Originally posted by: Mike O

Unless HD wins the format war. And then there will be whatever comes after HD and BR. The OOT needs respect always, regardless of the format.

HD I still believe will be a niche market, sorta like laserdisk, cause the % of people who own HDTV's right now is very small. I just don't see the average consumer 5-10 years from now buying these huge 55" HD Widescreen TV's. I think there is always the Home Theater Fans like many of us who were delve into HD-DVD once the format war is settled, but I believe the majority of consumers will be happy with their Standard DVD's for many years out, and won't be re-buying all of them in HD when available.

In saying that, I still believe if we could get a proper release of the OOT on Standard DVD, I would be happy forever. Zombie and I have talked about this before, and I do agree that HD is better then Standard DVD, but it is not the same leap from VHS to DVD, it is more the leap from 5.1 Dolby Digital to DTS, better, but not earth shattering. I love buying movies on DVD, and hope HDDVD format war is settled someday, but I know I will be picky in which movies I buy that I wasn't when I first got a DVD player back in 1998.

Going by Lucas's track record, even if HD-DVD or BlueRay take off and win the format war in the next year, he and Spielberg won't put out their movies til the format becomes more mainstream so they can sell to a bigger market share, so SW movies probably won't see the light of day til 2011-2012? So that still gives another 5 years of Standard DVD for Lucas to milk, and I believe there is one more release left for an Ultimate Boxset of all 6 movies including the OOT remastered, and then I can honestly say I would be contempt.