The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy: Extended Edition Box Set (15 Discs) (Blu-ray)

The long version of the films spread over six blu-ray discs is simply fantastic, but to include nine dvd`s of re-released extras in bad quality is total rubbish. I have grown tired of all this expensive LOTR packages who does nothing more than milk religious fans of their well earned money by selling the same product over and over.

I am looking forward to a barebone blu-ray release with the long version of the films only.

if you guys read the special features description , it tells u why its on so many disks , get with the programme people , and if u were even the slightest lord of the rings fan u wouldnt care how it was presented

Comes a beautiful box set including all the special features discs. Crisp and clear quality.Can really see the difference

Comes a beautiful box set including all the special features discs. Crisp and clear quality.Can really see the difference

of course, we'd have preffered this box-set to have been released at the time of the 'blu-ray' theatrical release.....they were never gonna do that of course, the very 'stature' of the trilogy is such, they were allways gonna 'milk-it' knowing 'ring's' fans would probably buy both as so many of us did with the 'dvd' release.
not sure why some are critical of the two-disc per film presentation,the quality of the presentation on this format is surely worth it.
the film's ...well, so much has been written down the years, there is little more to say....the films are simply 'terrific'
the magical 'trilogy' takes us to the lands of the 'hobbit's' 'elves' 'orc's' 'dwarfs' and of course 'wizards' not to mention 'man'
the story follows the gallant quest by young hobbit 'frodo baggin's' to destroy the one ring of power which has been passed on to him.
the early part of the journey he has the protection of 'aragon' and friends, however for the greatest part of the dangerous mission he must continue alone, however 'loyal' friend 'sam' will not allow that, so joins 'frodo' for the journey.
they are joined by 'gollum' who offers to be their guide.......however this evil creature only really wants one thing....'the ring'
meanwhile 'arogon' along with 'legolas' and 'gimli' are fighting the many battles against the forces of 'saruman' for the control of middle earth.
it's truly a magical spectacle, yes the content is 'dark' along with an amazing story line.
eye-popping 'c.g.i' and great quality blu-ray ( this is what your blu-ray player is for ----great visual movies )
loads of extras....truly a treasured possession.

Ok, Was really looking forward to replacing my DVD version of this with BluRay. Must say that I'm dissapointed. The description is not really accurate. The description would suggest 15 Blu Ray Discs. This is not the case. 6 Discs for the movies (each movies split over 2 discs same as the dvd's were) the remaining 9 discs are DVD's. This annoys me really because If i'd known before purchasing I may have waited for a Blu ray version of the extended movies by them selves. Now I have 2 copies of the Extras on DVD having purchased them years ago.

So yeah, If you already own the DVD extended editions with the Appendices i'd hold on for an extended movie only release.

i purchesed the previous blueray release and after veiwing this extended blueray edition...there is no competition....the picture quality in the extended release is so much crisper clear striking and the colours much richer!!
this is worth buying and i highly recomend it....personaly im glad they split the film to 2 discs because the quality is worth it!

I've just started to watch this last night and have finished the first disc of the Fellowship and all I can say is..... WOW!!!! The transer to blue-ray is fab and brings a complete new angle to the film...... this will impress anyone watching it ! You will no doubt realise why they have put this over 2 discs per film - the quality well justifies this. A few moments not so good - but that is a very minor issue. A bit of a gamble decision to use 2 discs but well worth it. For those lazy fat asses complaining about this - seriously..... go get a life... or go get some more junk food from the kitchen!!! If the rest of the discs are as good - its going to be one hell of a treat! Not sure we need all the additional stuff though and could have been priced lower. But if you can afford this - you MUST get this ...FULLSTOP!!!!

I'm not going to sit here and write a review of the movies. We all know how good the movies are. Instead I will review the actual package.

POSITIVES - This is a very well presented and packaged set. The set is very rigid and sturdy and will take a lot of damage.

POTENTIAL DEALBREAKERS - The movies are split over 2 discs (the same as they were in the DVD versions). This is not a problem for me, but there are lot of people out there complaining about this. I can see that they have done it to present the best possible picture and sound. Had the audio and visual not been first class I would have not been impressed with the decision.

However, the audio/visual is among the best out there and totally validates the decision to keep the movie split. I genuinely believe that the quality would not be as good had the film been on one disc only. Those people complaining about the split should feel a sense of relief when they see the effort that has gone in to this.

THE BAD - only the 6 movie discs are bluray - the 9 bonus feature discs are only DVD. This was very disappointing for me, especially as there is no mention of this in the technical specs. The developers obviously didn't want this getting out too soon. Even if you look at the zoomed image of the unboxed package on the product page, you can see the discs are overlapped so you can only see the Bluray symbol on the feature discs. The DVD symbol on the remaining discs are all covered by other discs, leaving you to think this is a 15 bluray set as advertised.

For me, that is why this set only gets a 4 star review. It is a well presented package and the movies are among the best on bluray. However, having all the extras on DVD I found disappointing. This is still a set worthy of your time and money, I just felt a bit cheated it is advertised as a 15 disc bluray set when in fact it is 6 blurays and 9 dvds.

Still a quality set and a must for an LOTR fan. Would still highly recommend, but don't expect HD extras.

For the price I would have expected the extras on Blu-ray. Ideally upscaled, but if not the number of DVDs could have been slashed by three quarters.

Feature picture quality is good, but not as "eye popping" as I had hoped although still miles better than my last box set purchase (Alien Anthology).

If, like me, you've previously sported out for the extended DVD set you may wish to wait to see if a "feature only" extended Blu-ray is released as otherwise you are buying DVD extras again on DVD. There may be a few additional extras on this version but not worth the price in my opinion.