Welcome to this week’s edition of the New Release Tuesday Blog. It is an absolutely HUGE release day for both DVD and HD/BD. Since this is the biggest High Def release day we have seen since either formats inception, lets switch up the standard order and start this week off with the HIGHLY anticipated HD titles hitting the streets this week. First up, on Blu-ray, we get both Pirates of the Caribbean movies - Curse of the Black Pearl & Dead Man’s Chest - along with Apocalypto & Closer. O… HD DVD, we get the Ultimate Matrix Collection & The 40 Year-Old Virgin. On both HD and BD, we get Letters from Iwo Jima, Flags of our Fathers & Freedom Writers. On DVD we get Apocalypto, Letters from Iwo Jima and the new Criterion Collection version of The Third Man. In the world of TV-on-DVD, we get Scrubs Season Five, The O.C Season Four and Kyle XY Season One. Here are the rest of this week’s notable releases…

Top DVD releases

• Apocalypto
• Letters from Iwo Jima (Two-Disc Special Edition)
• The Third Man - Criterion Collection (2-Disc Edition)
• The 40 Year-Old Virgin (Unrated 2-Disc Double Your Pleasure Edition)
• The Good German
• Sansho the Bailiff - Criterion Collection
• Epic Movie (Unrated Edition)
• Rio Bravo (Two-Disc Ultimate Collector’s Edition)
• Venus
• Roots (Four-Disc -30th Anniversary Edition)
• Prince of the City (Two-Disc Special Edition)
• Porky’s the Ultimate Collection
• Rio Bravo (Two-Disc Special Edition)
• Flags of Our Fathers (Two-Disc Special Edition)
• Summer School (Life’s a Beach Edition)

Top TV on DVD releases

• Scrubs - The Complete Fifth Season
• The O.C. - The Complete Fourth Season
• Kyle XY - The Complete First Season - Declassified
• Afro Samurai (Director’s Cut)
• Kitchen Confidential - The Complete Series
• Airwolf: Season Three

Top HD DVD/Blu-Ray releases

• Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Man’s Chest [Blu-ray]
• Pirates of the Caribbean - Curse of the Black Pearl [Blu-ray]
• Apocalypto [Blu-ray]
• Letters from Iwo Jima [Blu-ray]
• Flags of Our Fathers [Blu-ray]
• Closer [Blu-ray]
• Freedom Writers [Blu-ray]
• Mission - Impossible (Special Collector’s Edition) [Blu-ray]
• Mission - Impossible II (2-Disc Special Collector’s Edition) [Blu-ray]
• The Ultimate Matrix Collection [HD DVD]
• The Complete Matrix Trilogy [HD DVD]
• Letters from Iwo Jima [HD DVD]
• Flags of Our Fathers [HD DVD]
• The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Unrated Special Edition) [HD DVD]
• Smokey and the Bandit [HD DVD]
• Freedom Writers [HD DVD]
• Mission: Impossible (Special Collector’s Edition) [HD DVD]
• Mission - Impossible II (2-Disc Special Collector’s Edition) [HD DVD]
• The Skeleton Key [HD DVD]

That’s it for this week… check back again next Tuesday to see what makes our list. As always, feel free to post your comments on this “New Release Tuesday” blog… let me know what you think.