Planet Earth Available on HD-DVD & Blu-Ray DVD

In case you are looking for eye candy to demo your new 1080P flat panel television, you are in luck.

The HD-DVD & Blu-Ray DVD versions of the BBC/Discovery 11-hour high definition nature documentary are now available.

Engadget has a review here.

It’s interesting to see that content publishers are not taking advantage of the extra storage and features possible on Blu-Ray, likely to simplify their production costs across HD-DVD and Blu-Ray.  Another way this format war is likely to end up hurting the consumer.