Alvin and the Chipmunks will get both a DVD and Blu-Ray Disc release, Video Business Online reports. In addition, distributor Twentieth Century Fox will also use Apples digital rights management technology to allow consumers to transfer copies to their iPods.
Single-disc versions of the release will retail for $29.98; special edition discs for $34.98; and the Blu-rays for $39.98. Release date is April 1.
Update: Twentieth Century Fox has released technical specs on both the DVD and Blu-Ray releases.
The DVD release will be presented on a flipper disc featuring both full screen (1.31:1 aspect ratio) and widescreen format (1.85:1 aspect ratio) with English 5.1 Dolby Surround, Spanish/French Dolby Surround with English and Spanish subtitles. DVD bonus features will include two featurettes ("Chip-Chip-Hooray! Chipmunks History" and "Hitting the Harmony") and an "inside look" at the upcoming Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
The Blu-Ray release will be presented in widescreen format on a 25GB single-layer disc authored in AVC (MPEG 4) compression with English 5.1 DTS HD Lossless Master Audio, Spanish/French 5.1 Dolby Digital plus English, Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean and French subtitles. Extras will include the "Chipmunk" and "Harmony" featurettes and high-definition trailers.
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