HD DVD and Blu-ray releases on November 14, 2006
With all the hubub and hooplah over the American elections last week, we didn't say much about the release of Nacho Libre and Reds for both formats, and Little Man on Blu-ray. To make up for that, we have an absolute ton of releases for this week for both formats. The holiday buying season is just around the corner, and the studios are finally nailing down the last encodings and shrink-wrapping on their titles for release to consumers. HD DVD gains the Digital Video Essentials test and reference disc, which is a huge deal for properly testing and tweaking your system. With the PS3 coming out this week for Blu-ray players (and good luck getting one!), and the Xbox 360 HD DVD add-on out as well (for both PC and Xbox, heh!), the chances are high that you'll have something great to watch with your turkey and stuffing this week.. or another suitably exciting meal for those of you not in the US of A. By our count, this week's releases bring the totals up for both camps to roughly depending if you count the lesser known studios.
HD DVD 114 vs Blu-ray 97.
Blu-ray
ATL (Warner)
Behind Enemy Lines (Fox)
Black Hawk Down (Sony)
Fantastic Four (Fox)
Kiss of the Dragon (Fox)
The Last Samurai (Warner)
Layer Cake (Sony)
Million Dollar Baby (Warner)
The Omen (Fox)
Speed (Fox)
The Transporter (Fox)
X-Men: The Last Stand (Fox)
HD DVD
Accepted (Universal)
Casablanca (Warner)
Chicago and Earth, Wind & Fire: Live at the Greek Theatre (Image)
Forbidden Planet (Warner)
Heart: Alive in Seattle (Image)
James Taylor: A MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute (Rhino)
King Kong (2005) (Universal)
Mutiny on the Bounty (Warner)
Waterworld (Universal)
As usual, our Google calendar has future release schedules for both formats.
HD DVD release schedule
Blu-ray release schedule