Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Blu-Ray Releases Set for Pirates and Cars

Looks like Disney is diving deeper in the high definition DVD format wars. High-Def Digest is reporting that Disney will be releasing both Pirates blockbuster movies, "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" and "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" on Blu-Ray DVD on May 22nd. This will be followed by "Cars" on June 5th.

This could potentially influence the Blu-Ray versus HD-DVD battle. So far, as far as I can tell, the public has been adopting a wait-and-see attitude towards this debacle. However, if the Consumer Electronics Show this past January is any indication, this whole battle might be moot. For the first time, a company called LG introduced a combo Blu-Ray/HD-DVD player! I want one!

Word has it that it is starting to appear at various electronics store around the country, but I personally haven't seen one yet. The price is still quite steep. I'll wait till it comes down a bit in price and see how it goes....

Zz.

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