Sony prices and dates Blu-ray discs, DVD/UMD bundles

David Rudden | Feb 10, 2006

The battle of the formats is coming to a climax. With optical drives and consumer electronic products already available for Blu-ray and HD-DVD standards, upcoming studio titles for the former have set their prices for the next generation of high-definition home movies.

Sony released some pricing details yesterday on its studio titles for the upcoming Blu-ray format. New releases will retail for US$23.45 (S$38.21), while catalog titles such as the Van Damme-Rodman classic Double Team will sell for US$17.95 (S$29.25). Also of note is Sony's plan to bundle DVDs with its UMD (Sony's proprietary PSP disc) counterpart. The combos will work out to US$28.95 (S$47.17), which is considerably cheaper than the over US$40 (S$65.17) you'd have to pay to buy them separately. Sony is considering applying the combo ethic to Blu-ray as well, likely depending on how well the current generation ones fare at retail. Expect to see Blu-ray titles hit store shelves in summer and the first wave of DVD/UMD combos on March 28 in the US.

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