For Immediate Release
March 28th, 2007
10:00am PST

HD DVD Studios Confirm Spring and Early Summer Schedules
for New Releases, Catalog Titles and Concert Videos

Title line-up and strategic hardware price reductions
reinforce strength of HD DVD format

LOS ANGELES (March 28, 2007) – The top studios backing HD DVD, including
Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, Paramount Home
Entertainment, The Weinstein Company, Genius Products and Eagle Rock Entertainment,
announced today more than 70 specific titles and release windows through July 2007.
With movies like Smokin’ Aces, The Complete Matrix Trilogy and DreamGirls, HD DVD
continues to deliver on promises made to fans of high definition. Additional titles for the
remainder of 2007 will be announced this summer.
With attach rates that still far exceed other high-definition formats, HD DVD movies
continue to sell briskly at retail to a growing consumer base. The 2007 title lineup from
the core HD DVD studios, combined with a strong HD DVD title and hardware presence
in North America, Europe and Asia, showcases the format’s global appeal and unmatched
technology features. Effective April 1, Toshiba is implementing strategic retail price
reductions on its full line of HD DVD players for the U.S. market. The entry level HDA2
will have a suggested retail price of $399.99; and the new HD-A20, with 1080p
output, will be introduced at $499 (available in stores in April). The top of the line HDXA2
was already repositioned to $799.99 on March 1.
“The spring is ramping up well for HD DVD, with an incredible list of movies and the
best-priced hardware on the market,” said Ken Graffeo, executive vice president, HD
Strategic Marketing, Universal Studios Home Entertainment. “Our consumer base
continues to buy movies at rates that outpace DVD in its early years, which shows the
willingness of consumers to make the transition to high definition.”
“HD DVD continues to perform exceptionally well for Warner Home Video, and we see
this continuing as more titles from the HD DVD studios roll out and more hardware hits
the market,” said Steve Nickerson, senior vice president of market management for
Warner Home Video. “Fans of high definition have a lot more to choose from with the
release of long-awaited blockbusters like The Complete Matrix Trilogy on HD DVD.”
“As hardware prices continue to fall, this is a great time to experience HD DVD,” said
Chris Saito, vice president of marketing, Paramount Home Entertainment. “Our HD
DVD lineup for Spring and Summer 2007 has something for every audience, with hits
ranging from Dreamgirls to Flags of Our Fathers.”
From the six studios, the following schedules were released:

March
• Children of Men
• Happy Feet
• March of the Penguins • National Geographic:
Relentless Enemies


April
• The Good Shepherd (C)
• Smokin' Aces (C)
• Payback: Straight Up -
The Director’s Cut
• A Scanner Darkly
• Dog Day Afternoon
• School for Scoundrels
• The Game
• The Jerk
• Feast
• Freedom Writers
• Eternal Sunshine of
the Spotless Mind
• The Nutty Professor
• Failure to Launch

May
• The Ultimate Matrix
Collection
• The Complete Matrix
Trilogy
• Dreamgirls
• 40-Year-Old Virgin
(unrated version)
• Flags of Our Fathers:
Special Collector’s
Edition
• The Hitcher (C)
• Mission: Impossible
• Mission: Impossible 2
• Black Christmas
• Harsh Times
• The Battle of the Bulge
• Mad Max 2: The Road
Warrior
• The Fountain
• Smokey & the Bandit
• Alpha Dog (C)
• The Skeleton Key
• The River
• Midnight Run
• The Frighteners
• Dragonheart
• The Big Lebowski
• Lost in Translation


June
• Bruce Almighty
• Liar Liar
• Coming to America
• Born on the 4th of July
• Daylight
• The Meaning of Life
• Freedom: Vol.1
• Yes: Live at Montreux
• Santana: Hymns for
Peace
• Deep Purple: They All
Came Down to
Montreux
• Sneakers
• Trading Places
• Meet Joe Black
• Being John
Malkovich
• Mystery Men
• American Me
• The Watcher
• Bulletproof
• Mallrats


July
• Shaun of the Dead
• Billy Madison
• Cat in the Hat
• The Untouchables
• The Warriors
• Dante’s Peak
• The War
• The Wedding Date
• The Bourne Identity
• In Good Company
• Streets of Fire
• Nutty Professor 2
• Scent of a Woman
• Darkman
• Sea of Love
• Deliver Us From
Eva


(C) Denotes combo disc format with an HD version and a standard DVD version on the
same disc




About HD DVD
HD DVD is the next generation, post-DVD standard for high capacity, high definition
optical discs, approved by the DVD Forum, which develops and defines DVD formats.
Its more than 220 strong membership brings together leaders in movies and
entertainment, computing, consumer electronics and software. HD DVD is fast
becoming the primary visual medium for the age of high-definition TV. The North
American HD DVD Promotional Group, Inc. is an organization established to promote
the HD DVD format and educate consumers in North America. For more information
and a complete listing of HD DVD launch titles please visit
http://www.TheLookAndSoundOfPerfect.com.