Amazon DotD: Lord of the Rings Extended Ed Blu Ray $38!

Great price.  My history shows I bought one in November 2012 for $43.49, but I don't have it.  It must have been somebody's Christmas present that year. Might pick one up for myself now.

 
The amount of extras in this set is sick and I don't see how one person can watch them all (though, realistically, there is probably a ton of repeated material)

 
Heads up if you want to get a Digital UV copy of this if you buy this specific set your going to have to go and ask Flixster YMMV on that, when I did they just asked for a picture and added it. I enjoy having it there since I don't have to swap discs when I am watching it.

 
Um, probably never.  Today's price is a great price for three great movies!  15 Blu-ray discs!

 
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I bought this set a few holidays ago at around the same price (I think it was ~$45 and then I used a $15 credit I had to even further reduce it).  Regardless, at this price, I would recommend anyone to buy it.  Great set and definitely the definitive LoTR trilogy experience.  

 
For what it is worth, if you don't care about the extras or the extended versions you can get all 3 films in one nice little package at Target for $14.99.  Obviously you get a lot more with all the extras here but if you don't care THAT much about all that stuff that is a lower cost alternative to just own the movies. They are all disc to digital eligible on Vudu too so for $6 you can add UV copies to the mix. 

 
xlost4 said:
I'm about to give in. But curious as to what does "15 Blu-ray Discs" mean?
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Each of the three movies are split onto two blu ray discs. So that right there is 6 discs. Then each movie has 3 blu ray discs for special features and other side content.

Edit: @dschroll: Whoops, you're totally right. Got carried away there, lol.

 
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This set has 15 discs, not 15 BR discs.

Each movie is on 2 BR discs.  3 movies * 2 discs each = 6 discs.

The extras come on DVDs (not BR) which makes up 9 more discs.

Total discs 15 (6 BR and 9 DVD)

 
I went ahead and ordered this one. I generally prefer the theatrical releases of these movies. But at this price it's worth getting copies of the extended edition.

Since these films are split into two discs each, can I assume that the transfers are solid? Normally there is ample room on Blu-Rays for storing 4+ hours of video. You usually only need to split content like this up when the compression has been reduced as much as possible to allow for more detail. Essentially, do the extended editions look good in these two-disc sets?

 
Richard Kain said:
I went ahead and ordered this one. I generally prefer the theatrical releases of these movies. But at this price it's worth getting copies of the extended edition.

Since these films are split into two discs each, can I assume that the transfers are solid? Normally there is ample room on Blu-Rays for storing 4+ hours of video. You usually only need to split content like this up when the compression has been reduced as much as possible to allow for more detail. Essentially, do the extended editions look good in these two-disc sets?
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Supposedly these movies look fantastic except for the first movie having some sort of green tint to it.

http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/4590/rings_extended.html

 
jflooooooooo said:
if i have this on dvd is it worth it. blu ray is nice but let's be realistic. yes or no
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Does this set even exist on DVD?

And that's really a personal call. I wouldn't want these in DVD if I could help it. The extras are nice if you care about that sort of thing.

 
rcerboss said:
Does this set even exist on DVD?

And that's really a personal call. I wouldn't want these in DVD if I could help it. The extras are nice if you care about that sort of thing.
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The extended editions are on DVD, I have all 3 sets, but I don't think they were ever sold as a collection together on DVD. I don't know how many new features are on this compared to the original DVDs, but it's personal preference. I've wanted to pick this up since I'm a big LOTR fan but had never seen a better price, I'm curious to see how they look in Blu Ray.
 
Already have the set, but for those who don't....just buy it.  You won't regret it.

Edit: Guess the deal is over, but for those who still on the fence, its a great set.

 
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Pretty sure this is the cheapest i have seen the EE-Extended Edition trilogy on blu ray. To bad I bought the LOTR on blu ray 2 years before they released the EE ones. I figured this day would soon come where i would regret not waiting patiently for the EE ones instead.

 
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