The new DVD version of HTWWW came out today and I was at Best Buy at 9:30 this morning to get it.

The video was supposedly made from an original 3 panel source and looks very good. Evidently the lines at the panel joints were removed digitally, I haven't listened to the comment track yet but it seems obvious as the screen shots I took show.

I saw this picture down in the Loop (at the Cinestage theater as I recall)when it came out in roadshow, this new DVD version gets the awesome presence of 3 panel Cinerama across much better than the old one did.

The sound is now DD and sounds cleaner and brighter than the old DVD.

This came out on Blu-Ray too but I don't have a BR machine, once Ben Hur comes out on BR I'll take the plunge. With this is out on BR I'm hoping Ben Hur isn't far behind.

The box says the aspect ratio is 2.89:1 and it looks it.