Desperate HD-DVD owners, rejoice.  For those with dust collecting along the fascias of their Toshiba players or Xbox 360 add-ons, Warner is about to give you good reason to slide that disc tray open once again.  The long-rumored Matrix Trilogy is coming to HD-DVD in two months’ time, with a pair of editions available.

Let’s face it, HD-DVD owners must feel a bit like a Florida Marlins fan.  It's been nothing but high-highs and low-lows, as the format watched Blu-ray despairingly surge from behind during the first period of 2007.  Blu-ray releases and sales figures seem to improve every day, leaving HD-DVD investors a bit sour.

The announcement of The Matrix Trilogy should heal a few wounds.  As mentioned, there will be two available packs, including:

The Complete Matrix Trilogy: Three discs featuring The Matrix, The Matrix Reloaded, and The Matrix Revolutions.  A fourth disc will includes extras along with The Matrix: Revisited, while each major film will boast an Interactive Movie Experience (IME) feature only found on HD-DVD.  These consist of video commentaries and various interviews with the cast and behind-the-scenes players.

Cost: $99.99

The Ultimate Matrix Collection: Promising to reproduce the previously released standard definition box set, this premium pack will include IME for each movie, Revisited, plus another 35 hours of bonus content.

Cost: $119.99

It’s certainly not all spring roses for the HD-DVD fanboy, however.  Warner reportedly still plans on releasing this pack for Blu-ray later in 2007, perhaps once the BD-Java technology is available.

For now, both HD-DVD Matrix offerings land May 22.