First Blu-ray DVDs

With Toshiba set to ship its first Blu-ray players in March, and the Blu-ray capable Sony PS3 coming May 15th, you may be interested to see a list of the first hi-def DVD titles available this Spring.

It seems like only yesterday I was buying the first version of T2 on DVD. Now the studios are set to trot out some of the same old horses along with a few new titles to bring in the HD era. I for one do not plan on buying a hi-def DVD player or any of the first wave of titles. Look at the first DVD titles that were released back in 1997. They sure looked good back then, but you'd be lucky to get a $1 for them now. One of the only original DVD titles that has not been re-released is Blade Runner.

Netflix will carry the first Blu-ray titles when the new format launches in late March, along with the rival HD DVD format.

Blu-ray discs will offer 1920x1080p HD resolution along with the usual menu navigation and value-added features, plus new "interactive capabilities."

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Blu-ray 25GB (single-layer)
The Fifth Element, Bram Stoker's Dracula, Desperado, For a Few Dollars More, The Guns of Navarone, Hitch, House of Flying Daggers, A Knight's Tale, Kung Fu Hustle, The Last Waltz, Legends of the Fall, Resident Evil Apocalypse, Robocop, Sense and Sensibility, Stealth, Species, SWAT and XXX
Blu-ray 50GB (dual-layer) *Summer 2006
Black Hawk Down and The Bridge on the River Kwai

Fox
Blu-ray
Fantastic Four, Ice Age and Behind Enemy Lines

Lions Gate
Blu-ray
Lord of War, The Punisher, Devil's Rejects, Saw, T2: Judgment Day, Reservoir Dogs, Total Recall, Dune, Rambo: First Blood and See No Evil

Paramount
*backing both Blu-ray & HD DVD
Aeon Flux, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Four Brothers, The Italian Job, The Manchurian Candidate and We Were Soldiers

[source: GameDaily]