Gaffer Tape said:
To ESHBG and Doc, yeah, I thought about that too. It would seem very much like Lucas to try to bury news about an OOT release in order to sabotage it. But once again, think about the GOUT. I know occasionally they tried to pass off as the big selling point the fact that they were individually released, but all kinds of ads pointed to the fact that they were being released with the theatrical versions. So whatever George's exact feelings on a release of the OOT is, it didn't keep LFL's mouth shut back in 2006, so I really don't believe we can expect that this time around either. If there was a big, new transfer of the OOT, we would have heard about it by now.

True, and Lucas wouldn't do it quietly to avoid looking like a hypocrite ("Oh, hey, turns out the last release wasn't the best quality! We just 'unearthed' original prints!"), because as we've seen in the past, he has no compulsion about putting his foot in his mouth for all to see.