HD DVD and Blu-ray releases on February 5th, 2008

When you look at the lineup this week, don't be too quick to passover these titles. While nothing in the lineup really jumps out at us, we were very surprised to see how highly rated some of 'em were on IMDB, including the biggest title of the week, The Assassination of Jesse James, with a crazy score of 8.0. If none of the new releases are up your alley, then there is sure to be a catalog title for you, seriously, who doesn't like Wall Street? The red fans will have to be content with Elizabeth: The Golden Age this week, but it should hold them over as two big titles are coming down the pipe later this month. After looking at the lineup for both camps this week, we have no doubt that the VideoScan results will be a landslide again, but it will be very interesting to see how red does when American Gangster and Beowulf hit the shelves in a few weeks.

HD DVD 384 vs Blu-ray 437*

Blu-ray

• Deadliest Catch: Season 3 (Discovery Channel)
• Across the Universe (Sony)
• The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (Warner)
• The Brave One (Warner)
• Breaker Morant (Image)
• Celine Dion: A New Day... Live in Las Vegas (Sony BMG)
• Crimson Tide (Buena Vista)
• The Jane Austen Book Club (Sony)
• Me, Myself & Irene (Fox)
• Wall Street (Fox)

HD DVD

• Deadliest Catch: Season 3 (Discovery Channel)
• Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Universal)
• Naked Beneath the Water (Phoenix Group)

* Blu-ray total does not reflect 32 Paramount titles that were previously available.

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