fox)
* Halloween (1978) (Starz)
* Master & Commander (Fox)
* 28 Days Later (Fox)
* 28 Weeks Later (Fox)
* The Amityville Horror (1979) (MGM)
* Edward Scissorhands (Fox)
* The Fly (1986) (Fox)
* From Hell (Fox)
* Reign Over Me (Sony)
* RoboCop (MGM)
* Surf's Up (Sony)
* Hollow Man (Director's Cut) (Sony)
* The Invisible (Buena Vista)
* Masters of Horror: Season One - Volume One (Starz)
* Masters of Horror: Season One - Volume Two (Starz)
* The Company (2007) (Sony)
* The Hills Have Eyes 2 (2007) (Fox)
* Home of the Brave (Fox)
* Hostel (Director's Cut) (Sony)
* Hostel: Part II (Sony)
* King of New York (Lionsgate)
* Meet the Robinsons (Walt Disney)
* Mr. Brooks (MGM)
* Scary Movie (Dimension)
* Spider-Man 3 (Sony)
* Spider-Man: The High-Definition Trilogy (Sony)
* Battle of Britain (MGM)
* Beowulf & Grendel (Starz)
* A Bridge Too Far (MGM)
* Cars (Buena Vista)
* Monty Python's Life of Brian (Sony)
* Oldboy (Tartan)
* The Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1 (Walt Disney)
* Ratatouille (Walt Disney)
* Red Dawn (MGM) JUST LISTED!
* Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Sony)
* Dragon Ball Z: Broly (FUNimation)
* I, Robot (Fox)
* IMAX: Africa the Serengeti (Razor Digital)
* IMAX: Alaska Spirit of the Wild (Razor Digital)
* IMAX: Antarctica -- An Adventure of a Different Nature (Razor Digital)
* IMAX: Australia Land Beyond Time (Razor Digital)
* Masters of Horror: Season One - Volume Three (Starz)
* Prison Break: Season One (Fox)
* Badder Santa: The Unrated Version (Buena Vista)
* The Die Hard Trilogy (Fox)
* Live Free or Die Hard (Fox)
* Pathfinder (Fox)
* The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (Buena Vista)
* 20 Million Miles to Earth (Sony)
* Cast Away (Fox)
* Independence Day (Fox)
* Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Fox)
* Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Buena Vista)
* Ronin (MGM)
* High School Musical 2 (Walt Disney)
* Lost: The Complete Third Season - The Unexplored Experience (Disney)
* Masters of Horror: Season One - Volume Four (Starz)


HD-DVD Exclusives for the remainder of 2007 (as of 9/8/07):

* Elizabeth (Universal)
* For Love of the Game (Universal)
* The Last Starfighter (Universal)
* Saturday Night Fever (Paramount)
* Evening (Universal)
* Freedom: 2 (Bandai Visual)
* The Getaway (1994) (Universal)
* Knocked Up (Universal)
* Next (Paramount)
* Patch Adams (Universal)
* Top Gun (Paramount)
* Evan Almighty (Universal)
* A Mighty Heart (Paramount)
* Transformers (DreamWorks)
* Carlito's Way (Universal)
* Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (Universal)
* Inside Man (Universal)
* The Jack Ryan Collection (Paramount)
* Seed of Chucky (Universal Entetainment)
* Face/Off (Paramount)
* Talk to Me (Universal)
* Pride & Prejudice (2005) (Universal)
* Star Trek: The Original Series -- The Complete First Season (Paramount)
* Tremors (Universal)
* Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (DreamWorks)
* Old School (Paramount)
* Battlestar Galactica: Season One (Universal)

The ones I will buy

BR

Master and commander
Edward Scissorhands
Reign Over Me
Spider-Man Trilogy
Oldboy
Ratatoullie
Close Encounters
Live Free Or Die Hard
Cast Away
Lost Third Season

HD-DVD

Knocked Up
The Jack Ryan Collection
Battlestar Gallactica
Bourne Ultimatum

but you can also add the 5 harry potter films, and Blade Runner to HDDVD.....

BR looks to win this round though.

 

[YYZ]

Anyone know if Mr. and Mrs. Smith will have all the various commentaries released on the various DVDs? I think there are 4 different ones total.


Would buy/rent and maybe buy:

Blu-ray Exclusives for the remainder of 2007 (as of 9/8/07):

* The Replacement Killers (Sony)
* A Few Good Men (Sony)
* Black Book (Sony)
* Tekkonkinkreet (Sony)
* Underworld (Sony)
* Bram Stoker's Dracula (Sony)
* Master & Commander (Fox)
* 28 Days Later (Fox)
* 28 Weeks Later (Fox)
* The Fly (1986) (Fox)
* From Hell (Fox)
* Reign Over Me (Sony)
* The Invisible (Buena Vista)
* The Company (2007) (Sony)
* Hostel (Director's Cut) (Sony)
* Hostel: Part II (Sony)
* King of New York (Lionsgate)
* Spider-Man: The High-Definition Trilogy (Sony)
* A Bridge Too Far (MGM)
* Oldboy (Tartan)
* The Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 1 (Walt Disney)
* Ratatouille (Walt Disney)
* Red Dawn (MGM) JUST LISTED!
* Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Sony)
* I, Robot (Fox)
* The Die Hard Trilogy (Fox)
* Live Free or Die Hard (Fox)
* Pathfinder (Fox)
* Independence Day (Fox)
* Mr. & Mrs. Smith (Fox)
* Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Buena Vista)
* Ronin (MGM)


HD-DVD Exclusives for the remainder of 2007 (as of 9/8/07):

* Elizabeth (Universal)
* Evening (Universal)
* Knocked Up (Universal)
* Top Gun (Paramount)
* A Mighty Heart (Paramount)
* Transformers (DreamWorks)
* Carlito's Way (Universal)
* Carlito's Way: Rise to Power (Universal)
* Inside Man (Universal)
* The Jack Ryan Collection (Paramount)
* Talk to Me (Universal)
* Pride & Prejudice (2005) (Universal)
* Old School (Paramount)




Aren't the Harry Potter films going to be released in both formats? I'll just wait for the massive 7 (?) movie box set for $300, lol.

 

[gray_fox224]

just ordered the Heroes set, going neutral baby






hayden in hi-def+DO WANT

 

[ChryZ]

Must switch to hddvd, blueray will ruin me (financially).

 

[gray_fox224]

Must switch to hddvd, blueray will ruin me (financially).

how?