LotR - Extended Edition - Pre-order

[Mike_TX]

The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy
(Extended Edition + Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]
Amazon

MSRP: $120
3/5/11: $84


Mike

[dguarnaccia]

What is the expected released date? Does anyone know?

[Mike_TX]

What is the expected released date? Does anyone know?

TBA according to Amazon.
On that link they have a comparison chart of the various releases.

Mike

[Nfrasotoo]

I sure hope they cleaned these up. The first set on Blu-ray was very disappointing.

In many cases, the HDTV copies pushing a decade old had better PQ.

[dguarnaccia]

Last I had heard, they were holding these until after the Hobbit released, so I wasn't sure if there was new info out there...

[eljay]

I sure hope they cleaned these up. The first set on Blu-ray was very disappointing.

Funny, I thought the first set on Blu-ray was pretty good. FOTR wasn't great, but TTT and ROTK were noticeably improved over the DVDs. The only really crappy parts were the movies themselves. :D

(I'm a huge fan of the LOTR novel, not a big fan of the movies.)

[Matman1970]

The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy
(Extended Edition + Digital Copy) [Blu-ray]
Amazon

MSRP: $120
3/5/11: $84


Mike

I wonder if these will just be the movie or have all that extra stuff the DVD's did. On a related note, I HATE it when the companies do the "Combo Pack" and add a digital copy and a DVD I will never use and raise the price. Just give me the Blu-Ray and call it a day.

[eljay]

... I HATE it when the companies do the "Combo Pack" and add a digital copy and a DVD I will never use and raise the price. Just give me the Blu-Ray and call it a day.

+1 :cool:

[Nfrasotoo]

Funny, I thought the first set on Blu-ray was pretty good. FOTR wasn't great, but TTT and ROTK were noticeably improved over the DVDs. The only really crappy parts were the movies themselves. :D

(I'm a huge fan of the LOTR novel, not a big fan of the movies.)

FOTR was a mess, TTT was better but still had DNR, and ROTK was very good.

Here's an example from FOTR of a nearly decade old HDTV transfer mopping up the Blu-ray: http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/34450

TTT: http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/34461

Even ROTK has it's rough parts: http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/34459

There's just no excuse for not doing this right. Especially a second go-around... fingers crossed.

[Mike_TX]

FOTR was a mess, TTT was better but still had DNR, and ROTK was very good.

Here's an example from FOTR of a nearly decade old HDTV transfer mopping up the Blu-ray: http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/34450

TTT: http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/34461

Even ROTK has it's rough parts: http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/34459

There's just no excuse for not doing this right. Especially a second go-around... fingers crossed.

Very interesting.
Thanks.

Mike