Towards the end of August, Paramount will ship its first ever high definition title that will feature an uncompressed soundtrack, Blades of Glory will include a PCM 5.1 soundtrack for the Blu-ray version but unfortunately there will not be a HD-DVD equivalent. A fortnight later, Paramount will also ship Face/Off with extra features only being available on Blu-ray due to its significantly higher capacity.

On August 28th, Paramount will ship its first high definition title to include a lossless or uncompressed soundtrack - 'Blades of Glory'. This title will feature a PCM 5.1 soundtrack for the Blu-ray release, but will feature no equivalent on the HD DVD, presumably because of the smaller disc capacity. Two weeks later, Paramount will ship 'Face/Off' with extras features available in high definition, but only on the Blu-ray version, again due to space constraints.

This is a drastic change from the Paramount we once knew. For the past year, Blu-ray owners have cringed as they saw release after release issued with low bit rate MPEG-2 video encodes and Dolby Digital soundtracks, while the HD DVD versions received VC-1 encodes and higher bit rate Dolby Digital Plus audio. It was disappointing to say the least.