http://dvd.ign.com/articles/566/566215p1.html

They have screenshots comparing the old and new transfer of the first matrix.

Im getting the bust set at amazon. I was able to use the 20 dollar off coupon that amazon let slip for a brief night in october to order it.

Thanks for the comparison shots. Big difference :)

Huge difference....

10 disk set for me.

Regular set for me.

I was surprised that it would be such a huge difference. It's like night and day.

I'd like to get the bust but the case is really really REALLY lame. Didn't they even look at LOTR EE, Hellboy or the Monster Legacy gift boxes?

THAT'S how you package a bust with a nice DVD set.

Regular set for me.

Personally I think the bust is useless. It looks terrible.

I wanted to add that IGN has the first part of their review up.

10 disc version with my eyes closed. I forgot about this! I think Matrix Reloaded is da-bomb!!!

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I'm all over the 10-disc. Don't need the bust. It doesn't look that cool, but I'm also not really into the super-duper gift sets. Just give me the discs.

OMGOOOOODness! What a HUGE difference in terms of picture quality of Matrix 1! :eek:

I got the money give me the discs!

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The regular version, though I really want to know what the 80 page book in the LE set is all about.

And WOW at those remastered Matrix Screens

Does anyone know if the regular 10 disc set comes in thin cases? 10 keepcases in a box is pretty fat! :)

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The pictures appear to show seperate digipaks, so each movie has their own little case and a seperate one for the extras discs.

Oh shit cardboard! :eek: :lol: Oh dag.

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I'm torn. The design on the LE set is quite cool, but like everyone else, I'm wary of how it will hold up, and the bust looks bad...

Fuck it. Set w/o bust for me.

no bust

Just the regular set for me.

Those screenshots are nice!

While the new transfers look better they also look greener. I don't think I'm gonna fork out all that cash just for a new transfer.

Regular set for me.

None of the above. Sitting through these boring, crappy, dumb, badly acted, written and directed excuses for films was bad enough once.

bust set for me

I think that was kind of the whole point. ;)

The issue was that the first was made without any thought of sequals. So when the sequals were made, and they set the color-timing to certain colors, green in The Matrix, blue for real life, the original film didn't have this color-timing and so the W Bros. went back and re-color timed the original to fit in with the sequals. Quite frankly, I'm glad they did. This was one aspect that I couldn't get past when trying to watch the original after having seen the sequals.

As for the better transfer, I couldn't be happier with that as well. When I first bought my original Matrix DVD, I thought it was a bad copy because I couldn't get over the amount of grain in the transfer in dark scenes (which was a good majority of the film).

Having this new "Holy" Trilogy in such a manner (in this 10-disc box set) is going to be a joy owning.

Me too! It adds to the overall enviornment! I am happy Matrix got revamped...it's gonna be a gem to own this glorious set!!!

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