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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Christmas Blu-ray not in HD

post #1 of 18
11/12/09 at 3:52pm
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Just FYI, I just got the Blu-ray copy of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia: A Very Sunny Christmas" on Blu-ray. It is not HD but just widescreen similar to the broadcast on FXHD. In fact there is a short video disclaimer with the producers where they example that it is not HD and just an up-convert. So, if you love the show, the DVD is just as good.
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post #2 of 18
11/12/09 at 5:31pm
Why would they even bother putting this out on blu-ray if it's just upconverted...that makes ZERO sense IMO.
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post #3 of 18
11/12/09 at 5:46pm
Huh? Is it 1080i?
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post #4 of 18
11/12/09 at 9:54pm
WTF?! You're kidding me! I was so, so looking forward to my first taste of this show in HD.
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post #5 of 18
11/13/09 at 5:31am
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Originally Posted by GizmoDVD View Post

Huh? Is it 1080i?

If it's 1080i (or 720p for that matter) then it would be in HD. It must be 480 and upconverted.
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post #6 of 18
11/13/09 at 5:43am
If it's 480P they can put a lot more eps. on one BD.
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post #7 of 18
11/13/09 at 5:53am
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Yep, it is a 480 up-converted to 1080p. It is the same as the show, shot in widescreen SD and then up-converted to 1080i/p. There is a small video were the procedure David Hornsby (Rickety Cricket) explains that it is not HD while producer Rob McElhenney (Mac) yells at him that no one cares. I just wanted everyone to know, so they don't waste their money. And the whole thing is only 43 minutes.
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post #8 of 18
11/13/09 at 5:56am
Thanks for the heads up.
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post #9 of 18
11/13/09 at 6:05am
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Originally Posted by PDB View Post

Yep, it is a 480 up-converted to 1080p. It is the same as the show, shot in widescreen SD and then up-converted to 1080i/p. There is a small video were the procedure David Hornsby (Rickety Cricket) explains that it is not HD while producer Rob McElhenney (Mac) yells at him that no one cares. I just wanted everyone to know, so they don't waste their money. And the whole thing is only 43 minutes.

Wow. They actually still shoot in SD video? Thought those days were long over.
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post #10 of 18
11/13/09 at 6:44am
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Wow. They actually still shoot in SD video? Thought those days were long over.

LOL, have you seen the show? It's about as low budget as you can get (1st season anyways).

1st season was filmed in 4:3 SD as far as I know.

Anyways, thanks for the heads up. Is there a price difference between the BD and DVD? That be a pretty cheap move on FX's part if they're selling the BD for more with the same content.

I'm also guessing having my PS3 upscale this will probably be better then the BD, right?
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post #11 of 18
11/13/09 at 7:32am
Nope. Haven't watched it. It must be for artistic effect because if you're shooting on video anyways it really doesn't cost that much more to shoot in HD.
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post #12 of 18
11/13/09 at 7:38am
I was wondering about this, even the episodes that are on HD on demand are upscaled. They might shoot on SD to save money and make everything look more low budget, which suits their little universe. But this season is at least WS.

Curb just aired in HD for the first time this season and is has HBO money.

Bad Fox.
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post #13 of 18
11/13/09 at 7:55pm
The "hd" episodes are pretty decent and MUCH better than the standard. Odd thing is comcast near me has the regular ones on air the the hd on demand.

I LOOOOVE this show much really hope it goes on netflix on demand because 43 minutes for $20 sucks
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post #14 of 18
11/13/09 at 8:01pm
This disc is too HDM what Nora Jones was too SA-CD!
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post #15 of 18
11/13/09 at 9:31pm
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Originally Posted by TyrantII View Post


Anyways, thanks for the heads up. Is there a price difference between the BD and DVD? That be a pretty cheap move on FX's part if they're selling the BD for more with the same content.

There's a $3 difference in MSRP between the DVD and Blu-Ray. The Blu-Ray does have a lossless audio track...
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post #16 of 18
11/14/09 at 8:26am
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There's a $3 difference in MSRP between the DVD and Blu-Ray. The Blu-Ray does have a lossless audio track...

There's not much in the audio of this show to show it off, but I suppose it's worth a measly $3 for the better audio track.
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post #17 of 18
11/14/09 at 8:31am
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Why would they even bother putting this out on blu-ray if it's just upconverted...that makes ZERO sense IMO.

Well, it makes sense from a marketing standpoint. Some people don't even browse the DVD section anymore, and putting out a BD gives your title a bit more attention.

Also, it is likely in many cases people may own a blu-ray player with poor DVD upconversion, thus an already upconverted title may look significantly better on said players - assuming the studio does a pro job on the upconvert.
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post #18 of 18
11/14/09 at 10:04am
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Originally Posted by Ruined View Post

Well, it makes sense from a marketing standpoint. Some people don't even browse the DVD section anymore, and putting out a BD gives your title a bit more attention.

Also, it is likely in many cases people may own a blu-ray player with poor DVD upconversion, thus an already upconverted title may look significantly better on said players - assuming the studio does a pro job on the upconvert.

that and you get less/better compression at the intermediate stage. going straight from master -> good scaler -> 1080 h264 saves you that measly part of conforming video to old DVD standards, which definitely degrades the image.

i don't really mind this practice, IF (and only if) it's clearly stated on the cover (not like the tiny little footnote on the UK Life on Mars "BD"s) and the price is fairly equal to the DVD edition.
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