Universal Pull: First Studio to Release 100 HD Movies

Universal is the first studio to break the HD century mark with 104 HD DVD movies released to date. Our friends at hddvdstats.com makes it easy to see how many titles each studio has released. Warner is still a little behind with 80+ titles released on HD DVD (around 60 on Blu-ray). It is [...]

Firmware Version 2.1 Released For 2nd Gen HD DVD Players

Toshiba has released a firmware update for it’s 2nd generation HD DVD players (HD-A2,HD-A20,HD-XA2). The version 2.1 firmware is available for download via the Toshiba Canada website located here. It is unknown what this update does, so we suggest letting the die hards on avsforum be the guinea pigs.

Confirmed: Pixar Shorts Coming To Blu-ray

The Man Room is reporting that Buena Vista Home Entertainment has announced a compilation of Pixar short films will be released on Blu-ray Disc on November 6. The ‘Pixar Short Film Collection’ will feature 13 CGI shorts from Pixar including ‘Mater and the Ghost Light,’ ‘The Adventures of Andre & Wally B,’ ‘Luxo Jr.,’ ‘Red’s [...]

DreamWorks Debuts Lossless Audio with Blades of Glory Blu-ray Disc Release

The cover of the DreamWorks release Blades of Glory has revealed that the studio has implemented lossless audio on the Blu-ray release – a first for DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures. Perhaps even more interesting is the lack of lossless audio on the HD DVD release of Blades of Glory. The movie runs only 93 minutes, [...]

Pirates of the Caribbean 3 Blu-ray Release Announced

The Man Room is reporting the announcement of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End on Blu-ray Disc for December 4th, making it day and date with the DVD release. Like the other Pirates movies, this release will have a 2 disc release with most of the extras being on the second disc. Retail is [...]

Details of ‘Star Trek: The Original Series’ Remastered On HD DVD

Paramount has given a few details of the upcoming HD DVD release of “Star Trek: The Original Series S1″. This includes an MSRP of $217.99 for the complete 10 disc set, PiP interactivity, and the series is being released in the HD DVD/DVD Combo format. A tentative release date of November 20th 2007 was [...]

Speilberg Hits HD Media with Close Encounters Blu-ray Disc Release Annoucement

USA Today is reporting that Close Encounters of the Third Kind will be released on Blu-ray Disc on November 13. While the price is high at $50 for the Blu-ray Disc version, the Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition will feature all three cuts of the movie: the original 1977 cut, [...]

MGM Announces a New Blu-ray Title for September

Bill Hunt at The Digital Bits reports that MGM has finally announced a new title. Jeepers Creepers 2 has a release date of September 11. This is significant since it is the first news of Fox distributing a Blu-ray Disc title since Night at the Museum. Bill also said that Fox told them at the [...]

Rudy Maxa Turns Blu with Questar

Home Media Retailing is reporting that Questar, the distributor of the Rudy Maxa PBS travelogues, will release three titles on Blu-ray disc either late this year or early 2008. Two of the titles to be released are Rudy Maxa’s Europe To The Max and The Enchanted Pacific To The Max. Questar chairman Albert Nader said [...]

Target to Announce Sony Blu-ray Standalone Player End Caps In Store

TimesDaily.com has published an article stating that Target will start selling a Sony Blu-ray high-definition DVD player during the critical holiday shopping period. According the article, Target will sell the Sony BDP-S300 for $499 in October and display it along with Blu-ray DVDs from three studios, including Sony and The Walt Disney Co., at the [...]