The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Extended Edition will include soundtracks formatted in 7.1 Channel DTS-HD Master Audio (48kHz, 24-bit), as well as French and Spanish language soundtracks in Dolby Digital 5.1. The video is formatted in MPEG-4 AVC with maximum of resolution is 1080p.
Total runtime of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Extended Edition is 186 minutes, which adds another 25 minutes to the 161-minute theatrical release.
List price for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Extended Edition 3-Disc set is $35.99, while The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Extended Edition 5-Disc set (with Blu-ray 3D) is list-priced at $54.99.
The release date for both extended editions is November 4, 2014. Amazon just announced an exclusive Extended Edition that features a statue from Weta Workshops. (See ads below for current pricing.)