Harry Potter Box Sets To Be Released On Both HD DVD And Blu-ray

It seems that the Potter-Mania isn’t over yet! Just to let you know that Warner Home Video are launching the entire series of Harry Potter movies as special box sets - just in time to make it onto the top of your little one’s Christmas list.

The launch of the box sets will see the availability of ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’, the latest film in the series, get a UK release date. More importantly, the film will be released on both HD DVD and Blu-Ray. So, now it’s down to the buyers to decide whether they will back Sony’s Blu-ray format or Toshiba’s own HD DVD version.

Which do you think you’ll be buying?

The DVD Box Set is set to be launched in the UK in November, though Warner’s press office is still waiting for confirmation on exact dates, pricing and extras.

Bonus features on the two-disc special edition and high-def formats include 17 minutes of new footage and themed futurities

The HD DVD version will also include an “In Movie Experience” with the cast and web-enabled features that allow viewers to assemble movie clips into a montage, organise a screening and select images and ringtones for mobile phones while the Blu-ray edition includes additional making-of clips.

It will be interesting to see which format does better in terms of sales. Whatever the outcome, the war between the formats is bound to continue.

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