The Lord of the Rings Trilogy - 15 disc set from 2011

[Mr_Orange]

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I'm really not interested in the 4K box set but I would like to upgrade my DVDs of the extended editions to Blu Ray.

The above is available for $80 on Amazon which is pretty expensive for 3 films given that I will have zero interest in all the extras.

I see that this is MPEG4 AVC encode compared with the earlier, theatrical releases that used VC-1 with fairly low bit rates. Is the encode on this box set better/higher?

Why are there 15 discs? Are the films split over 2 discs as per the DVD extended editions? If so, that takes care of 6 discs so are the other 9 all extra features?

Sorry for what are probably basic questions but there are so many editions out there it is a bit hard to track down the information so if anyone owns this set I'd appreciate some feedback.

TIA.

[Alister_M]

They're completely different encodes and they're split over two discs each, so there's 6 blu-rays and 9 DVDs of extras (the 2-disc appendices from each Extended Edition DVD and the Costa Botes documentaries on 1 DVD each). The extended edition of the first film has a weird green tint on this release that makes it look a bit sickly (and isn't present on any other release of the film), but the AVC encoding is certainly better on all three. They average about 2 hours per disc instead of 3+ like the single-disc theatrical BDs.

[Mr_Orange]

Originally Posted by Alister_M

They're completely different encodes and they're split over two discs each, so there's 6 blu-rays and 9 DVDs of extras (the 2-disc appendices from each Extended Edition DVD and the Costa Botes documentaries on 1 DVD each). The extended edition of the first film has a weird green tint on this release that makes it look a bit sickly (and isn't present on any other release of the film), but the AVC encoding is certainly better on all three. They average about 2 hours per disc instead of 3+ like the single-disc theatrical BDs.

Brilliant, thanks so much, that's really useful feedback.

It looks like Amazon are price matching JB Hifi, so I'll wait for the Boxing Day Sale as I think I can stomach the cost with 30% off.

[Davidian]

Just dropped to $67 on Amazon.

[80sfanboy]

I will sell you mine for much cheaper if you want it mate. Viewed the discs once and it is the edition with the ring in the box - I have upgraded to 4K