Warner offers HD-DVD trade in

Were you an early adopter of HD-DVD? Now that Blu-ray has won the war, do you have a large collection of HD-DVD disks gathering dust? Warner Bros. is now offering a trade up program called Red2Blu, where you can trade in your old HD-DVDs for brand new copies in Blu-Ray. Of course, this only applies to WB titles.

The program limits you to 25 items per household. To participate, visit the Red2Blu program website, select the titles you want to trade up, then send in $4.95 per title + $6.95 S&H along with the original HD-DVD packaging artwork / box sleeve. The sleeve must be in good condition, or it will not be accepted. If you take full advantage of the program it will cost you roughly $130. Oh, and if you have a multi-disk series or collection you want to upgrade you'll have to send in each cover from each disk in the collection cutting into your 25 limit.

While this may sound like a great deal, item # 13 from the program terms has some people a little more than concerned, the item is as follows.

The replacement Blu-ray version of the Participating Title may have different special features and/or bonus material than contained on the HD DVD version of the Participating Title, including much less or no special features and/or bonus material, and/or the Blu-ray version may have a different aspect ratio (e.g., may be full screen instead of wide screen or vice versa) and/or the Blu-ray version may have a different rating or no rating.

 The program is available only for US residents, and requires you to be at least 18 years old. Program ends December 31, 2009 for those interested.