Thanks biglou, I've updated my information.

Update from Blu-ray.com:

The Steamboat Bill, Jr. Blu-ray will contain two alternate versions comprised of variant takes and camera angles.

In the silent era, it was common practice for filmmakers to create two separate negatives of their films, each comprised of differing takes and camera angles. This Blu-ray edition contains both versions of Steamboat Bill, Jr.: the version from the Buster Keaton Estate version and the version from the Killiam Shows Archive, each mastered from archival 35mm materials.

They have posted a short clip on line http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=4648

You're better off. I just got my imported copy of The Kid today, and it's awful. The image has been overprocessed and then slapped with hard, heavy edge enhancement to try to compensate...very DVD-like overall and extremely 'digital' looking. I haven't done a direct comparison to the DVD that's in the same package, but this is the worst looking B&W classic I've seen on Blu-ray, and I own pretty much all of 'em.

I can post some screengrabs later if you want.

RE: The Kid

Well that's unfortunate. The recent comments at Amazon UK say nothing about the image quality although there are comments about the 2nd disk (DVD version & extras) are missing from some copies.

I'm adding a consumer alert above to help warn people about the release, and I'd say a few screen grabs would be helpful.