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Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Universal Studios' First Wave of HD DVDs for September

Universal Studios Home Entertainment have announced that the following titles will be released in high-definition exclusively on HD DVD, this September 18. Each disc will be priced at $29.98 SRP. None of them will be released on the HD DVD/DVD Combo discs.

Universal Studios seem to be embracing lossless audio as a standard feature on its catalog releases with all the titles announced for release on Sept 18 containing Dolby TrueHD lossless audio. Bonus materials from the respective title's DVD release are expected to be present on these HD DVD versions.

Elizabeth (1998) HD DVD

  • 1080p High Definition Widescreen 1.85:1
  • Dolby TrueHD 5.1 (English) & Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 (English & French)
  • English [SDH] & French subtitles
  • Bonus material includes
    - Feature Commentary with Director Shekhar Kapur
    - The Making of Elizabeth
    - Theatrical Sneak Peek of Elizabeth: The Golden Age
    - Still Gallery
    - Theatrical and Teaser Trailers

For Love of the Game HD DVD

  • 1080p High Definition Widescreen 2.35:1
  • Dolby TrueHD 5.1 (English) & Dolby Digital-Plus (5.1 English & 2.0 French)
  • English [SDH] & French subtitles
  • Bonus material includes
    - Theatrical Trailer
    - Spotlight on Location
    - Deleted Scenes
    - The Perfect Game
    - On the Mound Trivia Game: Includes Video Piece for Game Winner Babe Ruth: Slide Babe Slide

The Last Starfighter HD DVD

  • 1080p High Definition Widescreen 2.35:1
  • Dolby TrueHD 5.1 (English) & Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 (English)
  • English [SDH] & French subtitles
  • Bonus material includes
    - Feature Commentary with Director Nick Castle and Production Designer Ron Cobb
    - Crossing the Frontier: Making The Last Starfighter
    - Theatrical & Teaser Trailers

Stay tuned as we'll update this blogpost when we have further updates on Universal Studios' September HD DVD releases...

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