Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

Q - Is it worth it, especially if I already have the DVD edition? A - To me it is because I like to watch movies at home on the biggest possible screen at the highest possible resolution. I still have the DVD editions - which I'm keeping because I like the artwork - and the quality gain on the Blu is significant. Q - Could this edition be viewed as 'the gold standard'? A - Yes. It has the extended cuts at the highest resolution with the best sound and the most extensive collection of special features. Q - How many Blu-ray discs are in the box? A - There are SIX Blu-ray discs. The additional 9 'extras' or 'bonus' discs are DVDs. Q - Are the movies delivered on one disc each? A - No. See above. Like the DVD extended edition, the movies are delivered on 2 discs each. Q - Why aren't the movies delivered on one Blu-ray disc each? A - Most Blu-ray players can only read single layer (25GB) and dual layer discs (50GB). Each of the Extended Edition movies require more than 50GB. Compressing them to 'under 50GB' would have degraded the quality of the picture and sound track. Q - Is the audio superior to the DVD editions? A - Yes, the movies sound track is DTS-HD 6.1 MA. Q - Are there alternate soundtracks? A - Yes. Each movie disc includes 4 additional commentary sound tracks: Director & Writers, the Design Team, the Production and Post Production Teams and Cast commentaries. Q - Is BD-Live supported? A - Yes, on the movie discs. Q - Is the BD-Live content specific to LOTR? A - No. It contains WB promotional material. Q - Will the Extended Blu-ray edition allow us to play the Theatrical cut? A - No. Q - Is the Extended Blu-ray cut be in any way different from the Extended DVD cut? A - No. Q - Are the bonus discs in the Extended Blu-ray edition in any way different from the bonus discs found in the Extended DVD edition? A - Yes. There is an additional 'Special Features' disc for each movie holding the Costa Botes documentaries from the Original Theatrical & Extended Limited Editions. Q - Are the commentaries different from the Extended DVD Edition? A - No. Q - Are there subtitles? A - Yes, subtitles are available in: English (for the hearing impaired), Spanish and Portuguese. Q - What spoken languages are available? A - English and Portuguese. Q - Are the Digital Copies on disc? A - No. The Extended Blu-ray Edition has access codes for downloadable Digital Copies. Q - What are the Digital Copies for? A - iTunes or Windows Media. Q - Will the Digital Copies be available to download forever? A - No. The Digital Copy offers expire on June 26, 2012. Q - What is the resolution of the Digital Copy? A - For iTunes, it's 853x352 (less than DVD). Q - Will there be separate Extended Blu-ray editions for each of the three movies? A - Yes. Q - Why get the Extended Edition instead of the Theatrical Edition? A - The Extended Edition adds about 2 hours to the Theatrical cut.