"I Love Lucy" going to Blu-ray in 2014! B&W and Color!)

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I Love Lucy: Complete First Season Blu-ray

Comes from the Lucy newsletter

lucylounge.com

"There were rumors afloat that the set containing Seasons 7, 8 and 9 (the "Lucy-Desi" hour shows) would also be remastered, but that is not the case. CBS hopes to do a deluxe edition of this set -- perhaps on Blu-ray -- sometime in 2013, and the shows will be remastered for that."

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Re: COLOR!
by gbennett5 1 hour ago (Wed Jun 5 2013 14:05:03)
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On a positive note, the series is going to Blu Ray, which I think is
terrific (oddly, several on this board said it would never go Blu Ray.
If TWILGIHT ZONE is Blu Ray, ILL will definitely go this route).

But will CBS/Paramount spend the money to truly restore the picture
for this? I do know that Hitchcock's 1944 film "Lifeboat" recently
went Blu Ray - without any restoration. Critics says the picture IS
sharper, but so is some of the grain. ILL looks great beginning in
the second year, but much of the first season on the current DVDs is
very grainy and blemished (the opening scene of "The Adagio" comes
to mind).

Hopefully, a true restoration will take place.

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Re: COLOR!
by chulo23453 6 days ago (Thu May 30 2013 01:03:24)
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There have been serious discussions over at CBS/Paramount to make it available both in B&W & Color when they release it on Bluray next year. Stay tuned folks! Thanks.