Warner Brothers has delayed indefinitely the release of “Good Night, and Good Luck”, which was due to arrive on August 1st. The BD version of the movie is still on track for a release on the 1st. Warner didn’t give a new release date for the HD DVD, nor did they give a reason for the delay.

I know you can’t read too much into these kinds of things, because there are so many many reasons why this could have happened. But looking at it strictly from a BD versus HD DVD view, it’s strange. Why would the movie be ready on one format but not the other? Both BD and HD DVD support the same video and audio codecs. The only real difference is the interactive layer, and Warner has been getting plenty of experience with the new format of late, releasing many (well, relatively at least) titles in HD DVD.

At any rate, we’ll see the movie on HD DVD soon enough, and maybe then we’ll get an answer.

Warner Not Ready to Say ‘Good Night’ on HD DVD