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HD-DVD's Missing From Some Stores

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Source:  Video Business, The Digital Bits
HD-DVD players appear to be fine but it's the movies themselves that are causing some problems.

First off, in a story from Video Business, they say that The Last Samurai and Phantom of the Opera "were widely available."

However, it seems that Million Dollar Baby is being delayed. Also, it appears that Serenity discs haven't shown up in some stores.

"This would be amusing if I wasn't so scared that this is the way that [HD DVD] is going to be rolled out" said New England's Newbury Comics buyer Ian Leshin. "They're saying, 'It's coming, it's coming! But oops, see if you can find it.'"

In a related story from The Digital Bits, "The Last Samurai and Phantom of the Opera(both from Warner Home Video), are mastered on the discs are a substantially lower level than the audio on Universal's Serenity. We're talking well below reference level, on all audio options... beware that if you start with one of the Warner discs and adjust your system volume to a normal listening level, and then switch to Serenity, you run the potential risk of damaging your speakers."


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The Last Samurai
Rating:R
Release:December 5th, 2003
Director:Ed Zwick
Starring:Tom Cruise, Timothy Spall, Billy Connolly, Tony Goldwyn, Ken Watanabe, Hiroyuki Sanada, Shun Sugata, Shin Koyamada, Seizo Fukumoto, Schichinosuke Nakamura, Koyuki, Masato Harada, Sosuke Ikematsu, Aoi Minato
Studio:Warner Bros.
Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera
Rating:PG-13
Release:December 25th, 2004 (Limited)
Director:Joel Schumacher
Starring:Gerard Butler, Emmy Rossum, Patrick Wilson, Alan Cumming, Minnie Driver, Miranda Richardson, Minnie Driver, Ciaran Hinds, Simon Callow, James Fleet, Victor McGuire, Jennifer Ellison
Studio:Warner Bros.
Serenity
Rating:PG-13
Release:September 30th, 2005
Director:Joss Whedon
Starring:Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Sean Maher, Summer Glau, Ron Glass, Chiwetel Ejiofor
Studio:Universal Pictures
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