Sherlock homes jeremy brett itv3hd

[uk-guy]

has anyone from the UK been watching these the certainly look like they have been fully restored for HD and a boxset might be in the running i certainly will be making inquiries with itv

discussions welcomed ??

[James78]

They were digitally remastered for the DVD release but I haven't seen them in HD. I would love to have them on Blu-ray!

[NYorker]

I usually don't get TV stuff on DVD (Band of Brothers being an exception), but boy, I would love getting my hands on such a set! Best Holmes ever.

[Indiana Jones]

I would love to have these on BD, got the complete DVD set last year and watched them all over 2 weeks.

[tob]

its a great boxset he was the best sherlock holmes

[James78]

I think Acorn Media will release the Blu-rays in America at some point, but I don't think there is much demand for them in Britain.

[James78]

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is now available to pre-order!

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Ad...Blu-ray/56477/

Edit: It's listed as region free on Amazon Japan.

[duggie walker]

Originally Posted by James78

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is now available to pre-order!

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Ad...Blu-ray/56477/

Yeah. In JAPAN. For an ungodly amount of yen.

[Albatross365]

It's a very good series but too much at £290

[kandraks]

Originally Posted by James78

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is now available to pre-order!

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-Ad...Blu-ray/56477/

Nice! Let's hope ITV take a leaf out of their book ;-) At a tad lower price too.

[Rixx]

Originally Posted by kandraks

Nice! Let's hope ITV take a leaf out of their book ;-) At a tad lower price too.

I'd love to upgrade this but ITV doesn't seem to release many TV series on blu ray

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/movies.php?studioid=69

[malcy30]

I read that after the poor sales of Sharpe ITV stopped BD releases of their classic TV shows in the UK. They are still remastering them in HD for TV broadcast as we see on ITV3HD. It is upto overseas distributors like Acorn in the US to release on BD. they have done most of Poirot, plus some Marple and Midsomer Murder.

[uk-guy]

i am sure a boxset will be released at some point for us in the UK its just a matter of time why does Japan get all the good stuff first?

[Rixx]

Originally Posted by uk-guy

i am sure a boxset will be released at some point for us in the UK its just a matter of time why does Japan get all the good stuff first?

Well if they are willing to spend £300 on a tv series I think we have an answer

[malcy30]

Originally Posted by Rixx

Well if they are willing to spend £300 on a tv series I think we have an answer

Exactly.
People failed to pick up Sharpe at £50 to £60. Too many people in the UK say they will only pick up a TV show BD if its less than £20, so not worthwhile for then to release. Japan and US will pay a premium for this stuff.
Another example is the price of Poirot on BD in the US from Acorn. Its price would not get sales in the UK and you would have to add VAT on top as well.

[FastAndFluid]

Originally Posted by malcy30

Exactly.
People failed to pick up Sharpe at £50 to £60. Too many people in the UK say they will only pick up a TV show BD if its less than £20, so not worthwhile for then to release.

I would have bought "Sharpe" but read somewhere that it wasn't a complete set and, more importantly, featured episodes that were just upscaled versions of the DVD and not true HD. There seemed to be little poit in buying an incomplete and not truly HD set.

[badblokebob]

The "missing episodes" were, I presume, the two more recent films/series, I think for rights reasons. They're available separately anyhow.

As for the upscaling, I believe they couldn't find the original footage for some of it -- as the box notes, it's less than 5%. It's been a while so I don't remember the full story, but I think it's all in one episode. Of course, being a box set it has a long running time, and 5% works out at something like an hour. Still, that's 95% of it in proper HD, and the other bit presumably lost forever.

[Dan_Shane]

Originally Posted by FastAndFluid

I would have bought "Sharpe" but read somewhere that it wasn't a complete set and, more importantly, featured episodes that were just upscaled versions of the DVD and not true HD. There seemed to be little poit in buying an incomplete and not truly HD set.

Any SHARPE fans who skipped on the Blu-ray set are doing themselves a disservice. The visual and audio upgrade over the DVD collection is substantial. the elements were recomposed for 1.85:1 aspect ratio, and this is the one case where the occasional cropping improved the product.

The action is more immediate and involving, and detail is through the roof, even considering the 16mm original source material. Somehow the battles even look bigger thanks to the new framing. (Probably got rid of a lot of empty space at the end of the small battle lines.) Even the 45 minutes of SHARPE'S GOLD that was upscaled looks considerably better than my imported DVD did.

The set is still available and quite affordable for Region B viewers. Americans who haven't wised up and invested in a region-free player are out of luck.

[Bullseye]

Have the DVD box set but would gladly buy this on BD. my favourite version of SH.