On October 10th, there will be 7 HD-DVD’s released by Time Warner. Here is the list:

• Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Batman Begins
• The Corpse Bride
• Syriana
• 16 Blocks
• The Polar Express

Seeing as I already own the first 4 on DVD, and would like to see the last 3, this makes for the first truly exciting release date of either next-generation format. I am not really a fanboy for either side. A couple of years ago, when it was all very new, I thought Blu-Ray would be the far superior format due to capacity and such, but nowadays, I don’t think either side is “better”. They each have advantages and disadvantages, but as long as each side has one studio exclusively, there will be two formats, and thus, you will have to own two formats to get all the titles you want. But I digress…since I haven’t jumped in yet, it is the titles (and to some degree price) that will probably get me to dip my toes in the pool of High Definitition optical discs, and this list is VERY tempting.

List via HDBeat