Scruffy, I think both you and zombie are on the right track. I also believe that the OOT exists in digital form due to the scanning that had to be done of all the original film elements for the SEs, and it wouldn't be all that tough to re-assemble it for a set of anamorphic DVDs (or hd-dvds, or blu-ray), and I also believe that suitable film elements also exist, despite what Lucasfilm's mouth-pieces say.

I think it will be done, eventually, but I'm not getting myself tied up in knots over it anymore. GL doesn't respect his fans the way he should and that's that. I have the new DVDs, and they will just have to suffice until the day GL changes his mind, when and if that ever happens.