National Geographic to commit to Blu-ray early?

  • Posted January 27th, 2008 at 18:09 EDT by
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With the Warner Bros announcement in early January in regards to their switch to Blu-ray exclusively, we’ve watched each one of its entities slowly switch to the Blu-ray platform. All but two had made the switch before the June cut-off day, those two being National Geographic and the BBC. Now we’re finally down to one, potentially.

Today National Geographic released its list for upcoming titles and none appear on the HD DVD format. Instead, their one expected release, Sharkwater, was not found in the HD DVD category. The title is expected to release on 4/8 which is well before that June cutoff. This pretty much notifies the world that National Geographic has made the full switch to covering Blu-ray exclusively.

We’ll keep you posted on when BBC follows suit. After all it can’t be that far off.

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  1. quen_gta2

    • 6:15pm GMT - January 27th, 2008
    • 1

    With Planet Earth being the only disc that sold better on HD-DVD than Blu-Ray they might wait a while longer before switching to Blu-Ray exclusive.

  2. J08hawks | J08hawks

    • 6:16pm GMT - January 27th, 2008
    • 2

    not that i watch nat'l geo. but still great news for blu ray

    psn id J08hawks

  3. ScaR

    • 6:43pm GMT - January 27th, 2008
    • 3

    hd dvd. its your move. what will you do now?

  4. tabular

    • 6:44pm GMT - January 27th, 2008
    • 4

    I believe Planet Earth Blu Ray surpassed the HD DVD version in sales a few months after release.

  5. MrFenwick | SirFenwick

    • 7:10pm GMT - January 27th, 2008
    • 5

    Fancy pants.

  6. Deldwen | Deldwen1

    • 8:10pm GMT - January 27th, 2008
    • 6

    the blue on planet earth went perfect with the blu on blu-rayy... sooooooo.... botom line blu's the better color and the better produce with far better support..... national g isnt retarded

  7. G-Code260

    • 8:52pm GMT - January 27th, 2008
    • 7

    is this really news, i mean who watches national geographic anyway?

  8. DaveW

    • 9:18pm GMT - January 27th, 2008
    • 8

    G, I'd say kids who can't get their hands on porn, lol.     

  9. IONIXX | IONIXX

    • 9:21pm GMT - January 27th, 2008
    • 9

    all this news about blueray winning the hd format war is old news..........BUT BEUTIFUL NEWS!:)

  10. sorrow880 | Sorrow880

    • 9:22pm GMT - January 27th, 2008
    • 10

    I love the National Geographic Channel.  Anyhow, one step closer.

  11. DeadOnArrival06 | DeadOnArrival06

    • 9:47pm GMT - January 27th, 2008
    • 11

    I bougth Planet Earth on day one. HAHA.

  12. Nosferatu

    • 11:09pm GMT - January 27th, 2008
    • 12

    the hd-dvd addon isnt obsolete since its out there lol its just it doesnt do much but to upconvert regular quality dvds. But its honestly pointless why microsoft released an add on and addons never work.

  13. Uncool | Admodistrator

    • 1:40am GMT - January 28th, 2008
    • 13

    Nice I hope to see more studd from National Geographic, they are also doing Fight Science with Randy Couture.

  14. PS3-The Ultimate Machine

    • 1:56am GMT - January 28th, 2008
    • 14

    Wow,i didn't think so much would happen so quickly.

  15. killercop | killercop

    • 2:06am GMT - January 28th, 2008
    • 15

    Another nail in the coffin for HD-DVD...

  16. Anim3Fr33K | Anim3Fr33K

    • 2:21am GMT - January 28th, 2008
    • 16

    go go BBC, i want ma blu ray doctor who

  17. InfernoReaper | GrimDarkling

    • 2:38am GMT - January 28th, 2008
    • 17

    Who wouldn't go ahead and commit?

  18. Limanima | Limanima

    • 4:08am GMT - January 28th, 2008
    • 18

    There is no more room for nails in HD-DVD's cofin. Just burrie the dude and get this over...

  19. gingo | gingo

    • 11:25am GMT - January 28th, 2008
    • 19

    psn id: gingo.... we all know eventually every1 will go eclusive to blu ray just sum might before others

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