
Walt Disney Pictures' "Bolt"
For
those early adopters and PlayStation fanboys who believed that Blu-Ray
would triumph over HD-DVD, the spoils of that format war are starting
to come your way--sort of. According to Blu-Ray.com, Disney has
announced that last year's computer-animated movie 'Bolt" will arrive
on Blu-Ray on March 22nd, two entire days before it comes out on DVD.
That's not a whole lot of difference, but it does suggest that studios
are looking for low-impact ways to maximize the share of their home
video revenues that come from higher-priced Blu-Ray discs. If
videophiles cruise store aisles on a Sunday afternoon and only see the
Blu-Ray version, they might be more inclined to pick it up immediately rather than
wait two more days for its cheaper DVD counterpart. Sneaky, Disney.
Sneaky.