'Harry Potter Years 1-5' -- pre-release buzz

[PeterB]

Warner has finally announced 'Harry Potter' for Blu-ray (and HD DVD) December 11:

http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/harrypotteryears.html
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/harr...hephoenix.html

'Order of the Phoenix' is due day-and-date with the standard-def DVD. No tech specs yet, but the Blu-ray and the HD DVD will not have identical extras. The HD DVD gets an IME track, while both share additional "Focus Points" vignettes, plus an A&E TV special, additional featurette and deleted footage.

Retail is $34.95 for the BLu-ray, $39.98 for the HD DVD/DVD combo.

Note the 'Years 1-5 Giftset' is also due on both formats December 11, though Warner will be revealing those specs at a later date. Plus, no word yet on if any of the first four films will be made available separately.

Stay tuned!

[TauHeel05]

Does the blu-ray version have uncompressed sound?

[VT JJR]

Originally Posted by TauHeel05

Does the blu-ray version have uncompressed sound?

"Warner has not yet released tech specs for the high-def releases, so it's unknown whether or not high-resolution audio will be supported. We'll keep you posted."

[dvddesign]

Oh the mind reels.

It's like christmas in december...

Wait. Ah heck, who cares if there's no analogy...

YAY!

I picked the right year to get into BluRay.

First Dawn of the Dead, then Kubrick, and now these.
they just need to get Back to the Future, LOTR, and Indiana Jones on BR and I'm done.

[SonyFan32]

150mrsp Whoah!

[Blondie-Wan]

Originally Posted by SonyFan32

150mrsp Whoah!

Not a bad price for five movies, though, and keep in mind that's list price; "real world" pricing will often be much less.

[Kotatsu Neko]

Originally Posted by dvddesign

I picked the right year to get into BluRay.

First Dawn of the Dead, then Kubrick, and now these.
they just need to get Back to the Future, LOTR, and Indiana Jones on BR and I'm done.

I don't mean this in a smackdown way, but if you want Back to the Future you couldn't have picked a worse time to get into blu-ray.

[tru2blu]

The 1-4 Harry Potter's were announced last week in Australia for 11/14

http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/795821
http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/795822
http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/795823
http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/795824

Will be interesting to see the sales figures between to 2 formats. Will this be another 300??

Time will tell.

May the Blu be with you...

[Ashamed Pegasus]

Originally Posted by tru2blu

The 1-4 Harry Potter's were announced last week in Australia for 11/14

http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/795821
http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/795822
http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/795823
http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/795824

Will be interesting to see the sales figures between to 2 formats. Will this be another 300??

Time will tell.

May the Blu be with you...

So not only does Austraila get them a whole month before we do, but they get them individually packaged instead of a boxed set... What a pisser...

[tru2blu]

Originally Posted by Ashamed Pegasus

So not only does Austraila get them a whole month before we do, but they get them individually packaged instead of a boxed set... What a pisser...

Yeah U.S seems to be getting the short straw on this one!!

May the blu be with you...

[macachia]

would the australian blurays be playable on a US ps3?

thanks

[rover2002]

So no IME? What ever happend to all the talk of BD-J?

[taygan315]

Saw this in the theater with my daughter. Have to say...I had a hard time staying awake thru it all. Unless my daughter or son wants it, I am going to pass on this one. Not my kind of movie.

[metatron]

the fifth was realy bad. maybe even awful. but will get giftset. )))

[nickdalodger]

The 5th film was awesome, I think they did a great job considering this was the worst book out of the 7

Cant wait this will be $105 on Amazon plus the 10% HD discount $94.50 which is great value for 5 films!!