Well, I just finished the sixth disc and started (2 episodes) of the seventh disc. So if you like what you saw in terms of PQ with the first two discs, then I believe you’re going to like the rest. No need to get nervous.
For me, as a little kid in the 1970’s,
The Twilight Zone (1959-1964),
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955-1962),
Thriller (1960-1962) with Boris Karloff,
The Outer Limits (1963-1965) and finally
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962-1965) were, by this time, all in syndication. And my friends and I watched them nonstop.
So
The Twilight Zone Blu-rays were/are very near perfect in the PQ department. Next came
The Outer Limits to Blu-ray, first from Kino Lorber in the US and Via Vision/Imprint in Australia. And again PQ nearly perfect. Although Imprint, IMO had a better encode, so I kept Imprint’s set. Now we finally have (at least the first season) of
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour on Blu-ray. And, for me, this one is somewhat a cut below the other two shows on Blu-ray that I mentioned in terms of awesome print quality.
I guess I set my expectations a bit to high, but these three shows all came from the same TV era. So why does TAHH have more print damage and a lesser restoration? But of course they’re certainly not unwatchable by any means, and I’m having a blast watching them! But
The Twilight Zone and
The Outer Limits set a pretty high standard PQ wise.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour doesn’t meet that standard, IMO.
But the bottom line is: Enjoy them, they’re on Blu-ray now. Hopefully AHP and Thriller will get there soon.
So why does TAHH have more print damage and a lesser restoration?