Thanks. That's what I was guessing reading through the thread as far as the colors.

What about the other columns, how do I decode those? Some are more obvious than others. :)

Here's the key that Grubert uses:

Because the Disney ad featured on Home Media Magazine indicates Cars merely as coming in 'summer'.

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/#mytwocents

On the high-def front today, Warner has informed us that the street date for the HD-DVD and Blu-ray Disc releases of The Road Warrior and Battle of the Bulge have been moved back a bit from 5/8 to 5/15.

Got 2 new paramount titles that will be coming for both formats:

Shooter: 07/31/07 with msrp of $39.99
Black Snake Moan: 06/26/07 with msrp of $39.99

BR also has two concerts coming:

Bruce Springsteen: Live in????(cuts off): 06/05/07 with msrp of $24.98
Chris Botti: Live with Orchestra: 05/29/07 with msrp of $21.98

Bruce Springsteen with the Seeger Band: Live in Dublin
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/news...on_Blu-ray/563

I'm definitely interested in getting Shooter, Black Snake Moan and Springsteen. Big thumbs up on those.

BLOOD DIAMOND on Blu-Ray June 5th. On HD-DVD with exclusive extras July 2.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Five Time Academy Award® Nominee
Debuts in High Definition
June 5 on Blu-ray Disc from Warner Home Video

Also Debuting For the First Time Ever July 2 on HD-DVD
The First WHV High Definition Title to Include New
Web-Enabled Features

Burbank, California (April 18, 2007) – June 5 marks Warner Home Video’s high definition debut of the heart-pounding adventure Blood Diamond on Blu-ray Disc, a must-have for Blu-ray Disc collectors. Blood Diamond has been nominated for five Academy Awards® including Best Actor (DiCaprio) and Best Supporting Actor (Hounsou). Also bursting with extras, the HD DVD will debut July 2 and includes commentary by director Edward Zwick, featurettes and production diaries.

The HD DVD of Blood Diamond will be the first HD DVD to include web-enabled extras which allows viewers to use their players to offer opinions in WHV’s online polls and to view other exciting special features such as maps of conflict pertaining to war-torn areas in Africa.

The HD DVD version of Blood Diamond will also contain the In-Movie Experience (IME), an exclusive interactive feature that allows viewers to enjoy new ways of accessing interviews and other material while the movie is running. In addition, for the first time WHV will include the new Focus Points feature that takes the viewer to exciting in-depth featurettes and production diaries. The IME for Blood Diamond allows viewers to embark on an epic journey with director Edward Zwick, charting the emotional and filmmaking challenges of Blood Diamond.

Acclaimed filmmaker Edward Zwick (Last Samurai, Glory) directs this thrilling epic about the human cost of the diamond trade set in war-torn Sierra Leone. The film which was touted as “undeniably gripping” (David Ansen, Newsweek), stars three-time Academy Award® nominee Leonardo DiCaprio (The Departed, The Aviator, Gangs of New York), two-time Academy Award nominee Djimon Hounsou (Constantine, Gladiator, In America) and Academy Award winner Jennifer Connelly (Little Children, A Beautiful Mind). The HD DVD and Blu-ray Discs will be available for $28.99 SRP. Order due date is May 1.

Blood Diamond is a powerful film that takes you on an unforgettable journey through harsh, yet astonishingly beautiful West Africa. Nominated as one of the best films of 2006 by the National Board of Review, Djimon Hounsou won Best Supporting Actor from the National Board of Review, and the Screen Actors Guild honored the film with Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role (Djimon Hounsou).

An ex-mercenary turned smuggler (Leonard DiCaprio). A Mende fisherman (Djimon Hounsou). Amid the explosive civil war overtaking 1999 Sierra Leone, these men join for two desperate missions: recovering a rare pink diamond of immense value and rescuing the fisherman’s son, conscripted as a child soldier into the brutal rebel forces ripping a swath of torture and bloodshed across the alternately beautiful and ravaged countryside. Directed by Edward Zwick (Glory, The Last Samurai), this urgent, intensely moving adventure shapes gripping human stories and heart-pounding action into a modern epic of profound impact.

Special Features:
Behind the Story
· Focus Points: Featurettes and Production Diaries
· Commentary by Director Edward Zwick
· Blood on the Stone: Follow a Diamond’s Path from the Ground to the Store
· Becoming Archer: Profiling Leonardo DiCaprio
· Journalism on the Front Line: Jennifer Connelly on Women Journalists at War
· Inside the Siege of Freetown: Edward Zwick on One of the Movie’s Pivotal Sequences
· Nas Shine on ’Em Music Video
· Theatrical Trailer

Hmm, given equal audio/video specs, this will be interesting to see which one has more pre-orders and/or sells more discs.

Im on the fence with this one, I didnt love the movie like some, but I might snag the HD-DVD.

Very interesting decision to go ahead and release BD earlier. It does look like WB is not against doing this for either format.

I haven't even seen the movie yet, but I don't think I'm physically able to resist Jennifer Connely in HD... I think the HD DVD will be mine. Blind buy.

I'll be purchasing the HD DVD of Blood Diamond since it has the IME. I blind bought this one recently and loved it. Much, much better than I expected. DiCaprio was terrific as was Hounsou.

I think I'll wait and grab the HD DVD...however I've been eagerly awaiting this release, so hopefully I have the willpower to wait that extra month.

I'll go with the HD DVD as long as it's not a combo.

HD DVD for me

HD DVD for me as well. Luvin' these cool extra features!

Well, I'm glad Warner is releasing it sans the IME stuff for BD, since that's not a factor for me and I was about to pick up the DVD if I hadn't heard anything soon. So why isn't the same being done to The Matrix :mad: Hopefully there will be lossless tracks on this since HDD says the tech specs will be the same for both, though they don't list them.

The main reason, I'd imagine, is because it's a such a marquee title. Blood Diamond losing bells and whistles probably isn't considered as big a deal as The Matrix not stacking up. Plus you want to make a package that's compelling enough for people to repurchase The Matrix on a separate format, while Blood Diamond isn't in enough people's collections to need that additional interactivity as a selling point. The fact that it's a catalog title probably puts less pressure on a release date too.

Yeah, I guess that makes sense. At least we're getting catalogue pricing on Blood Diamond.

Wow, no grumblings from BD-only supporters that they are paying the exact same price for the BD version with less stuff on it ($28.99)?

I would be po'd at WB if I were BD-only supporter.

BD-J isn't up and running. WB is just doing the best they can with a tough situation. I'd be po'd... but not at WB.

No, im talking about the pricing.

Same price, but BD has less features. It should be a bit less since it IS less.

Personally, I love almost everything that WB is doing.

What do you want, a $24.98 retail price? $29.98 is the lowest retail price WB has used, and that's pretty damn good for a recent movie.

Even if I owned both I would still pick the HD-DVD, I've really enjoyed using the IME features. It'll be interesting to see what happens with 300.

Warner has updated the release date for the HD DVD version of Blood Diamond: July 3.

My distributor is now showing Meatballs for BR being delayed/Cancelled.