The hell is up with pricing on HD movies? or: Why is an HD-DVD more than a Blu-Ray?

[Dyne]

It's a weird point in time for HD movies. It's all to do with cycles. Blades of Glory is pretty new, and in reality, the Blu-ray WOULD be the same price, but there's a huge push on the Blu-ray consortium's part to get prices down so more people buy Blu-rays instead of DVDs, while taking a hit. And obviously movies companies don't like taking the hit on a dying format. The thing with amazon is that there's no real "shelf" space, and shelf space is a million times more valuable at a rental store, which is the only place I've seen HD-DVD "clearance" sales so far.

So, basically, HD-DVDs are for short-term money, and Blu-ray is now a long-term investment for them.