HD DVD and Blu-ray releases on May 22nd, 2007

In what is almost definitely the best week ever for both formats, we see both of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies from Disney on Blu-ray and both Matrix box sets for HD DVD. While the Matrix movies will be available on Blu-ray whenever they get their act together, there is less hope for HD DVD fans to get to enjoy Disney's offerings. The other thing that makes this week different is that for the first time Hi-Def Digest preferred the picture quality said the Blu-ray title was sharper than the HD DVD, on the title; Flags of our Fathers. No matter which side you prefer, there is something for everyone this week.

HD DVD 197 vs Blu-ray 229.

Blu-ray

• Apocalypto (Buena Vista)

• Closer (Sony)

• Flags of Our Fathers (DreamWorks)

• Freedom Writers (Paramount)

• Letters from Iwo Jima (Warner)

• M:I-2 (Paramount)

• Mission: Impossible (Paramount)

• Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl (Buena Vista)

• Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Buena Vista)

HD DVD

• The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Universal)

• The Complete Matrix Trilogy (Warner)

• Flags of Our Fathers (DreamWorks)

• Freedom Writers (Paramount)

• Letters from Iwo Jima (Warner)

• M:I-2 (Paramount)

• Mission: Impossible (Paramount)

• The Skeleton Key (Universal)

• Smokey and the Bandit (Universal)

• The Ultimate Matrix Collection (Warner)