The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (Ken Burns) -- September 16th, 2014 - Blu-ray Forum

McCrutchy · 09-05-2014, 08:59 PM

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History Blu-ray Review

PBS will release Ken Burns' new documentary The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (2014) on Blu-ray on September 16th, 2014.

The series will air on PBS starting Sunday, September 14th, 2014.

McCrutchy · 09-14-2014, 05:56 PM

Heads up: This is airing starting tonight on your local PBS station.

All the cool kids will be watching.

McCrutchy · 09-16-2014, 05:44 PM

The Roosevelts: An Intimate History Blu-ray Review

BobbyMcGee · 09-17-2014, 12:51 AM

Also, if you have the PBS app (I have it via my Roku 3), The Roosevelts is also available there. I plan to watch it soon.

laz305 · 02-13-2015, 08:22 AM

Tempting

but I'll hold out for $40

SpartanIre · 02-13-2015, 09:50 AM

$50 was my price point and I happily ordered!!!

erlinmeyer · 02-13-2015, 10:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by laz305

Tempting

but I'll hold out for $40

Amazon digital for $39.99 http://www.amazon.com/Get-Action/dp/...the+roosevelts
also iTunes has for $39.99

UUUUGGGGHHHH · 02-13-2015, 01:53 PM

I bit on the Blu today. Eff it.

netscorer · 02-13-2015, 04:30 PM

Great documentary, but this is where streaming format would be more preferable to Blu-Ray. With all due respect to the clean-up work that was done on archival footage and presentation, this is not the video that takes any advantage of Blu-Ray format.
This would actually sell much better if they would bundle it with book to keep as reference as there are lot of gaps in the story and the constant jumping back and forth between different Roosevelts requires very careful attention. I got confused more then once when watching it.

bruceames · 02-13-2015, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by netscorer

Great documentary, but this is where streaming format would be more preferable to Blu-Ray. With all due respect to the clean-up work that was done on archival footage and presentation, this is not the video that takes any advantage of Blu-Ray format.
This would actually sell much better if they would bundle it with book to keep as reference as there are lot of gaps in the story and the constant jumping back and forth between different Roosevelts requires very careful attention. I got confused more then once when watching it.

On the contrary it most definitely is. The photographs look amazing and will look sharper and more detailed on the Blu-ray then on any streaming service. That is important because so many of these photos have lots of small detail in them.

Geode · 02-14-2015, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UUUUGGGGHHHH

I bit on the Blu today. Eff it.

That sure didn't stay down long.

09-05-2014, 08:59 PM	#1
McCrutchy Contributor Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:East Coast, USA Home Theater Gallery:2 4K collection:1263 Blu-ray collection:6773 DVD collection:253 Blu-ray reviews: 5 Trading Score:17	The Roosevelts: An Intimate History (Ken Burns) -- September 16th, 2014 The Roosevelts: An Intimate History Blu-ray Review PBS will release Ken Burns' new documentary *The Roosevelts: An Intimate History* (2014) on Blu-ray on September 16th, 2014. The series will air on PBS starting Sunday, September 14th, 2014. Last edited by McCrutchy; 09-16-2014 at 05:55 PM.

09-14-2014, 05:56 PM	#2
McCrutchy Contributor Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:East Coast, USA Home Theater Gallery:2 4K collection:1263 Blu-ray collection:6773 DVD collection:253 Blu-ray reviews: 5 Trading Score:17	Heads up: This is airing starting tonight on your local PBS station. All the cool kids will be watching.

09-16-2014, 05:44 PM	#3
McCrutchy Contributor Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:East Coast, USA Home Theater Gallery:2 4K collection:1263 Blu-ray collection:6773 DVD collection:253 Blu-ray reviews: 5 Trading Score:17	The Roosevelts: An Intimate History Blu-ray Review

09-17-2014, 12:51 AM	#4
BobbyMcGee Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Oct 2012 Location:Los Angeles, CA 4K collection:500 Blu-ray collection:4495 Trading Score:361	Also, if you have the PBS app (I have it via my Roku 3), The Roosevelts is also available there. I plan to watch it soon.

02-13-2015, 08:22 AM	#5
laz305 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Dec 2007 Location:Miami, FL. Home Theater Gallery:9 4K collection:781 Blu-ray collection:4821 DVD collection:613 MA collection:35 Digital collection:977 iTunes collection:270 Trading Score:397	Tempting but I'll hold out for $40

02-13-2015, 09:50 AM	#6
SpartanIre Special Member Member since:Oct 2010 4K collection:95 Blu-ray collection:5704 DVD collection:200	$50 was my price point and I happily ordered!!!

02-13-2015, 01:53 PM	#8
UUUUGGGGHHHH Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Feb 2011 Location:Metro Detroit Area 4K collection:145 Blu-ray collection:3030 DVD collection:154 Trading Score:128	I bit on the Blu today. Eff it.

02-13-2015, 04:30 PM	#9
netscorer Junior Member Member since:Nov 2012 Blu-ray collection:-	Great documentary, but this is where streaming format would be more preferable to Blu-Ray. With all due respect to the clean-up work that was done on archival footage and presentation, this is not the video that takes any advantage of Blu-Ray format. This would actually sell much better if they would bundle it with book to keep as reference as there are lot of gaps in the story and the constant jumping back and forth between different Roosevelts requires very careful attention. I got confused more then once when watching it.

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