Right now Warners is waiting for BD-Java, Blu-ray's special features engine, to get finalized for IME, the in-movie experience, before they release big-hitters on BD (like Batman Begins, V for Vendetta, Matrix). There's a bit more to the IME that they're waiting for, but that's the skinny; they want to have the same extra features on both formats, and right now they're waiting for the finalization of Blu-ray's IME standardizing.
Note: Blood Diamond, which will be out June 5 for BD, and a month later for HD-DVD, will have different features. The HD-DVD release will have more special features than the BD release, but I think that's all the differences between the two. So, if you don't really care for the extras and you want to show Warners that fact so they'll consider putting out Harry Potter w/out the extra features, buy Blood Diamond so they see that content is king.
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