Responding to the Remarkable Growth of Blu-Ray™ Hardware Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group Expands Its DVD to Blu-Ray Upgrade Program — Community

#1 May 7, 2010 at 2:25 am

<img src="http://www.hdtvmagazine.us/news/images/DVD2Blu.jpg" alt="DVD2Blu" height="27" width="120" style="float:left;padding:0 5px 5px 0">Responding to the extraordinary growth of Blu-ray set-top hardware, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group has expanded its "DVD2Blu" upgrade program. Starting today, consumers can select from 90 of Warner Home Video's most popular titles to upgrade that include the action-packed "Under Siege" and "Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut" as well as classics from the 1980s including "Risky Business" and "The Lost Boys."

According to recently published figures by the Digital Entertainment Group, sales of Blu-ray hardware for the first quarter of 2010 increased by...

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#2 May 7, 2010 at 3:54 am

Yeah, but does it also apply to HD-DVDs? Nothing on their site confirms or denies.

#3 May 7, 2010 at 4:05 am

Yes. Separate program. They announced it about a year ago:
http://www.red2blu.com/

Enjoy,

- Shane

#4 May 7, 2010 at 4:08 pm

Looks a good deal but beware of shipping charges which adds an extra $5!!

If you subscribe to their newsletter you should get a $5 coupon valid for sales over $25, shipping is free if you spend over $50 (which is a lot of discs though!)...

I only wanted a couple so worked out at $7.50 per disc (including shipping) so not as good a deal.

Cheers,

John.

#5 May 9, 2010 at 5:34 pm

You'll have to check the site, but as I recall the $5 shipping applied to any number of discs you wanted to upgrade. So yes, if you're only trading in one or two, it's not as good a deal as if you're trading in 10 or 20.

- Shane