TV on Blu-ray Wishlist Thread

[ChrisDilke]

A thread for those who want to discuss either TV shows currently available on Blu-ray, and/or what shows they want to see come out in the future. This is my wish list:

24 – The 7th season is out now and the 8th season up for pre-order, and with the show now ending and a movie being prepared, this should be a good time to get the previous seasons remastered and out in HD.

Desperate Housewives – One of my favourite shows with plenty of bright colours about to ensure that it will shine on Blu-ray. That plus the fact that the show is already filmed, and broadcast, in HD, and the DVDs I get sometimes aren't of great quality, a few of the discs I have had make a dodgy “grinding” noise when they play. They play back fine but it doesn't make them sound safe in my player.

House – It may be running a little thin now, but the earlier seasons are excellent and again I am not sure why it is not out on Blu-ray already, given its popularity and HD broadcast.

Prison Break – Season 3 is out on Blu-ray over here, but where are the others? And why was Season 4 a DVD exclusive? I believe Season 1 is out in the US but is region locked, so “hopefully” they shouldn't take that long to come over here.

Red Dwarf – Back to Earth was disappointing, but the original BBC series is still hilarious and I would really like to see it remastered in HD and released on Blu, but only if it is an HD restoration of the original episodes, and not the “Red Dwarf Remastered” editions that were released on VHS a few years ago and met with mixed responses from fans.

Scrubs – Same as 24, Season 8 is broadcast in HD, will have a Blu-ray release, let's have the other seasons remastered. And given the show's long-lasting popularity it would surely sell well on Blu.

The Sopranos – Did anyone buy the first season when it came out? Unless it wasn't a particularly big seller or had reports of disappointing transfers, then the later seasons are bound to be out at some point, yeah?

The Simpsons, Futurama, Family Guy – These three are an obvious case of “Some of the later episodes and movies are already out now, the earlier ones can surely be eventually restored for HD”. Plus, if it ever happens, then maybe they can sort out the episode running order confusion on the UK Family Guy releases, save for the Star Wars parody episodes, which are packaged separately.

The Smurfs – Ah, I'm probably the very minority here, but I added this one because it is simply my favourite cartoon. Has been since childhood, and I recently rewatched this for memories sake and got right back into it again. I have had to have the DVDs currently available imported from the US, or search for some old VHS videos of the show on eBay, so I'll be happy to just have the complete series released on DVD, especially in the UK. But if there is ever a chance that The Smurfs (and other Hanna-Barbera cartoons) will see the light of Blu-ray, then that will be an added bonus that I won't refuse.