Warner's first UK BD & HD DVD titles announced

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Warner Home Video have now officially announced their UK HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc line-ups with the first titles arriving on 20th November, followed by a second wave on 4th December 2006. The titles consist of recent blockbusters alongside new and old catalogue favourites, with HD DVD receiving the choice picks such as Batman Begins, V For Vendetta and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Unfortunately we have no specs for you at this time. All titles will retail at £24.99.

Where available you can view artwork by clicking on the film titles.

Arriving 20th November 2006 on HD DVD are:

Batman Begins
Constantine
Enter the Dragon
Firewall
Full Metal Jacket
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
The Last Samurai
Rumour Has It
Troy
Unforgiven
V For Vendetta

And on Blu-ray Disc:

Firewall
The Fugitive
Lethal Weapon
Rumour Has It
Training Day

Arriving on 4th December 2006 on HD DVD are:

The Fugitive
Goodfellas
House of Wax (2005)
The Polar Express
The Searchers
Space Cowboys
Superman: The Movie (Special Edition)
Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut
Syriana

And on Blu-ray Disc:

Full Metal Jacket
House of Wax (2005)
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
The Searchers
Space Cowboys
Swordfish
Syriana

Further into the year we have...

4th December 2006:

Superman Returns (HD DVD)

11th December 2006:

Lethal Weapon (HD DVD)
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (HD DVD)
Swordfish (HD DVD)

And into the New Year...

15th January 2007:

Poseidon (HD DVD)

29th January 2007:

Training Day (HD DVD)
The Lake House (HD DVD & Blu-ray Disc)
Blazing Saddles (Blu-ray Disc)

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#1 Posted: 02-11-2006 10:18
valmont_74 Member Posts: 205	Awesome news! Harry Potter 4 is still to be announced in the US. :) Wonder if all the extras and sound specs (True HD in several cases) will be ported over from the US releases :)

#2 Posted: 02-11-2006 10:32
bradavon Banned Posts: 2907	Kiss Kiss Bang Bang I hear is a HD-DVD Combo in the USA.

#3 Posted: 02-11-2006 11:32
corr__me Member Posts: 28	well good news to see a few good movies getting released in hd at last.

#4 Posted: 02-11-2006 16:55
colderclimate Member Posts: 95	Well I think I'll get my 360 HD-drive ordered as there are some (IMO) decent films finally arriving.. I really like the artwork for Batman Begins (even though I still haven't seen it) and I'm looking forward to a recent print like Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in glorious HD!!

#5 Posted: 02-11-2006 18:08
antonb Member Posts: 1	Not too bad for starters. I'm not so sure about the £25 price tag though. Hopefully that will come down fairly soon or I'll carry on importing for £13-£15 per disc.

#6 Posted: 02-11-2006 21:23
Jace Member Posts: 130	V for Vendetta has just been announced for release on HD DVD in Australia for A$30 (less than 13 quid), making these Warners titles grossly over-priced.

#7 Posted: 02-11-2006 21:52
bradavon Banned Posts: 2907	They're RRPs nothing more.

#8 Posted: 03-11-2006 01:06
DaveF Administrator Posts: 2314	Updated with plenty more titles.

#9 Posted: 03-11-2006 08:51
Krobar Member Posts: 7	Nothing much new there for importers except HP but that looks like a particuarly strong release slate on the HD DVD side of things. Kiss Kiss is a combo in the states with a very fine picture too (Its also one of my fave movies of last year) but being a single layer combo I suspect the European HD-30 version will beat it quite easily. The RRPs are stoopid but I suspect this is just so HMV can sell the initial batch at a huge profit and justify some big display stands that Warner will want in their stores.

#10 Posted: 03-11-2006 12:53
James Lee Member Posts: 524	Regarding Enter The Dragon, I hope Warners corrected the sound flaws that were on the DVD

#11 Posted: 03-11-2006 19:24
corr__me Member Posts: 28	they seem to be between £15-£17 on play

#12 Posted: 04-11-2006 10:42
valmont_74 Member Posts: 205	Krobar - yes, we will probably not get combos here in Europe which is a good thing if the space is used for better picture, Dolby True HD, PCM 5.1 or DTS HD, or additional extras. Unfortunately that extra disc space may also be used for dubbed italian, spannish and german ;)

#13 Posted: 04-11-2006 12:25
DaveF Administrator Posts: 2314	I really don't like double-sided discs so I'm quite pleased to see that the UK studios might not bother with them. As long as we get equal picture/audio to the US combos and all the extras from the DVD releases I'll be happy. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is on my HD to-buy list so I'll definitely pick up the UK version (or Australian if that's cheaper). From that list Rumour Has It and Superman Returns are also combos in the US. I'm not interested in either but i'm sure Superman will be very popular with US buyers if it's not a combo like their version.

#14 Posted: 05-11-2006 10:12
Zombi Member Posts: 18	HMV is already selling Blu-ray Discs for £17.99 on the high street so I wouldn't be surprised if it's possible to buy them and HD DVDs for less online. Also, as a correction, Full Metal Jacket is listed twice in the HD DVD list.

#15 Posted: 05-11-2006 15:31
chen lung Member Posts: 120	No original theatrical mix = no sale.

#16 Posted: 05-11-2006 15:55
DaveF Administrator Posts: 2314	Updated with more artwork.

#17 Posted: 05-11-2006 21:30
valmont_74 Member Posts: 205	Sweet... Now I just wait for some technical specs :)

#18 Posted: 07-11-2006 08:22
ipod_sock Member Posts: 17	DAMMIT! gimme Batman Begins on Blu-Ray!!! :mad:

#19 Posted: 14-11-2006 17:43
DaveF Administrator Posts: 2314	The lists have been updated and are now considered "officially announced", though Warner are still saying titles and dates are subject to change.

#20 Posted: 14-11-2006 18:43
bradavon Banned Posts: 2907	I don't like double sided discs either per say but the fact I won't need to upgrade when I get HD far outweighs this. It's annoying they're more expensive (more to the point expensive). But then the cost of the DVD now and HD-DVD later would be more so it's not too bad. You're going to have to upgrade anyway so Combo is ideal. I'm specifically only getting Combos though if all the extras are on the DVD side too. I would've got Superman Returns Combo but the DVD side is bare-bones :mad: Dave do you know if any Combos are coming outside of The States?

#21 Posted: 14-11-2006 19:31

DaveF
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Posts: 2314

Quote:
Originally Posted by bradavon:
Dave do you know if any Combos are coming outside of The States?

Nothing official has been said, though from these first releases it certainly doesn't look as though they plan on using them over here.

I have the 360 HD DVD add-on ordered so will have no need for Combo discs. Although the upgrade path is a popular argument for the Combo, in most of the promotional material I've seen the Combo format is being sold on the basis that you can "play the disc anywhere", at a friend's who doesn't have a HD DVD player, or in the kids room where they don't have a player etc. They're really not pushing it as an easy upgrade route, which is probably why they're not so bothered about providing all extras on both sides of the disc.

For example, this is from Universal:

Quote:
The new Dual Format Discs will be HD DVD on one side,
standard DVD on the other side, enabling consumers to enjoy the best of both worlds.

Consumers will be able to play the HD DVD side on their HD DVD player
or play the standard DVD side on their DVD players in their kids' room, portable DVD player, car DVD player, etc.

They can play the disc anywhere and anytime!

#22 Posted: 15-11-2006 11:00

penn925
Lost In Hell
Posts: 17

Quote:
Originally Posted by ipod_sock:
DAMMIT! gimme Batman Begins on Blu-Ray!!! :mad:

No Buy a HD player:D
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#23 Posted: 16-11-2006 12:53

bradavon
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Posts: 2907

Or wait for dual supporting players, they're out soon for the computer market so I'm sure the home market will follow.

Quote:
I have the 360 HD DVD add-on ordered so will have no need for Combo discs.

Fair enough as you say you can wait for the non-USA version.

Quote:
Although the upgrade path is a popular argument for the Combo, in most of the promotional material I've seen the Combo format is being sold on the basis that you can "play the disc anywhere"

It's annoying they're charging a premium when many won't even want the DVD side.

Quote:
They're really not pushing it as an easy upgrade route, which is probably why they're not so bothered about providing all extras on both sides of the disc.

You'd think they'd think of both markets, it seems a bit dumb to me.

Quote:
They can play the disc anywhere and anytime!

As long as they don't mind playing the extras only half the time :D

Thanks as ever Dave.

#24 Posted: 20-11-2006 08:58
valmont_74 Member Posts: 205	So, the 20th of November is finally here - has anyone seen them in the shops and do we have any specs yet? Or have they been postponed once more ;)

#25 Posted: 23-11-2006 14:49
Nickdalodger Member Posts: 58	Just got my Harry Potter Hd through today, just need the HD add on for my 360 now, see that on the Xbox360 UK Website it has been put back to 1st Dec

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