yeah I saw that too.
In the US it will be a Universal release, and will most likely be the exact same encode as the already released HD DVD.
in the UK that company obviously has the rights. Will be interesting to see if it's better that the HD DVD release.
I'll add that one to my pre-order thread.
As for the "PAL" issue--there is NO PAL in the hd world (Amazon continues to simply copy dvd info for their Blu releases) so the only concern will be whether or not it is region free.
Some are and some aren't.
The US is region A in the hd world, and the UK is B.
Studio Canal did release some HD DVDs in Europe, but no bds until now.
Somebody else said the Studio Canal releases
WERE going to be region locked when they started coming out, but I'm praying they are somehow wrong.
btw: as far as extras on Blu-Ray's are concerned--they can be PAL region 2 (the UK sd dvd region code) and can cause problems on US Blu machines--
like not playing.
