I think that's because the DVDs for those three also had re-releases around or at the same time, so they discounted the DVDs to encourage people without Blu-ray players to re-purchase the remasters on DVD. But I may be wrong. Howards End as well, though the DVD came out a few months later and was mainly to satisfy DVD spine # enthusiasts.Originally Posted by Adam_S /forum/thread/272151/criterion-announces-first-blu-ray-titles/690#post_3688351
Not Always, 400 Blows, For All Mankind. and Seventh Seal have a Bluray MSRP 39.99, but a SD DVD MSRP 29.99
To be fair, the Bluray Monterey Pop is 10$ less than the SDDVD
I also remembered that Benjamin Button is also $5 more on Blu ($39.95 BD, $34.95 DVD), but I suspect that is a Paramount licensing requirement.
So, nearly always, with $39.95 being the standard price of a 1-disc Blu-ray, which is also the usual price for a 2-disc or loaded 1-disc Criterion DVD.