Going HD: Redbox adding $1.50 Blu-Ray rentals this fall

It seems even a big portal like Redbox cannot resist the siren song of BR HD discs, as they have announced plans to add the high-def media to most outlets as of a few weeks or so, and nationwide by Fall or so. More details via Engadget:

It’s really no surprise that Redbox is going nationwide with its $1.50 Blu-ray rentals, at every step along the way of its Hollwood dealmaking, the company has pointed out its aim towards procuring a supply of high definition movies, and now the day is finally here. The high definition disc packing kiosks currently number 13,300, and the plan is to have Blu-ray in all 26,000 locations by the fall. While we spotted plenty of Blu-ray enabled locations with a San Francisco zip code, other areas in the Midwest and East Coast weren’t so lucky.

We applaud Redbox for getting with the HD media revolution, and hopefully this will make the format more palatable for mainstream consumption down the road.