The Hobbit Trilogy 4K UHD Extended & Theatrical (2012-2014)

[danman227460]

Anyone know why Hobbit is 6 disc compared to LOTR at 9? Are the Hobbit EE shorter/smaller than LOTR EE?

[panasonicst60]

Originally Posted by thorthefifth

The Hobbit The Motion Picture Trilogy 4K Extended & Theatrical Blu-ray

There it is!

[jerrytsao]

Any sign of giftset link for this?

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by danman227460

Anyone know why Hobbit is 6 disc compared to LOTR at 9? Are the Hobbit EE shorter/smaller than LOTR EE?

LOTR EEs are being split over two discs each. Hobbitses EEs are one disc each. Disc breakdown is thus:

FOTR: 1 disc theatrical, 2 disc EE
TTT: 1 disc theatrical, 2 disc EE
ROTK: 1 disc theatrical, 2 disc EE

total 9

AUJ: 1 disc theatrical, 1 disc EE
TDOS: 1 disc theatrical, 1 disc EE
TBOTFA: 1 disc theatrical, 1 disc EE

total 6

[zetruz]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

LOTR EEs are being split over two discs each. Hobbitses EEs are one disc each. Disc breakdown is thus:

FOTR: 1 disc theatrical, 2 disc EE
TTT: 1 disc theatrical, 2 disc EE
ROTK: 1 disc theatrical, 2 disc EE

total 9

AUJ: 1 disc theatrical, 1 disc EE
TDOS: 1 disc theatrical, 1 disc EE
TBOTFA: 1 disc theatrical, 1 disc EE

total 6

Cleaner picture allows for better compression, yes? Do you think this will be alright?

[Vangeli]

Managed to get an order in and while the page is still down, my order for the Hobbit Steelbook set was updated with official art. So here’s both side by side.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by zetruz

Cleaner picture allows for better compression, yes? Do you think this will be alright?

The Hobbitses are very clean and 'digital' looking so yeah, they'll have an easier time of it than the grainy shot-on-film LOTRs. But Warners' compression has been pretty good lately, so as long as they afford these things a healthy average bitrate and don't choke the discs with 57 different audio language options then they'll be fine. And on the 2-disc LOTR EEs there will be no excuses, each film will have a minimum of 132GB to play with (2x UHD66)

[captveg]

Hobbit EEs aren't nearly as long as the LOTR EEs.

AUJ TH: 2h 49m
AUJ EXT: 3h 02m

DOS TH: 2h 41m
DOS EXT: 3h 06m

BOTFA TH: 2h 24m
BOTFA EXT: 2h 44m

FOTR TH: 2h 58m
FOTR EXT: 3h 48m

TTT TH: 2h 59m
TTT EXT: 3h 55m

ROTK TH: 3h 21m
ROTK EXT: 4h 23m

[wjasoncul]

Originally Posted by Vangeli

Managed to get an order in and while the page is still down, my order for the Hobbit Steelbook set was updated with official art. So here’s both side by side.

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Seeing that makes me want RotK changed even more now that Gollum is on two covers. It could have been an epic Pelennor Fields battle scene with Oliphants in front of Minas Tirith to contrast with BotFA cover...

[XavierTheaterPotato]

If you go with one Set, you'll need the other Set to Match

Otherwise it's just barbaric

[thorthefifth]

Originally Posted by XavierTheaterPotato

If you go with one Set, you'll need the other Set to Match

Otherwise it's just barbaric

This is why I'm unfortunately going for the standard LOTR set since this Hobbit set doesn't have a gift set version announced. So sad...

[King Crimson]

Wheres the item page on this site

[garyd97]

It would be a bad decision not to have a Hobbit giftset also. That is strange. I don't want one giftset and one regular version.

[Deciazulado]

Originally Posted by King Crimson

Wheres the item page on this site

this?

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=322273

[XavierTheaterPotato]

We know LOTR is getting Dolby Atmos, knowing full well this is.

Smaug's Voice will boom the rooms!

[Alwayshappy]

Originally Posted by garyd97

It would be a bad decision not to have a Hobbit giftset also. That is strange. I don't want one giftset and one regular version.

Exactly.

Which is why I'll likely go for the steelbooks.

[Vangeli]

What would they include with a Hobbit gift set? Another ring?

[wjasoncul]

Originally Posted by XavierTheaterPotato

We know LOTR is getting Dolby Atmos, knowing full well this is.

Smaug's Voice will boom the rooms!

I just hooked up a 2nd sub a couple weeks ago and watching that scene via Vudu was intense. I can't wait to experience that via 4K disc

[wjasoncul]

Originally Posted by Vangeli

What would they include with a Hobbit gift set? Another ring?

Thorin's key maybe?

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[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by wjasoncul

Thorin's key maybe?

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That'd be my guess too.