Blu-ray titles are hitting the online stores for June

Netflix is adding some Blu-ray titles to their site. I haven't seen any on Blockbuster Online yet though, just a couple HD-DVDs. Over at Amazon, they have HD-DVD too, even showing them in the Hot New & Future Releases section. Unfortunately, they have mixed HD-DVD with DVD in these listings, which is a major pain in the posterior. I hope that they decide to separate these HD discs out, as now we will have Blu-ray titles coming along too. What a mess!

On a more positive note, if you decide to take the plunge at Amazon for a blue laser player, plus three blue laser titles, they will give you 10% off your HD title purchases for a year. They advertise both camps products on the same page, Blu-ray and HD-DVD, so it looks like this battle is a complete repeat of the Betamax wars. At this point, you can only purchase the Toshiba HD-DVD player, as the Sony BDP-S1 Blu-ray model, is only available as a pre-order for now. Good thing, as you may need to save your pennies to pick this thing up at the current price of $1000.00 dollars. But, they do offer free shipping! You can use that money saved for the extended warranty.

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Behold below, the first offerings of the Blu-ray camp from Netflix, for those that will decide to go this camps route. Remember, once you commit to one camp, you cannot use the discs on the competitors player, so don't screw up and pick the wrong format.  

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