Well, it is in the sense that BD is no better in this aspect, but like I said, I don't mind and one has to realize that the EEs of LOTR are indeed the lenght of two regular movies.
Just out of interest (as it definitely doesn't concern my country :-( ) does anyone know if the theatrical release of the EE is digital only or if they made new prints for it? (They would have to make new prints since it's the EE).