Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Theatrical Versions) - April 6, 2010

[Deciazulado]

Originally Posted by Todd Smith

Your set is 40" diagonal, right? That would make your viewable screen width ~35 inches, correct? since you are 78 inches from your screen (6.5'), your view distance is 2.23 screen widths. You dont take the vertical measurement of your screen to figure view distance (which is how you got your 1.95 figure), you take the horizontal measurement.

I only think in PHs (Picture Height)

[Eternalnow]

I can't believe this day has come; feels like I've been waiting for this trilogy to hit Blu Ray forever...getting no matter what.

[neo78956]

Went to Walmart in hopes of getting it at midnight. No such luck, plus they had it priced at $69.99. FAIL. Oh well, I managed to nab Casablanca on blu-ray for $15, so it wasn't completely fruitless. Guess I'll have to wait till morning to get my copy at Best Buy.

Personally, as far as the TE vs EE debate goes, I'd rather have BOTH than just one or the other.

[js666]

Got my copy at best buy, midnight. For an appetizer, I watched some scenes I'm familiar with.
FWIW, I'm really glad I bought it. PQ is not even nearly as bad as I thought. In fact, I thought it was pretty good, even on FOTR. SQ is excellent!!!

[neo78956]

Originally Posted by js666

Got my copy at best buy, midnight.
FWIW, I'm glad I bought it. PQ is not even nearly as bad as I thought and SQ is excellent if not reference.

Didnt know any Best Buy stores did midnight release Where are you from, if you dont mind me asking?

[mrpink134]

Originally Posted by JOHN MFN D.

I can't wait until this comes in the mail tomorrow! I'm going right over to Todd Smiths and watching it on his 27'' CRT and Emerson 5.1! It's ganna look and sound awesome!

can I come?

[Batman1980]

Originally Posted by JOHN MFN D.

I can't wait until this comes in the mail tomorrow! I'm going right over to Todd Smiths and watching it on his 27'' CRT and Emerson 5.1! It's ganna look and sound awesome!

I think I'm going to come too, you know on a set like that you'll be able to see everything crystal clear, besides I won't have my own set until Wednesday.

[micks_address]

We finished with Return of the king last night... heavy weekend of rings action... fantastic films.. and i loved every minute of the blu-rays.. the picture quality and audio are fantastic.. for anyone in two minds about the release... i'd say go for it.. you wont regret it.. i dont think i could watch the dvds after watching the blu-rays.. though i did long for some of the extended scenes....

[JamesKurtovich]

We know these films will be "remastered" multiple times just like any other movie on any other format ever. Even if it isn't because of complaints... This is just the first release.

Kind of frustrating because Star Wars takes YEARS, but after it comes out, a new edition of the trilogies comes out every year it seems. It's just people like us who can't wait for the ultimate set have to "suffer" because it's not reference-like, mind-blowing quality.

Just think, by the time SW or some other big title comes out (Indiana Jones!), LOTR will hopefully by that time be revisited by the studios. Maybe it'll be the EE's, who knows. But it will be out for people to get because imo it's inevitable.

PQ looks good enough for me and AQ alone is reason enough to upgrade imo. When we get the EE's, this set will be perfect to lend out to friends or to watch with someone who isn't a diehard fan.

[jlw1142003]

Yeah I just came back from Wal-Mart & their price was $70. I will order it from Amazon before I purchase it at that price.

Can someone that has the Blu Ray post pics of the packaging? It looks like there are 2 single sized Blu Ray cases & I am curious how they fit 9 disc inside (I hope they didn't stack discs on top of each other).

[MarkWM]

I need to see Lord of the Coffee at this early hour.

[js666]

Originally Posted by neo78956

Didnt know any Best Buy stores did midnight release Where are you from, if you dont mind me asking?

New York City.
Best Buy 10 minutes away from me just opened a few months ago, open 24 hrs 6 days a week.

[mjbethancourt]

Originally Posted by Suntory_Times

Indeed, grain is the picture, remove it and you remove part of the picture. I'm not sure how Lowry do what they do, but there transfers are most impressive.

Lowry does amazing work, I wish they could afford to put every movie through that process.

[DIGITALBATH]

Can anyone confirm if it is 6.1 DTS-MA.

[I am blu]

Originally Posted by js666

Got my copy at best buy, midnight. For an appetizer, I watched some scenes I'm familiar with.
FWIW, I'm really glad I bought it. PQ is not even nearly as bad as I thought. In fact, I thought it was pretty good, even on FOTR. SQ is excellent!!!

THANK YOU
now I would love to see more and more comments of you guys about how they were surprised by the PQ, even for FOTR. I also thought picture was pretty good!

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by DIGITALBATH

Can anyone confirm if it is 6.1 DTS-MA.

It's been talked about on this thread a bit but it's 5.1-ES, like the new Toy Story discs.

The PS3 will display "DTS-HD MA 6.1", while those with "DTS Essentials" decoders (the majority of the market) will only display something like "DTS-HD MSTR 5.1"

The original audio tracks were released theatrically in Dolby EX.

[Chordata]

The back says "DTS-HD Master Audio 6.1". Certainly it's not 5.1 when it says 6.1...you'd hope.

[Chordata]

Went to my local WalMart (fun!) this morning to pick this up. I get there and can't find it anywhere. I ask the lady who acts like she's never heard of Lord of the Rings. She looks it up in the computer, barely able to punch in the keys with her 3-inch long fingernails. Says "sorry, it's only in limited stores," then wanders off.

I'm literally cursing as I walk away. (I'm busy all day and wouldn't be able to get to another store until later tonight -- so I wanted it this morning).

As I get near the doors, I hear a woman yelling and then a couple guys yelling, and I turn to see them all yelling at me. She found it! Found a whole stack of 'em. Price - $69.00. Ouch. I asked if they pricematched, and she dug out and looked through several Best Buy and Target ads until she found the right one.

Walked out with it for $63.89, and a lot of appreciation for this particular WalMart employee.

Excited to watch it tonight.

By the way: I like that the box is sturdy. Not flimsy by any means. I like less that the 3 digital copies are all in 1 BD case, while the 3 films and 3 bonus discs are in another. I would have much rather had 1 case per movie with its accompanying bonus disc and digital copy. Minor gripe.

[Chordata]

Originally Posted by jlw1142003

Yeah I just came back from Wal-Mart & their price was $70. I will order it from Amazon before I purchase it at that price.

Can someone that has the Blu Ray post pics of the packaging? It looks like there are 2 single sized Blu Ray cases & I am curious how they fit 9 disc inside (I hope they didn't stack discs on top of each other).

You should've price-matched. Mine also was $70, but I pricematched with BB and Target (both have it for like $59.97) and walked away for $63.89.

Originally Posted by styl3s

i am really torn between buying this or waiting for extended, is the PQ alot better then the DVD? i mean so much so its worth paying 60$ to someone already spent their BR budget for the month?

also i see alot of people talking about viewing distance, i have a 42" and sit maybe 4-5 feet away what is the proper length? someone told me at 42" you should sit like 6-7 feet

The "proper" viewing distance is whatever you prefer. Sit where it looks good to you.

[micks_address]

packaging is different in ireland - we get the movies in their own cases with a single dvd which is the extra's from the movies.. i dont think we get digital copies.. which i'm not that fussed about to be honest..

Originally Posted by O_V_N

Went to my local WalMart (fun!) this morning to pick this up. I get there and can't find it anywhere. I ask the lady who acts like she's never heard of Lord of the Rings. She looks it up in the computer, barely able to punch in the keys with her 3-inch long fingernails. Says "sorry, it's only in limited stores," then wanders off.

I'm literally cursing as I walk away. (I'm busy all day and wouldn't be able to get to another store until later tonight -- so I wanted it this morning).

As I get near the doors, I hear a woman yelling and then a couple guys yelling, and I turn to see them all yelling at me. She found it! Found a whole stack of 'em. Price - $69.00. Ouch. I asked if they pricematched, and she dug out and looked through several Best Buy and Target ads until she found the right one.

Walked out with it for $63.89, and a lot of appreciation for this particular WalMart employee.

Excited to watch it tonight.

By the way: I like that the box is sturdy. Not flimsy by any means. I like less that the 3 digital copies are all in 1 BD case, while the 3 films and 3 bonus discs are in another. I would have much rather had 1 case per movie with its accompanying bonus disc and digital copy. Minor gripe.