[thorr]

 http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Friends-The-Complete-Series/17109


FRIENDS: THE COMPLETE SERIES BLU-RAY

Street Date: 11/13/12

21 BD-50s

Audio - English Dolby Surround 5.1, Brazilian Portuguese, Castilian Spanish, German, Japanese, Parisian French

Subtitles - English SDH, Brazilian Portuguese, Complex Chinese, Castilian Spanish, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, German, Japanese, Latin Spanish, Norwegian, Parisian French, Swedish

Presented in 16x9 widescreen format

Running time: Approx. 90 Hours (episodes)

Over 20 hours (special features) - Including 3 hours of all-new special features

SRP: $279.98

 

[rezpekt]

So only 2 discs per season? Come on, Warner, even Mill Creek used four discs for That '70s Show season 1.

 

[Morpheo]



My favorite sitcom at last in high def and 16x9!!!!!


Could I BE more happy?

 

[BIG ED]



Quote:
Originally Posted by Morpheo  /t/1416603/friends-the-complete-series-on-november-13-2012#post_22150067

My favorite sitcom at last in high def and 16x9!!!!!

Could I BE more happy?

May you could be more happy if it wasn't cropped?!?!

 

[rezpekt]



Quote:
Originally Posted by BIG ED  /t/1416603/friends-the-complete-series-on-november-13-2012#post_22151064


May you could be more happy if it wasn't cropped?!?!

It is not cropped. It is completely reframed and most scenes have more information on the sides.

 

[Morpheo]



Quote:
Originally Posted by BIG ED  /t/1416603/friends-the-complete-series-on-november-13-2012#post_22151064


May you could be more happy if it wasn't cropped?!?!

Friends was shot in Super35...

 

[dvdmike007]



Quote:
Originally Posted by Morpheo  /t/1416603/friends-the-complete-series-on-november-13-2012#post_22151423


Friends was shot in Super35...

yep and bar the few sd scenes it looks stunning in hd, must buy when the price comes down.

 

[Jamie E]



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Originally Posted by dvdmike007  /t/1416603/friends-the-complete-series-on-november-13-2012#post_22151841


yep and bar the few sd scenes it looks stunning in hd

Upon what are you basing that? Is it being shown in HD syndication somewhere like Seinfeld, or are there screen shots/trailers available already?

 

[dvdmike007]



Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamie E  /t/1416603/friends-the-complete-series-on-november-13-2012#post_22152104


Upon what are you basing that? Is it being shown in HD syndication somewhere like Seinfeld, or are there screen shots/trailers available already?

Comedy Central did the whole series in the UK and now does themed episode days.

Most episodes are 100% HD and look like they were made yesterday, there are a few shots that are in SD however but are mostly seconds long a a few odd episodes

 

[Dan Hitchman]

WB is really, really bad about episode cramming and low bitrates. Especially for their TV shows.

 

[amoergosum]



Quote:
After posting the Friends Blu-ray press release we've had a few readers email us to double-check exactly what episodes would be on the set. The press release mentions "all 236 original broadcast episodes released for the first time in the US," but fans weren't sure whether these mean "as aired on TV," or the extended cuts that previously appeared on DVD.


We double-checked with Warner Home Video and confirmed that these are the NBC broadcast versions, not the extended episodes. The extended cuts were special versions created for the DVDs and no longer exist in a form that could be used for a Blu-ray release. The good news is that you'll have the original broadcast cuts in HD (on Blu-ray), and the extended cuts in SD (on DVD).

Source:
http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Friends-episode-questions-answered/17124

 

[dcowboy7]



Quote:
Originally Posted by Morpheo  /t/1416603/friends-the-complete-series-on-november-13-2012#post_22150067


Could I BE more happy?

Well i guess you could BE more happy if they were the extendeds.

 

[wuther]

Not in the original aspect? Sets a bad example imho.

 

[Morpheo]



Quote:
Originally Posted by wuther  /t/1416603/friends-the-complete-series-on-november-13-2012#post_22155465


Not in the original aspect? Sets a bad example imho.

the original aspect IS 16x9. It was cropped for 4:3...

 

[dcowboy7]



Quote:
Originally Posted by wuther  /t/1416603/friends-the-complete-series-on-november-13-2012#post_22155465


Not in the original aspect? Sets a bad example imho.

As morpheo said + this was already answered in post 5.

 

[wuther]



Quote:
Originally Posted by dcowboy7  /t/1416603/friends-the-complete-series-on-november-13-2012#post_22155566


As morpheo said + this was already answered in post 5.

The word you are looking for is apologized for. barf.

 

[BIG ED]

I certainly don't mind being correctED; especially when I'm wrong!

"Friends", even in '94 (too the best of my new found knowledge) was being shot 1.78:1.


My apologies.

I've seen some of "Friends" on HD cable (Comcastic tho) & it does look good.

As does "Seinfeld"; which was all so 1.78:1.

 

[42041]



Quote:
Originally Posted by Morpheo  /t/1416603/friends-the-complete-series-on-november-13-2012#post_22155507


the original aspect IS 16x9. It was cropped for 4:3...

Really. A TV show had the prescience to shoot for a TV format that wouldn't be in wide use for more than a decade after it first aired (well, I suppose HDTV broadcasts predate mainstream HDTV adoption by quite a few years but certainly in 1993 16:9 wouldn't be anyone's primary consideration)? Source please.

 

[IanRW]



Quote:
Originally Posted by 42041  /t/1416603/friends-the-complete-series-on-november-13-2012#post_22156250


Really. A TV show had the prescience to shoot for a TV format that wouldn't be in wide use for more than a decade after it first aired (well, I suppose HDTV broadcasts predate mainstream HDTV adoption by quite a few years but certainly in 1993 16:9 wouldn't be anyone's primary consideration)? Source please.

This was common practice by Warner Brothers Television in 1994. ER, Babylon 5, and Friends all premiered that year and were safeguarded for a future 16:9 presentation. (Though B5 had post-production issues)

 

[PeterTHX]



Quote:
Originally Posted by 42041  /t/1416603/friends-the-complete-series-on-november-13-2012/0_50#post_22156250


Really. A TV show had the prescience to shoot for a TV format that wouldn't be in wide use for more than a decade after it first aired (well, I suppose HDTV broadcasts predate mainstream HDTV adoption by quite a few years but certainly in 1993 16:9 wouldn't be anyone's primary consideration)? Source please.

The HDTV (ATSC) standards were being drawn up as early as the late 1980s. By the early '90s, before Friends premiered, the 16x9 (1.78) aspect ratio had already been chosen.