I purchase mine 1 hour ago and will probably watch FOTR tonight.
The whole discussion about the color timing change is a green tint that was applied on the whole movie. It is specially noticeable when the background is snow and the snow looks green.
http://blubrew.com/2011/06/16/the-fellowship-of-the-ring-extended-edition/
In any case, there will be probably be an exchange program so I'm not really losing anything.

Bruno
M80s/VP180/QS8s/EP600/AVR-890
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