I did infact miss read information, which i apologize for.
The combo ups the price is rather stupid.
Maybe only by a minimal extent but still.
'The Blu-Ray release could have used H.264 as a codec, but Warner decided to be cheap and use the same VC-1 encoding they used for their HD DVD release.'
Warner are biased towards HD DVD unfortunately.
Also 'Bill Hunt says buy the Blu-ray version if you want the movie on a format with a future.'
Besides people will have to fork out for HD DVD drive add on to play them anyway, or wait for the Elite. Which some people are just damn impatient.