Wait for Matrix Trilogy box set?
 

Are you planning on purchasing the Matrix Reloaded DVD on Oct 14, or will you wait for a <i>potential</i> super-mega collector's edition box set? Has anyone heard anything about a set, or a re-release of the original?

I already bought the first one but will hold off purchasing the other two until a box comes out. It should be out by Christmastime 2004, not too long to wait.

I still dont have the original Matrix, so Im gonna be waiting for the Box Set (If there is one)

First question that went through my head when I saw DVDtalk's front page today! :D

My guess, only THE MATRIX will receive an upgrade for the sure-to-be-released box set next year; RELOADED and REVOLUTIONS will simply be re-packages.

Hope, i'm right!

Let's just hope a new transfer is done for the first movie.

I own the first film, but I'm definitely waiting for a complete box before making another purchase.

Not going to wait until the whole series is over before getting Matrix Reloaded.

Do you mean December 2004? Why would they wait so long after the release of the 3rd film?

So they can milk everything they can out of the single releases of Reloaded and Revolutions. Although a year does seem a bit long.

Regardless I'm just gonna wait for the box set.

But don't you think the hype will die down by then? A box set would, IMO, sell much better on the cuff of the DVD release of Matrix Revolutions.

The Matrix is enormously popular (yep obvious statement :)). It would sell if they waited 3 years.

Hell we waited years for Indiana Jones and Back to the Future and I'm pretty sure they're/will be selling well.

Yeah but Indy and BTTF were never available on DVD before the box sets were released. Plus those were classics... I think this is a different situation.

ditto for me.

A trilogy box set is inevitable and I'm even holding off buying Animatrix in case there's a box set with that included. And out by Christmastime in the DVD release world means mid-October to early November.

That would make sense... we can hope...

What's wrong with the current one?

Ahh, what's $10 anyway. I'll probably pick up a single release in the interim.

That's the route I'm going as well.

I'm waiting for a nice boxset also...got to loooove the boxsets!

<i>You like-a the box-set?</i>

I see no reason to wait a year (or longer). Who knows? The Matrix is still a top selling DVD, Warner may milk these initial releases for years...Reloaded is a double disc set, supposedly in an amaray case, Revolutions almost certainly will, too. IF/when The original Matrix gets double dipped, there is no way Warner would make it exclusive to the boxed set, anyways..... I won't deprive myself these movies just for a cardboard box.

I spend tons of money on DVDs, virtually all of you guys do too (most of you probably spend more) Why wait a year(s) to save a few dollars to avoid a double dip (IF Warner does something special the second time around) Especially since it is commonplace to offer rebates for double dip[s anyways...

It's an older transfer (well, 1999 in DVD terms is older). The disc is so jam-packed that many studios went towards 2-disc sets with the movie on one disc allows for more bit-rate in the video/sound department for the movie.

There's nothing too bad about it, but compared to many newer transfers, it's not quite as sharp, clear, or etc.

One day... we'll get dts.

I dunno will I wait. Depends on whether or not I can just buy the individual DVDs cheaper.

Dobtful ... Warner said never. But that's ok, 'cause we all know that it's the mixing, not the codec, that makes the sound really shine.

The problem is Warner's had yet to release a worthwhile box set. If they release abox and I can get all the contents separately, I'm not sure how willing I'll be to get th box.