Film Studios to release 200 films on HD DVD

Following the announcement of the initial launch titles for Blu-ray disc, backers of rival high-definition DVD format, HD DVD, have responded by revealing that they will release nearly 200 films by the end of the year.

Toshiba CEO of the Digital Media Network Co., Yoshiihide Fujii, said that nearly 50 titles would be out on HD DVD by May.

“HD DVD is now playing… HD DVD delivers a quantum leap in how consumers view video,”

he said.

HD DVD film studio supporters Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios, Warner Home Video, HBO Video and New Line Home Entertainment together make up over half of the movies ever made.

Toshiba’s two HD DVD players, the HD-XA1 and HD-A1, priced at $499.99 and $799.99 respectively, will be available in stores by the end of March.

Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios have already released the movies that they plan to launch alongside the Toshiba players.

Paramount Pictures

• Aeon Flux
• Four Brothers
• The Italian Job
• Lara Croft: Tomb Raider
• The Manchurian Candidate
• Sahara
• Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
• Sleepy Hollow
• U2: Rattle and Hum
• We Were Soldiers

Universal Studios

• Jarhead
• Doom
• The 40-Year-Old Virgin
• Cinderella Man
• Serenity
• The Bourne Supremacy
• The Chronicles of Riddick
• U-571
• Van Helsing
• Apollo 13

Other popular titles expected to be launched include Million Dollar Baby, Harry Potter 4: The Goblet of Fire, Blazing Saddles and Full Metal Jacket.

Source: News.com

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