I found some very interesting news about Warners plans for Blu-ray and HD-DVD over at
The Digital Bits today.
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Another thing that Warner noted, and I asked them specifically about this issue, is that many of the titles that they have planned for release on DVD in 2006 will be released day-and-date on HD-DVD format as well. Warner execs were also careful to stress that while some of their HD titles will enjoy a brief period of exclusivity on HD-DVD, given that the format is launching first, every title that's released on HD-DVD will also be released on Blu-ray Disc when that format finally launches later this year. I also learned that while some extras will be exclusive only to the HD formats, Warner is going to be careful to make sure that all of the extras available on regular DVD will also be included on HD... so you can replace your regular DVDs with either HD-DVD or Blu-ray if you so choose.
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If this is true then it appears that Warner will be completely format neutral and offer all of their movies in both formats. This would mean that the titles that so far only have been announced for HD-DVD won't be exclusive to HD-DVD after all, only for a short while until Blu-ray launches
