Warner Home Video has announced that they will release the '
Harry Potter Years 1-5 Giftset' to Blu-ray on November 11th, day-and-date with the DVD re-release. Last year, Warner released the '
Harry Potter Limited Edition Gift Set' in a collectible case, and this appears to be the "unlimited" version of that set.
The box will include 5 BD-50s (it doesn't have the two additional DVDs of supplemental material from the limited set of last year) in new super slim cases and video will be presented in 1080p VC-1 accompanied by 5.1 Dolby TrueHD soundtracks. What has not yet been answered is that if, with these releases now utilizing TrueHD instead of the original PCM soundtracks, have the video encodes been updated as well.
Extras will remain the same, minus the supplements found on the DVDs (or any of the promotional stuff found in the limited box).
Update: Warner has issued new press material indicating the films would be released on new super slim cases and utilize Dolby TrueHD for the soundtracks.