Paul_Scott
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yeah. i feel the same way.
this was a formative film for me, when i was a kid, i went back to see it more times than i did anything else...even Star Wars.
its lost a lot of punch over the years thru countless re-viewings, but its the definition of an Essential library title.
i will absolutely positively upgrade to HD when it comes, but i believe that 6 months later is not very realistic.
i remember getting into DVD, in what i considered late in the game, and still waiting to get Jaws.
if it wasn't announced as a big title to spur the launch of the format, i expect it would be another couple years at least.
as for the new dvd- if the original mono mix is on there, and the current video standard isn't compromised, i'll upgrade.
i hate the new 5.1 mix that much.
as far as PQ goes- the current release isn't bad at all, and to me it looks to be cleanly authored, mastered, and encoded. any noticeable improvment would have to come from a new 'tweaked' transfer i would think (think of how good we all thought the original Alien looked and then compare that to transfer in the Quad set- i know some people didn't like it, but to me it looked f-in' incredible) and even given all the soundtracks this time around, moving ALL extras over to the next disc would surely give the visual side more room to flex.
but regardless, its worth it just for the new (old) mono mix.
just like i would upgrade SW if Lucas could ever kick out the true originals.