Seventy new HD-DVD titles to hit market

Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Warner Home Video, Paramount Home Entertainment, The Weinstein Company, Genius Products and Eagle Rock Entertainment announced last week that they would release more than 70 specific titles a through July 2007 on HD-DVD.

Movie titles include "Smokin' Aces," "The Complete Matrix Trilogy" and "DreamGirls."

In a related move, Toshiba has announced that it has lowered the prices of a range of HD-DVD players from the entry level HD-A2 at $400 to the top of the line HD-XA2 at $800.