Washington, D.C. (December 6, 2007) -- Warner's 300 is available in HD DVD and Blu-ray, but the latter version captured the top honors in the first ever High-Def Disc Awards.

The Blu-ray 300 was named the High-Def Title of the year by Home Media Magazine, which sponsored the High-Def Disc Awards. (300 was based loosely on the ancient battle between the Persians and Spartans.)

The victory will undoubtedly give Blu-ray boosters reason to crow. But the HD DVD edition of 300 won the award for 'Best Bonus Feature' for its bluescreen picture-in-picture.


300 captured two high-def DVD awards.

The bluescreen PIP allows viewers to watch a scene while simultaneously looking at how it was filmed in the smaller window.

The awards, which were announced this week during the High-Def 2.0 conference in Century City, California, also named Casino Royale as the top Blu-ray live action film and Hot Fuzz as the best HD DVD live action movie.

In other awards:

* Ratatouille (Blu-ray) won for Best Animation.

* The Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Blu-ray) captured the Best Picture Quality award.

* Transformers (HD DVD) won for Best Audio Quality.

* Universal Studios was honored for 'Most Innovative Use of New Technology' for its Internet-based shopping feature.

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