The "Hayden replaces Shaw" thing has no comparison to this. Yes, once rumors started leaking there was some reason to wonder--but what rumors have leaked about an LD transfer? None! Its all based off the two "1993" and "less pristine" comments by Jim Ward which have more reaonsable explainations regarding the original cleanup and archiving of the OOT for the special edition.

I'm not saying we definitly WONT get an LD-transfer. I'm also not saying we WONT get a VHS transfer. But what reason is there to believe we will get either one of those? None! Trust me, i am concerned about quality, I work in the motion picture CINEMATOGRAPHY department for gods sake, and if there was reason to believe we are getting an LD transfer i would be dissapointed. But I'm not, because there is nothing to suggest as much.

Literally the LD argument rests solely upon "1993" and "less pristince [than the 2004 dvd]." Which are explained by the fact that the OOT was restored and archived in 1993 and are also obviously not quite as good as the 2004 dvds. Again, even this is still unconfirmed but if you want to try to figure out from the vague statments made what kind of video we will be getting, this is the most rational explaination.