"Casino Royale" has been the watershed release for Sony's Blu-ray next-gen DVD format,
while near-future calamityfest "Children of Men" has been one of the biggies for Toshiba's rival HD-DVD.
Don't get too excited if you plan to watch it on an Xbox 360, however, as reports are proliferating of discs that just won't play on the game console's add-on HD-DVD drive.
Frutsrated cinemaphiles say they've tried several copies of "Children of Men" on their Xbox 360 drives, and the disc simply spins in the tray, with the Xbox refusing to recognizing it as a big ol' chunk of high-definition content. (Not to mention the best picture of 2006, in my book. Watch it as least twice, paying primary attention to the background visuals the second time. For extra credit, compare and contrast with "The Handmaid's Tale.")
Neither Microsoft nor releasing studio Universal have offered an explanation yet.
'Children of Men' HD DVD Hits Xbox 360 Playback Snag?[High-Def Digest]
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