Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is to release a new Blu-ray + DVD Combo Packs (Blu-ray + DVD in a single package) that will be extended across a slate of Disney-branded theatrical and Platinum titles releasing on Blu-ray between February and October of 2009.

The inclusion of the feature film on standard definition DVD allowed consumers without Blu-ray players to “future proof” their collections, says Disney.

Some of the upcoming Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack titles include the teen movie High School Musical 3: Senior Year (17 February), the animated classic Pinocchio: 70th Anniversary Platinum Edition is due 10 March and all those leading up to the highly anticipated release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Platinum Edition in October.

“These unique Combo Packs provide the opportunity for consumers around the world to take advantage of the quality of Blu-ray with the portability of a DVD disc in a single package, comments Bob Chapek, President of Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment.

Disney first introduced a Blu-ray + DVD Combo Pack with the release of Sleeping Beauty’s 50th Anniversary Platinum Editionin 2008 across limited markets.

Story filed 19.01.09