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Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 30th Anniversary Ultimate Ed (Blu-ray) | = |
As with Francis Ford Coppola, Steven Spielberg has chosen to make his high definition debut on the Blu-ray format. In terms of content, this appears to be pretty much the same BD as was released in the US. As many of Spielberg's blockbusters were distributed by Universal Pictures and Paramount/DreamWorks, I had assumed that it would be the HD DVD camp who would provide us with the first high definition Spielberg film. However, the HD DVD camp have had to publicly apologise twice now to Spielberg for promising his films to consumers on the HD DVD format. Furthermore, in the recent Paramount/DreamWorks HD DVD announcement, it stated that Spielberg's DreamWorks films would be exempt from their HD DVD exclusive arrangement. In summary, Close Encounters of the Third Kind 30th Anniversary Ultimate Edition has been released on DVD and Blu-ray. It will not be released on HD DVD. |