The Crown: Season 1 - Collector's Edition

[Buffdale]

Release Date: 16th October 2017

Currently available to pre-order at Amazon


Standard edition also available to pre-order at Amazon

[storythecorgi]

Oh my, this is a gorgeous set. I can't wait to have this in my hands!

[Gandalf_515]

Does anybody know what's on the fourth disc in the Platinum Edition?

[Ste7en]

Looks gorgeous. Hope it is a bit more robust than the House of Cards sets. Packaging is total shite.

[fpas]

The pre-order page for the Collector's Edition now says, and shows, 4 discs.
Hopefully we'll get some specs soon from Sony.

[Jado3Dhead]

Originally Posted by Ste7en

Looks gorgeous. Hope it is a bit more robust than the House of Cards sets. Packaging is total shite.

I had no problem with them.

[fpas]

Bump.
Is the Platinum 4 discs, and the regular 3? Or what?
Specs I need.

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by fpas

Bump.
Is the Platinum 4 discs, and the regular 3? Or what?
Specs I need.

I think Amazon/Sony are screwing with people and all of the Blu-ray editions are four discs with only a photo gallery as an extra. The US and German editions have the same A/V specs as the UK, and are claimed to be four discs, so my guess is that the "Platinum" Editions only contain paper-based extras.

[fpas]

Originally Posted by McCrutchy

I think Amazon/Sony are screwing with people and all of the Blu-ray editions are four discs with only a photo gallery as an extra. The US and German editions have the same A/V specs as the UK, and are claimed to be four discs, so my guess is that the "Platinum" Editions only contain paper-based extras.

And a coin!

[bergqvistjl]

My copy of the Platinum Edition has arrived today. Will give Episode 1 a watch tonight. I'm glad the distributors saw fit to release it physically. With the lack of extras, i'm expecting good picture quality at least.

[cherbert]

Wish I hadn't gone for the collectors edition now. The reproduction newspaper is more like a bad photocopy. Make sure you have good reading glasses or a magnifying glass to read it! The family tree is again too small to read. The coin is tiny and not much to write home about probably a cheap made in China job.

If any US peeps are interested, the discs say Region A, B, C

[aj101097]

Amazon France has a Steelbook up for pre-order if anyone is interested.

[Jado3Dhead]

Just got my copy from hmv, and It's an absolute gem. Claire Foy is also a joy to watch.

[fpas]

So the regular edition has the same 4 discs as the Platinum? Platinum has only some swag and nothing else?

[Nico Darko]

The Blu-ray edition has slowed-down the episodes to 24 fps, it was filmed at 25 fps. Why do they keep doing this? It's a total deal breaker for me.

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by Nico Darko

The Blu-ray edition has slowed-down the episodes to 24 fps, it was filmed at 25 fps. Why do they keep doing this? It's a total deal breaker for me.

Do you have a source for it being shot and finished at 25 fps, as opposed to 24 fps? I'm sure they ran it online at 25 fps in the UK and Europe, but Netflix and Sony are American companies, so usually a series that is intended for worldwide distribution like this is going to be native 24 fps. Certainly, most of the Blu-rays, (which are all 1080p, and I believe identical worldwide), were actually issued in 50Hz countries, with the US/Canada being the sole 60Hz territory to get the Blu-ray (Japan got only a DVD version). In that case, Sony could easily have made the existing edition 1080/50i, and then produced a separate 1080p version for North America, which is exactly what they did for The Night Manager. Now, maybe Sony wanted to cut corners and produce only one Blu-ray master, but I still think it's likelier that the show is native 24 fps in the first place.

You should also be able to confirm the proper speed by comparing the Blu-ray to the soundtrack audio CD--if the Blu-ray sounds slightly slower, it's been sped down, but if they sound identical, then the Blu-ray is at native speed.

[Nico Darko]

Well I watched it on Netflix and it was at 25 fps. I'm also very sensitive to PAL speed-up and I didn't see it with The Crown, which is why I'm pretty certain it was filmed at 25 fps, like other British tv shows. There's no reason why Netflix would speed it up from 24 fps, as opposed to a European PAL tv channel.

And I've just checked the main title from the soundtrack, it matches the length of the 25 fps version.

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by Nico Darko

Well I watched it on Netflix and it was at 25 fps. I'm also very sensitive to PAL speed-up and I didn't see it with The Crown, which is why I'm pretty certain it was filmed at 25 fps, like other British tv shows. There's no reason why Netflix would speed it up from 24 fps, as opposed to a European PAL tv channel.

And I've just checked the main title from the soundtrack, it matches the length of the 25 fps version.

I'm not sure how you watched it on Netflix is really relevant, as surely by now, Netflix in Europe supports 50Hz video, and they have 25 fps versions of most or all content, especially content they are responsible for. In other words, just because you watched it in 25 fps on Netflix, doesn't mean it was shot and finished at 25 fps.

However, the soundtrack issue is interesting, because that does point to the series being native 25 fps. I'm not sure what, if anything, can be done about it, but I suppose you could inquire with Sony and/or Left Bank Pictures as to why the decision was made to present it on Blu-ray at 1080p and not 1080/50i.

[Nico Darko]

Well I can tell you that none of the American shows (and native 24 fps movies) are sped-up to 25 fps on Netflix France & UK. The only ones that are 25 fps are European TV shows.

[TheHutt]

Originally Posted by aj101097

Amazon France has a Steelbook up for pre-order if anyone is interested.

Yeah, right. After Sony's fiasco with Better Call Saul I'll trust them with another steelbook for a TV series.