WB Oscar O-sleeve BDs aspect ratio question

[avstraq]

What's the deal with the WB Blu-ray releases in the Oscar O-sleeve slipcovers? Are they new releases or are they the same BDs with a new slipcover?

I was checking out their Amazon pages and noticed that the aspect ratios of the original releases are different from those in the Oscar slipcovers.

Case in point: Unforgiven, Million Dollar Baby, Gigi, and Amadeus all have 2.35:1 (or 2.40:1) OAR as well as original BD release, but their versions in O-sleeve slipcovers have 1.77:1 aspect ratio. An American in Paris was originally 1.37:1 but is listed as 1.77:1 for the Oscar release. Casablanca is listed as 1.37:1 in the UCE and 1.33:1 in the old single disc release as well as the Oscar version (not much difference here).

Are these Amazon typos?

[Joe Cain]

Without running down the details on the titles you've listed, I'd say it's safe to to take Amazon BD specs with a grain of salt. I don't know that I've ever seen an Amazon listing that references the high-resolution audio codecs OR uses the correct region coding terminology (A-B-C vs 1-2-3), for examples.

[urbeenjammin]

does anybody know whether these re-releases will now have lossless audio?
you think this might be the purpose of the re-emergence of these titles,to include hi-def audio?

[steve_dave]

They are the exact same Blu-ray Discs as before, even the coverart underneath the slipcover is the same. The only thing different is the Academy award gold slip cover.

[sapphire_nick]

Would love to know if Training Day will now have VC-1 and lossless! Fingers crossed!!