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Blu-ray releases on April 8th, 2008
At first glance this week looks pretty decent, but when you take a second look you'll notice the biggest release of the week is MIA. We'd hoped that Paramount would be ready to release Blu-ray titles in time for There Will be Blood, we now know we'll have to go without -- guess Paramount will just have to wait to get our money. Sony's leading the way this week with four releases though, two of which include BD Live content as well as TrueHD sound. Something also interesting to note is that the super hot, I Am Legend hits HD DVD this week, so we'll be interested to see how well it sells on next week's VideoScan numbers now that some retailers have eliminated its HD DVD shelf space. Blu-ray 496*Blu-ray The 6th Day (Sony) The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (Sony) Sharkwater (Warner) Space Ace (Digital Leisure) Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story (Sony) The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep (Sony) Yukikaze (Bandai Visual) * Blu-ray total does not reflect 32 Paramount titles that were previously officially available.
Walk Hard's BD-Live features get tested on Sony's PS3
Shortly after finding out what kind of extras would be available on the BD-Live-enabled Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story release, the folks over at The Man Room were able to snag a pre-release copy and give it a whirl on Sony's recently updated-to-Profile 2.0 PlayStation 3. Unfortunately, "slow" was the term of the day. From the initial four minute wait until the BD-Live menu appeared to the four to five minute pause as each "Coxologist featurette" downloaded (in SD, no less), we quickly learned that patience was paramount. Even worse, an HD trailer took 18 minutes to grab on a DSL connection, and there's no apparent way to stream the content versus downloading it in full before watching. Nah, we're not giving up hope just yet, but feel free to hit the read link for a look at just how rough around the edges the whole thing seems right now.
Sony reveals BD-Live extras for Walk Hard
Answering the question of "what can't fit on 75GBs of the Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story Blu-ray release?" Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has revealed its first BD-Live extras. For this flick, High-Def Digest says viewers can download three exclusive mini-featurettes based around the Derek Stone character played by Bill Hader, a "Coxologist". Physically present on the two disc set are a bunch of other extras including commentaries, making-of, deleted scenes and more. No word what's in store for The 6th Day owners, but we imagine it's something similar.
