Amazon has a preorder up for Iron Man: Special Collector's Edition

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...X0DER&v=glance

well that was fast

Afro Samurai on Blu 8/26.

http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/d...views/7413.php

Amazon has added a preorder date of July 29 for Top Gun. This could be another big Paramount catalog day. I mentioned a page or two back that Patriot Games is coming on the same day. I expect the other Jack Ryan movies as well.

Is there any possibility that these will be any different than the feature-less HD DVD versions?

Awesome

Loved this movie when I saw it in theaters.

Just ordered mine. Excellent!

VERY Doubtful. Exact port I'm sure.

From TVshowsonDVD.com

Season 1 of "Pushing Daisies" on Blu-ray 9/16.

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Pus...-Season-1/9678

Also Season 1 of "Torchwood" on Blu-ray 9/16.

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Tor...s-Release/9677

Daisies!!!!

Thank God they announced Pushing Daisies! I heard a date last week but no mention of BD...this is a must own in high def, great looking show - and really sweet/funny too!

Yeah, I was worried WB would only release it on DVD. A show like this is what high def is made for.

DVD Town has the cover art up for Nixon (8/19). The full feature set hasn't been announced yet, but the BD will include a new 35-minute documentary and the Extended Director's Cut.

http://www.dvdtown.com/news/nixon-el...d-blu-ray/5567

This is a must get. Considering its coming from Buena Vista I expect it to have amazing picture and sound.

I wonder if the writers strike is allowing this (and Sarah Connor) to be on BD. Had this been a full season show (22 episode like its original order), it would have been 6-7 discs making the MSRP higher (look at Smallville). Considering its only 9 (like Sarah Connor Chronicles) it must make it a good title to test the waters.

Already posted a topic on it, but Transformers is coming on September 2...

http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=532214

Not much in the way of extras (so far), but still a welcomed release.

Beetlejuice on Blu-ray

Nice, but not $15 premium over DVD nice. Looks like its a rental for me.

As with Disney and their releases of Signs and Gangs of New York, Warners is treating Beetlejuice as a new day & date title with that $34.99 price tag.

Disney (Buena Vista) has raised MSRP all on new releases after Unbreakable/Hidalgo came out. That includes Signs, The Recruit, Gangs, Nixon, Beetlejuice, National Treasure... Maybe they were not happy with actually selling movies? Instead of these being $19.99 impulse buys they are now $24.99 maybe buys (and thats at a store like Fry's who discounts).

Raising prices on catalog titles is just stupid. Not only are you going to have a hard time convincing people to drop $30 on The Recruit on BD, but while you're browsing in Best Buy, you'll find The Recruit on dvd for $10.

A $10 difference isn't bad, but a $20 difference on catalog titles is ridiculous.

I remember when Mrs. Doubtfire came out on BD. I was in Target and they had it featured in the New Release aisle with that nice $34.99 price tag. I even laughed and I know about Fox's pricing. I can't imagine how many other people were laughing at that.

We are agreed on all counts there. So now it appears Sony and Universal are the only ones that charge a decent price for catalog titles.

$35 for a day-and-date title is a hard sell for me most times, especially when it's something that won't necessarily benefit from HD-media, like Juno.

$35 for a catalog title is friggin' insane unless it's a multi-disc SE on the order of one of the Pirates Of The Caribbean movies.

Wait, isn't Beetlejuice going to be a book title? Don't tell me they're charging $35 without the excuse that the book case costs more.

Disney used to charge $35 for catalog titles, up until The Rock I believe. A few titles like that and Con Air got a lower MSRP, then it went back up again.

I won't be able to resist Beetlejuice for the likely $22-$23 Amazon will sell it for, but I'm sure there will be other WB titles at that price that will go from impulse buy to rent for me. Same with The Recruit. Might have bought it for $20, but not more.