Image Entertainment/Criterion Goes Exclusively Blu? (Updated)

A few months back, GalleryPlayer declared they would begin releasing their content (which includes the largest library of protected high definition images) on Blu-ray. Today, they announced a partnership with Image Entertainment (who also hold distribution rights to many Criterion Collection films) to release four Blu-ray discs. Previously, Image Entertainment has released the 'Discovery Atlas' series on both high-def formats. What is unknown, is if this signifies Image Entertainment's desire to support Blu-ray exclusively, or if this stance is specific to this agreement. Edit: We contacted Image Entertainment and they told us they are format neutral with no plans to stop supporting either format. The four releases coming this fall from GalleryPlayer/Image Entertainment are:

1000 Places to See Before You Die: 50 Favorite Destinations - This Blu-ray disc brings viewers on a visual journey of author Patricia Schultz's 50 favorite places, including the Temples of Bagan, Milford Sound, the Grand Canyon, and Machu Picchu. Enjoy the clarity and color of these stunning photographs, the next best thing to being there. Schultz's top selling book "1000 Places to See Before You Die" is hailed by CBS-TV as one of the best books of the year, and praised by Newsweek as "the book that tells you what's beautiful, what's inspiring, what's fun, and what's just unforgettable everywhere on Earth."

The Amazing World of National Geographic - National Geographic photographs show the world around us in all its wonderful wealth of glories great and small. In this collection of superb landscapes and cityscapes, familiar views, and unknown vistas, our world is brought to vivid life. Every image on this Blu-ray disc presentation is arresting, unique, and impressive.

Art Wolfe: Vanishing Act - Astonishing imagery from the book "Vanishing Act," by acclaimed wildlife photographer Art Wolfe, comprise this Blu-ray disc that is sure to please HD and nature enthusiasts alike. Each photograph serves is a visual puzzle as viewers search to find the hidden animal amongst its natural surroundings. Wolfe is the recipient of the National Audubon Society's Rachael Carson Award, amongst other prizes. His work exemplifies animals' natural ability to blend into their environments as an inherent defense mechanism from predators.

50 Paintings from the Museum of Modern Art - Experience 50 masterworks of modern and contemporary art from New York's acclaimed Museum of Modern Art. Stunning HD imagery includes works from Vincent Van Gogh, Claude Monet, Henri Matisse, Salvador Dali and more.