kk650 said: Compared to the hdtv stream i'm looking at that has very strong colour grading all over the place it does IMHO. The EE blu-ray transfer seems more consistant overall in terms of colour to me, like TTT and ROTK, whereas the hdtv stream has most locations with a completely different colour grading to each other. It certainly makes for a very varied film colourwise but consistant in terms of colour its not. I can't think of a single scene from The Two Towers or Return of the King that has anywhere near as strong colour grading as the council of elrond scene in Rivendell on this hdtv stream.

I think we've misunderstood each other. If you mean that the EE BD of FotR is like the other two in terms of consistency of color, I agree. If you mean that the colors themselves are alike, I disagree.

I wonder if the whole of your HDTV version was recompressed or if only the parts that were upscaled were. If it's the latter, it could be useful. Unfortunately, the alternate takes from the theatrical will have been lost e.g. the approach to Rivendell.