Genre titles will be among the first releases to find their way into the new high definition DVD formats, Blu-Ray and HD DVD, in 2006. Among the initial feature releases reported by Video Business are Batman Begins, Fantastic Four, Ice Age, Underworld: Evolution, King Kong, and the Lord of the Rings trilogy. And the first TV series to be released in a high definition format will also be a genre property, Stargate: Atlantis.
Given the confusion over the two battling high definition DVD formats, and what may be a slow adoption curve, there may be a window for specialty retailers to sell high definition DVDs, in the same way that specialty stores supported the Laserdisc format in the long interregnum between VHS and DVD. Additional extras for the new high definition releases and the type of content being released definitely appeal to the collector mind-set. 
