According to hddvdformat.blogspot.com, we can expect the following titles on August 14th. All titles HD DVD, no combos:

Erin Brockovich

1080p High Definition Widescreen 1.85:1
Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 (English & French)
English [SDH] & French subtitles
Bonus Materials:
- Spotlight on Location: The Making of Erin Brockovich
- Erin Brockovich: A Look at a Real Life
- Deleted Scenes with Director's Comments
- Theatrical Trailer

Meet the Fockers

1080p High Definition Widescreen 1.85:1
Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 (English & French)
English [SDH] & French subtitles
Bonus Materials:
- Feature Commentary with Director Jay Roach and Editor/Co-Producer Jon Poll
- Extended Version of the Film (Option to view extended scenes as part of the film).
- Deleted Scenes
- Bloopers
- Inside the Litter Box: Behind-the-Scenes with Jinx the Cat
- The Manary Gland
- Fockers' Family Portrait
- The Adventures of a Baby Wrangler
- Matt Lauer Meets the Fockers
- NBC's Hit Comedy Scrubs "Training Day"

Mercury Rising

1080p High Definition Widescreen 2.35:1
Dolby Digital-Plus (5.1 English & 2.0 French)
English [SDH] & French subtitles
Bonus Materials:
- Feature Commentary with Director Harold Becker
- Watch the Mercury Rising
- Deleted Scenes
- Theatrical Trailer

What Dreams May Come

1080p High Definition Widescreen 2.35:1
Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 (English & French)
English [SDH] & French subtitles
Bonus Materials:
- Director's Commentary
-Featurette "What Dreams May Come"
- Alternate Ending
- The Visual Effects (The Visual Effects Notes - Joel Hunek, Visual Effects Supervisor and Josh Rosen, Art Director)
- Photo Gallery (Production Art - Earth - Paradise (The Painted World - The Purple Tree - Marie's World - Library) - Hell (Hell River - Ship Graveyard - Sea of Faces - Annie's Hell House) - Heaven)
- Theatrical Trailer 1
- Theatrical Trailer 2

They also are reporting that the 1998 version of 'Elizabeth' is coming out 9/18/07.

What Dreams May Come has the potential to look phenomenal on HD. Very interested to see how that one turns out.

What dreams may come should look amazing, although to be honest, it would be the only reason I would pick it up. I'll pick up Meet the Fockers at some point.

What Dreams May Come has the potential to look phenomenal on HD. Very interested to see how that one turns out.
Yeah, agree. It already looked great on the Laserdisc, especially the colors.

I might get Erin Ca-ca-bitch and What Dreams May Come. I really didn't like the latter, but it could be some sweet visual demo material.

No Dolby TrueHD on any of them. That sucks. :(

Didn't care for the film that much, but yeah, What Dreams....does have the potential to be rather nice in HD.

Meh, not much in that group. Maybe Meet The Fockers for me.

Erin Brockovich for me. As good as What Dreams May Come may look, there's no way I will ever sit through that movie again.

Here's a previous discussion on the Aug wave of titles

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=847469

Yuck. Don't want any of those.

I really, really wish that Universal would start embracing TrueHD on all their titles. Same goes for just about every other studio releasing on HD DVD. Warner is the only one even trying.

I really, really wish that Universal would start embracing TrueHD on all their titles. Same goes for just about every other studio releasing on HD DVD. Warner is the only one even trying.


we need more TrueHd and some 7.1 surround sound.

One thing about Blu-ray is almost every movie has PCM 5.1.

Why doesnt HD-DVD start doing it with trueHD and even doing some 7.1

I really, really wish that Universal would start embracing TrueHD on all their titles. Same goes for just about every other studio releasing on HD DVD. Warner is the only one even trying.

I suspect Universal is still having technical problems with TrueHD, which is why it is more the exception than the rule on their discs. A lot of Uni titles with TrueHD tend to give me XA1 problems.

I suspect Universal is still having technical problems with TrueHD, which is why it is more the exception than the rule on their discs. A lot of Uni titles with TrueHD tend to give me XA1 problems.

This may well be the case, as I did have some issues when End Of Days when I had the A1, however, I can't understand why Warner can get it right and Universal can't. I would blame U-Control but most of the TrueHD titles they have out now don't even have it.

I'll wait for reviews on What Dreams May Come. I didn't like the movie a whole lot, I don't own it. Erin, will stay right where it is in my collection on a 5 year old copy that was bought used from Block Buster. Doesn't deserve an upgrade....

-JD-

I enjoyed watching Robin Williams in What Dreams May Come and think the movie is under-appreciated by most. I found it beautifully depressing throughout with a rather typical hollywood uplifting ending but what can I say, sometimes that's what I want. On HD DVD, I have to believe this one will make your screen appear it's dripping wet from oil paint. ooh yeah :D

Lets use the other thread linked a few posts above. Closing this one to use that one