[sphinx99]

Just wondering if there is news about TV shows showing up on HD-DVD at (hopefully) reasonable price points. I'd be real interested in purchasing Firefly on HD-DVD. Any word?


(And as an aside, if it's okay to ask here, how do HD-DVD and Blu-ray fare against each other currently when it comes to releases of various television shows? I noticed most of the talk in both forums is about movies.)

 

[JDMxB]

I think so far the only TV releases have been The Sopranos S6 (HD & BD) and Smallville S5 on HD.

 

[Jonny_eh]

The new Battlestar Galactica series was announced to be released sometime in 2007.


Don't hold your breath on Firefly, it's a Fox TV series, and they are currently Bluray exclusive. (That series has not been announced for Bluray either)

 

[Amiable-Akuma]

The first seasons of Survivor, The Amazing Race, Friends, Battlestar Gallactica as well as Band of Brothers have all been announced or listed for a future HD DVD release at some point. West Wing was suggested at some point too. However, I wouldn't expect to see any of these release for several months though - if not all the way until next Fall. I've never heard Firefly even mentioned by the studio (though they did release Serenity) - so I wouldn't expect that one for a long time.


Universal/Home Theater Forum - is supposed to post inside info on all/many of Universals upcoming releases for the year by the end of the week - maybe we'll see a surprise there though.

 

[BuGsArEtAsTy]

RE: BSG.


Has the first season really been announced? Last I heard it was just "Battlestar Galactica" and there was some question as if to whether they were talking about the mini-series only, or if they were talking about that and the whole first season or more.


If seasons 1 (incl. mini), 2, and 3 all came out in the summer, I'll probably buy them all... BUT ONLY IF THE PRICES ARE REASONABLE. I would not pay US$99 for one season. Even US$79 (street) is pushing it. I'd probably pay CAD$79.99 (US$68) though.


It would p!ss me off to no end though if there were audio sync issues with BSG, like there are with so many other discs on HD DVD players.


P.S. How many HD DVD discs per season is Smallville? Amazon says it's 926 minutes, but doesn't list the number of discs. I'd guess something like 5.


EDIT:


It's 5 discs. That's quite reasonable for great quality. 926 minutes is less than 5X the length of King Kong, and King Kong is reference video quality.

 

[eXstasie]

Can't wait for Band of Brothers!! OMG..thats going to be awesome...

 

[Big J]

I'm sure its at least the Mini-series, quite possibly the mini + season one. In the US they were one package for DVD, but not in Europe. I would be surprised if seasons 2 and 3 came out for quite a while. I don't expect them to be cheap.

Just my guesses.

J

 

[shaggy16]

I'm hoping to see lots of TV on HD-DVD. I hope Smallville and the Sopranos aren't being looked at by the studios as a test. Both will probably sell poorly, Smallville because it may skew a little young and Sopranos price is ridiculous. I bought smallville and its very good. The picture quality is outstanding and the IME is great, in the future hopefully they make it available on more episodes.


Currently I have little interest in Blu Ray, but X-files, Buffy, Angel and Firefly are my favorite shows of all time, so I would jump on Blu Ray the day any were released.

 

[GaPPa]

any news on other CBS shows like CSI, Criminal Minds, The Unit, Numb3rs, and NCIS

 

[Damed]

I won't rebuy BSG seasons 1 and 2, but if season 3 is released Day & Date in HD, I'll pick up the HD version.

 

[dad1153]

Unfortunately most of the TV shows I'd like to see on HD wouldn't benefit from the format's high-resolution: The Incredible Hulk (still waiting for news about Season 2 coming to DVD after the first one sold well), Kolchak: The Night Stalker, all the Law & Order shows, The Secret World of Alex Mack (Nickelodeon, i.e. Viacom which owns Paramount), etc.

 

[BuGsArEtAsTy]



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Unfortunately most of the TV shows I'd like to see on HD wouldn't benefit from the format's high-resolution: The Incredible Hulk (still waiting for news about Season 2 coming to DVD after the first one sold well), Kolchak: The Night Stalker, all the Law & Order shows, The Secret World of Alex Mack (Nickelodeon, i.e. Viacom which owns Paramount), etc.

Well, not a TV show, but Casablanca looks awesome in HD, and that movie is from 1942.


Mind you, I'd doubt they'd put nowhere near the work into some of those shows as they did for Casablanca.

 

[Rastor]



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Originally Posted by Jonny_eh /forum/post/0


Don't hold your breath on Firefly, it's a Fox TV series, and they are currently Bluray exclusive.

I thought Universal acquired the distribution rights to Firefly? They've been airing it on the Universal HD channel...

 

[paulstachniak]

Don't forget HBO has said more Sopranos this year. Also CBS has said Star Trek Remastered later this year as well.

 

[Amiable-Akuma]



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Don't forget HBO has said more Sopranos this year.

Yeah, that's right. And that's so cool. I think the later seasons get kind of wierd (someone needs to make like a fan-edit of them to cut out the BS) - but I would be buying Seasons 1 through 3 in a second, the day that they come out. They're classic.

 

[WirelessGuru]



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Originally Posted by Rastor /forum/post/0


I thought Universal acquired the distribution rights to Firefly? They've been airing it on the Universal HD channel...

I'm not saying you are wrong as I do not know the answer, but I do know rights for broadcasting are different from home video distribution rights. So it is possible that Universal has broadcast rights but Fox still owns distribution rights.

 

[BuGsArEtAsTy]

For the currently shipping Firefly DVDs:

Rating:Not Rated


Label: fox


Studio: 20th Century Fox


Release Date: 2003-12-09


DVD Format: Box Set, Widescreen Anamorphic, 1.78:1, Closed Captioned, Color


DVD Features: Subtitles: English, Spanish, Audio Track 1: English, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Audio Track 2: French, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Audio Track 3: Spanish, Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround

 

[Rastor]

Hmm, perhaps it was that Universal got the rights for re-airing Firefly, and developing new properties based on the license, but that Fox would continue DVD distribution of the existing episodes.

 

[thalazy]

I would love to have Lucky Louie on HD DVD. HBO get on that for me please.