Speaking of Lord of the Rings, there are reports on avsforum.com that the LFE channels of the Bluray versions have been compromised compared to the dvd's--some sort of subsonic filter around 25 hz has apparently removed all the lowest bass content, considerably reducing the impact. This isn't a problem for most people (including me) who don't have massive subwoofers that can shake a room at frequencies well below the range of human hearing, but the folks who do have that capability are in an uproar about it. While my bass extension doesn't go that far, I would certainly not want to buy a product that I knew had been compromised in such a way. Hey, I might be able to get a giant SVS subwoofer someday, and I'd sure want to take advantage of it if I could! Add what was mentioned about the DVNR and I'll stick with the dvd's, thanks. (Of course, I don't even like the LotR films that much, because the changes from the books really annoy me, but that's a whole other story.)

The Bluray releases of Avatar as well as Master and Commander are also said to suffer from this subsonic filtering, and possibly others I haven't heard about yet.

As for Star Wars on Bluray, my view is simple: no restored original trilogy, no sale. I'm particularly interested in the 70mm soundtracks, or close approximations thereof, and I would hope that those would be used in the audio mastering, but I won't hold my breath on that.