It looks very like the only way to get the new edition with DTS is to buy the collector's set. So I'd need to know more about the quality and duration of the extras before considering a double-dip on this one.
I received the 2-DVD set yesterday. Unless there are two separate 60th Anniversary editions out there, the film does NOT have a DTS track (this is the US R1 version). Only English and French DD 5.1 tracks.
Extras aren't much to speak of. A 20-minute making of, a couple of 5-10 minute featurettes and essays on events depicted in the movie. All in all, not really worth the upgrade, particularly, if like me, you were primarily after the DTS track. Nice case, though.
Why would Spielberg go for that? He has a stake in DTS, right. The more discs that go out with DTS, the more he stands to make, right? Most of his films are available with a DTS track, that you don't have to buy as part of a boxed set. What's the point, just to sucker people into buying a boxed set?
I don't believe this to be the case. It is my understanding, and I could be wrong, that DTS liceneses their encoders out to the studios. I don't think the studios pay a per title fee, they merely pay the licensing fee for the encoder. It is then at the studios discretion as to which titles get DTS tracks.