I had the parts on my computer already when they announced the new DVD. That's the only reason I finished it at this point.

They've been really strange about the extended cut. They waited a really long time to release it on DVD even though it's been on TV a billion times over the past several years.

The worst thing is there are some real flaws. A lot of what I changed was nit picky such as musical cues and formatting of shots, but some fixes are for legitimately sloppy editing.

Untimed colors in a scene, dubbing that doesn't sync, and shifting black borders are just a few of the problems. Probably the worst is an overdub added to the theatrical cut to account for a deleted scene that wasn't removed by ABC. It's contradictory to what they added back.

(Hermione tells Ron and Harry to put Crabbe and Goyle in a closet and take their robes. In the deleted scene, after Ron and Harry have put them in the closet they arrive at the bathroom and Hermione gives them robes she got from the school's laundry.)

I find it impossible to believe they might commercially release a cut in that condition, but based on run time alone it sounds like they aren't going to bother to expand on the plotlines for the restored scenes: why the Kwikspell letter is embarrassing, the crowing of a Rooster can kill a basilisk (and the dead roosters Hagrid is carrying around), Hermione having a crush on Lockhart, and Ron's father's second raid on the Malfoy house based on information from the polyjuice potion episode.

I can't see releasing this on DVD until we see what the official release really turns out to be, but I would consider an XviD if there is interest.