Even with the current economy situation, it seems that people in the UK aren’t letting that stop them from purchasing their favorite high-def movies.

Well, following The Dark Knight’s UK DVD and Blu-ray release (which happened yesterday), Pocket-lint has gotten word of the sales numbers. Apparently, with Blu-ray and DVD combined, the movie managed to push half a million copies, (513,000 to be a bit more precise). But the real information us HD-heads are interested in is the Blu-ray sales numbers. Pocket-lint reports that of those 513,000 movies sold, 21% of them were Blu-ray and after some quick calculations that works out to about 108,000.

And get this, in November, 463,000 Blu-ray discs were sold, a 66% increase from October. It looks like a lot of people will be getting an HD movie this holiday season.

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It looks like Warner Bros is taking a step in the right direction, announcing that The Dark Knight will be their first release to take advantage of select Blu-ray player’s BD-Live capabilites. But what exactly does this mean for you, the consumer?

Well, this opens up a whole array of gimmicky interactive features like the ability to watch and chat about the movie with friends via Live Community Screeings along with being able to post director-style commentaries over the film via My WB Commentary. 

Sounds cool and all, but is it just me or do all these new technologies some what promote less physical interaction with one another. I mean I know it’s cool to watch movies with friends who are across the country, but why invite your friend over to watch a movie when he can just chat with you while it plays at home? And who even likes people talking during movies anyways?

(insert “Why so serious?” punch line here)
The movie is currently on pre-order status at Amazon.co.uk for £14.98 with free delivery ,or £14.99 from Play.com, also with free delivery.