However, Universal will have new installments in the "Hulk" and "Mummy" series, headed for HD DVD only, while Disney has a new "Narnia" movie, exclusive to Blu-ray.

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Worse still, the HD remix is only slated for release in Japan.

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If they did then these numbers would have more significance, but regardless the BDA will be bragging to the content creators that they have sold more "Blu-ray players" than HD DVD, but of course that will only work for so long if all those PS3 owners don't buy any movies.

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But for the last month they only added two, until yesterday where they once again raised the HD provider bar and added another slew of HD channels.

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That's because DVD-makers like Germany's Bertelsmann or Canada's Cinram have to buy whole new machines for producing Blu-Ray discs, but they only have to upgrade their current disc-making machines to make HD DVDs.

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Of course, later we learned that it only amounted to Sony paying for an endcap -- since then they've also shifted some shelf space away from HD DVD in favor of Blu-ray.

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