http://hd-insider.com/2007/01/17/lor...kling-out.aspx
Here I thought some news came out about LotR in HD. But it turns out it was 1 year and 3 days ago. What is taking them so long? And there is also talk about only releasing the theatrical version at first? Haven't they fleeced the hard-core fans enough with having people buy two regular DVD sets?
If people think I am crazy, imagine watching the regular DVD on a 120" 1080p lcd projector, versus the HD version. Here is a good comparison.
http://www.cornbread.org/FOTRCompare/index.html
Then I thought, wait a second, if I can download Al Gore's movie and Who Killed The Electric Car on-line, why shouldn't I be able to download a HD version of a DVD that I have bought twice, paid to see in the theaters, and am unable to buy on HD DVD (or Blu-ray)? I took a look on that Swedish website and it looks like they have what I want.
The only nitpicky thing is that when you download, or put on a HD-DVD/Blu-ray disk, a film in the 2.35:1 aspect ratio, you don't need to download the black bars, so it makes the film only 1920x800. This would free up disk space for other things. And I wonder how many people really have 7.1 sound systems? Do the PS3's support 7.1 sound? I just bought a center speaker last month to get to 5.1 sound, and it sounds fine to me. I care more about video quality anyway.