ATTN JMS: Lost Tales on Blu-Ray?

[pvai...@gmail.com]

Any chance of a release of Lost Tales day-and-date (or announced
before DVD release) on Blu-Ray? (or HD-DVD for that matter, although
I've got a PS3 so would prefer Blu-Ray :) I either buy on DVD or hi-
def, but try to avoid duplication--although the studios don't seem to
understand us non-duplicate buyers! Should I be waiting for a Blu-
Ray?

Pat

[Joseph DeMartino]

On Apr 25, 10:38 am, pvais...@gmail.com wrote:
> Any chance of a release of Lost Tales day-and-date (or announced
> before DVD release) on Blu-Ray?

Obviously IANJMS, but here's what I can tell you:

"The Lost Tales" *is* getting a hi-def day-and-date release - on XBox
360. <g> It is one of the first two titles that Warner Bros. is
releasing for paid download to the game system under a new deal with
Microsoft.

That's the bad news. The good news is that the WB deal almost
certainly gives XBox an exclusive *window* for the hi-def version,
after which WB will be free to release the film in hi-def on disc as
well. Since Warner Bros. supports both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray I don't
expect this to be an either-or proposition. (In fact, since WB knows
that "B5" fans tend to be early adopters - much more so than "Trek"
fans from the anecdotal evidence I've seen over the years - I think
"TLT" may be one of the first TotalHD discs they bring to market.
TotalHD is WB's HD combo disc, with HD-DVD on one side and Blu-Ray on
the other, an attempt to get around consumer's fears of getting stuck
with a collection of discs in the "losing" format.)

That's speculation, but educated speculation. <g>

Regards,

Joe