the link says netflix has already replaced the original version w/ the new version. are you able to post disc art for each so i know when i receive this later this week that i have the new version?

Anyone pick this up today to compare, or even to see if it's a huge jump from the last blu-ray, or not?

And why is this catalog release so expensive?

Screenshots show that not only does it look better, but it's a new transfer (dirt/marks on the old one are not present on the new).

Saw it at Best Buy today. It even states on a cover sticker in big letters that its a new digital transfer.

Well, Fry's had it for cheap (cheap enough) that I got it. And while it's sill not one of the best looking blu-rays out there, it's a freaking night & day difference compared to the old blu-ray. Besides having no more EE and ringing, the colors look both more natural and more vibrant. This is a considerable upgrade.

Those of you with Meijer stores in your area, their ad has this listed at $19.99 this week.

so i received this from netflix but cant tell if this is the new disc or the old one. can someone post a picture of the disc from the new version?

The new disc has the Award-Winning Collection text somewhere on the disc art.

I don't think it says "award winning collection" on the disc, but the new one does say "Buena Vista" instead of Miramax.

Well sir, I'm looking right at the disc, and it says Miramax Award-Winning Collection at the top above the actor names. I got mine from Amazon.

If yours definitely doesn't have it that would be really strange unless there were two runs of this disc for some reason.

Just play the disc. If it looks like a fairly modern film print, it's the new edition. If it looks like dogshit, it's the old one. Check out the screenshots for each version on DVD Beaver, and you should be able to figure out which one you have.

Yeah, I know that's obvious, but the difference really isn't subtle here. It's not like the Pirates of the Caribbean disc, where you have to know when the mis-framing occurs and what the proper framing looks like. Heck, nobody even caught that for months.

im guessing i had the old one. it was a blue disc w/ a small picture on the lower right side of the disc. plus it opened w/ old trailers so that gave it away once i watched it lol so i guess netflix didnt replace all their copies yet

Yeah, you're right, I just wasn't sure about that - I was mostly sure about the finer print that circles on the outside edge of the disc which used to say Miramax now says Buena Vista.

Here is the easiest way to tell the old disc from the new disc: audio soundtrack

Old disc has uncompressed PCM for lossless, new disc has DTS HD Master Audio....

As far as I know, Disney is (or has) having all the old discs pulled from stores.

I was at Best Buy in Burbank a couple days ago and they still had 2 copies of the old disc behind the new ones, and still selling them for 29.99.

Is it too soon to expect Netflix to have the discs replaced? I put Gangs on the top of my queue but don't want to get it yet if they're still sending out the old ones.

i rented it from netflix and got the old disc

Just to update, I got one today from Netflix and it's still the old version. Just wish the reporter on that article had bothered to VERIFY that Netflix was actually being honest about that.