It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - Blu-ray Forum

Genocide316 · 10-16-2009, 04:02 AM

Does anyone know if they are going to release the seasons on Blu-Ray anytime soon? I know the Christmas special is coming which I can't wait for!

hardtosayx · 10-16-2009, 04:03 AM

I saw that Season 5 will be on Blu-ray, on Amazon. It's not official but it's listed

neo_reloaded · 10-16-2009, 04:16 AM

The early seasons were filmed in 4:3 standard definition, so there would be no point to a Blu-ray release - there is no HD source, so no HD Blu-ray can be made without upscaling (which is what an upscaling DVD player can do with your DVDs). It looked like season 4 was going to come out on BD, but that never panned out - the DVDs are 4:3 though, so I wouldn't be surprised if season 4 was also stuck in standard definition land.

Season 5 is airing in widescreen now and I think they're using HD - so season 5 on Blu-ray should at least be technically possible. Hopefully it will come out on BD.

Genocide316 · 10-16-2009, 04:21 AM

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Originally Posted by neo_reloaded

The early seasons were filmed in 4:3 standard definition, so there would be no point to a Blu-ray release - there is no HD source, so no HD Blu-ray can be made without upscaling (which is what an upscaling DVD player can do with your DVDs). It looked like season 4 was going to come out on BD, but that never panned out - the DVDs are 4:3 though, so I wouldn't be surprised if season 4 was also stuck in standard definition land.

Season 5 is airing in widescreen now and I think they're using HD - so season 5 on Blu-ray should at least be technically possible. Hopefully it will come out on BD.

well that is a giant bite in the ass...ohhwell

benricci · 10-16-2009, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by neo_reloaded

Season 5 is airing in widescreen now and I think they're using HD - so season 5 on Blu-ray should at least be technically possible. Hopefully it will come out on BD.

It's airing in widescreen now, but it still looks pretty crappy. I think it's just an upscale from standard def digital video.

carpaltonnel · 10-16-2009, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by neo_reloaded

The early seasons were filmed in 4:3 standard definition, so there would be no point to a Blu-ray release - there is no HD source, so no HD Blu-ray can be made without upscaling (which is what an upscaling DVD player can do with your DVDs). It looked like season 4 was going to come out on BD, but that never panned out - the DVDs are 4:3 though, so I wouldn't be surprised if season 4 was also stuck in standard definition land.

Season 5 is airing in widescreen now and I think they're using HD - so season 5 on Blu-ray should at least be technically possible. Hopefully it will come out on BD.

Incase any one is looking to grab up the first three seasons for cheap, each is on sale at Target for $18.99 each. Pretty sweet deal, even for standard def.

Just checked Amazon and they have the 3rd season for $18.99, oh and the 1st and 2nd are sold together for $21.99 on Amazon and $18.99 at Target.

quirkmanly · 10-16-2009, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by carpaltonnel

Incase any one is looking to grab up the first three seasons for cheap, each is on sale at Target for $18.99 each. Pretty sweet deal, even for standard def.

Just checked Amazon and they have the 3rd season for $18.99, oh and the 1st and 2nd are sold together for $21.99 on Amazon and $18.99 at Target.

Season 4 is 18.99 too at Target.

Mr.Sparkle · 11-15-2009, 05:30 PM

The christmas special is coming out on tuesday, think it's worth a buy, supposedly it's about an hour long, and at least on TV Sunny has a pretty bad PQ even when in 1080i on FX HD. Anyone picking this up?

VenomBrock · 11-15-2009, 06:23 PM

I am getting it on some format, that's for sure, but someone over on AVS confirmed the BD is not HD, just an upconvert. Apparently it even has a message before the episode starts saying so. So if that's the case, I may just grab the DVD. I'll wait and see the price on both come Tuesday.

rafthekoala · 11-17-2009, 02:10 AM

Save some money and skip the Blu version. On the blu there is an intro from the guys saying that this is not a real Blu-Ray because the show isn't shot in HD and that you should stick to the Standard. I think that's pretty cool of them.

hardtosayx · 11-17-2009, 07:45 PM

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Originally Posted by rafthekoala

Save some money and skip the Blu version. On the blu there is an intro from the guys saying that this is not a real Blu-Ray because the show isn't shot in HD and that you should stick to the Standard. I think that's pretty cool of them.

Yeah I bought the Blu-ray, and might as well just have gotten the DVD. I'm sure there's a bit of a difference though. But it's only $3 I would save, not a big deal.

benricci · 11-17-2009, 08:15 PM

The back of the blu-ray box says "1080p upconvert" under the specs area.

Clark Kent · 11-18-2009, 12:57 AM

Ridiculous that resources were wasted to release an upconverted program on BD. So many shows and films that deserve the true potential of Blu-ray, and this comes out.

hardtosayx · 11-18-2009, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Clark Kent

Ridiculous that resources were wasted to release an upconverted program on BD. So many shows and films that deserve the true potential of Blu-ray, and this comes out.

Yeah I'm not sure what the point of it is, but whatever.

benricci · 11-18-2009, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by hardtosayx

Yeah I'm not sure what the point of it is, but whatever.

Well, it's got a much higher bitrate than DVD (18 mbps) and lossless sound. Both of which wouldn't be possible with the limited space of a DVD.

So yeah, the picture is an upconvert, but it's gonna be better quality than the DVD due to fewer compression artifacts, and the sound is not lossy like the DVD.

So there is at least some saving grace. Hey, at least they're trying to offer the best quality possible considering the source. And at $17, it's cheaper than the DVD. So you can't really complain all that much.

EDIT: the price changed on Amazon, it's now about $1 more than the DVD, but who cares?

Oh yeah, did I mention it's hilariuos!!

John Bierly · 11-18-2009, 01:10 PM

Watched this last night while doing cardio and got laughing so hard I almost flipped myself off the Gazelle.

There's a lot of weird ringing in some scenes from the upconvert, but other scenes really do look pretty fantastic given the limits of the source. And it sounds great. If you love this show, it's a must-own ... and they do take advantage of the fact that it's not on broadcast television. Brutally funny.

I won't spoil the details, but the best-looking scene is Frank's dream, which is presented in a way that I can't even explain without spoiling a hilarious surprise.

(Danny DeVito has never been afraid to play vile, but he's absolutely fearless in this.)

DeadDog · 11-18-2009, 01:13 PM

For the first time in over a year I actually purchased the DVD version of a movie/show when a blu-ray was available. I took advantage of the goldbox $44.99 offer yesterday for seasons 1-4 and got the DVD christmas special for just $6.99. Given the fact that it's just upconverted anyway and I saved $10 off the blu-ray price I opted to go for it. I must admit that it was weird not buying the blu-ray version though.

DeadDog · 11-19-2009, 05:23 AM

Well after reading the review, and looking at the screenshots, I'm glad I opted for the dvd version at the cheap price I got it for. I'm not really sure why they even decided to release this as a blu-ray anyway. I suppose just to make more money

kndy · 11-19-2009, 05:40 AM

Obviously they expected people to question the picture quality because a feature included on a Blu-ray is one of the creators (the guy who plays Mac) and the producer reading a letter from FOX to the audience about why the feature was upconverted.

neo_reloaded · 11-19-2009, 06:00 AM

I'm happy with the BD version. I paid $2 more, and got a version with maybe slightly better upconverting than my player can do, and a lossless audio track. I also got a short little video of Rob being rude to Rickety Cricket that is presumably not on the DVD.

Would I have upgraded to this BD if I already owned the DVD? Absolutely not. But for a $2 difference, I'll choose the BD, thank you very much.

10-16-2009, 04:02 AM	#1
Genocide316 Senior Member Member since:Jul 2007 Location:Richmond Blu-ray collection:233	It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Does anyone know if they are going to release the seasons on Blu-Ray anytime soon? I know the Christmas special is coming which I can't wait for!

11-19-2009, 05:40 AM	#19
kndy Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Urban Haute Bourgeoisie Home Theater Gallery:136 Blu-ray collection:1903 Blu-ray reviews: 41 Trading Score:17	Obviously they expected people to question the picture quality because a feature included on a Blu-ray is one of the creators (the guy who plays Mac) and the producer reading a letter from FOX to the audience about why the feature was upconverted. Last edited by kndy; 11-19-2009 at 05:42 AM.

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10-16-2009, 04:03 AM	#2
hardtosayx Blu-ray Knight Top contributor Member since:Jun 2009 Location:PA 4K collection:15 Blu-ray collection:1482 DVD collection:77 Trading Score:52	I saw that Season 5 will be on Blu-ray, on Amazon. It's not official but it's listed

10-16-2009, 04:16 AM	#3
neo_reloaded Banned Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Blu-ray collection:416 Trading Score:72	The early seasons were filmed in 4:3 standard definition, so there would be no point to a Blu-ray release - there is no HD source, so no HD Blu-ray can be made without upscaling (which is what an upscaling DVD player can do with your DVDs). It looked like season 4 was going to come out on BD, but that never panned out - the DVDs are 4:3 though, so I wouldn't be surprised if season 4 was also stuck in standard definition land. Season 5 is airing in widescreen now and I think they're using HD - so season 5 on Blu-ray should at least be technically possible. Hopefully it will come out on BD.

11-15-2009, 05:30 PM	#8
Mr.Sparkle Senior Member Member since:Jul 2008 Blu-ray collection:54 DVD collection:78	The christmas special is coming out on tuesday, think it's worth a buy, supposedly it's about an hour long, and at least on TV Sunny has a pretty bad PQ even when in 1080i on FX HD. Anyone picking this up?

11-15-2009, 06:23 PM	#9
VenomBrock Senior Member Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Los Angeles, CA Trading Score:2	I am getting it on some format, that's for sure, but someone over on AVS confirmed the BD is not HD, just an upconvert. Apparently it even has a message before the episode starts saying so. So if that's the case, I may just grab the DVD. I'll wait and see the price on both come Tuesday.

11-17-2009, 02:10 AM	#10
rafthekoala Member Member since:Dec 2008 Blu-ray collection:585	Save some money and skip the Blu version. On the blu there is an intro from the guys saying that this is not a real Blu-Ray because the show isn't shot in HD and that you should stick to the Standard. I think that's pretty cool of them.

11-17-2009, 08:15 PM	#12
benricci Blu-ray Ninja Member since:Sep 2008 Blu-ray reviews:1	The back of the blu-ray box says "1080p upconvert" under the specs area.

11-18-2009, 12:57 AM	#13
Clark Kent Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Metropolis Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:184	Ridiculous that resources were wasted to release an upconverted program on BD. So many shows and films that deserve the true potential of Blu-ray, and this comes out.

11-18-2009, 01:10 PM	#16
John Bierly Member Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008	Watched this last night while doing cardio and got laughing so hard I almost flipped myself off the Gazelle. There's a lot of weird ringing in some scenes from the upconvert, but other scenes really do look pretty fantastic given the limits of the source. And it sounds great. If you love this show, it's a must-own ... and they do take advantage of the fact that it's not on broadcast television. Brutally funny. I won't spoil the details, but the best-looking scene is Frank's dream, which is presented in a way that I can't even explain without spoiling a hilarious surprise. (Danny DeVito has never been afraid to play vile, but he's absolutely fearless in this.)

11-18-2009, 01:13 PM	#17
DeadDog Power Member Top contributor Member since:Jul 2008 Home Theater Gallery:12 Blu-ray collection:355 Digital collection:96 iTunes collection:125 Trading Score:360	For the first time in over a year I actually purchased the DVD version of a movie/show when a blu-ray was available. I took advantage of the goldbox $44.99 offer yesterday for seasons 1-4 and got the DVD christmas special for just $6.99. Given the fact that it's just upconverted anyway and I saved $10 off the blu-ray price I opted to go for it. I must admit that it was weird not buying the blu-ray version though.

11-19-2009, 05:23 AM	#18
DeadDog Power Member Top contributor Member since:Jul 2008 Home Theater Gallery:12 Blu-ray collection:355 Digital collection:96 iTunes collection:125 Trading Score:360	Well after reading the review, and looking at the screenshots, I'm glad I opted for the dvd version at the cheap price I got it for. I'm not really sure why they even decided to release this as a blu-ray anyway. I suppose just to make more money

11-19-2009, 06:00 AM	#20
neo_reloaded Banned Top contributor Member since:Jan 2008 Blu-ray collection:416 Trading Score:72	I'm happy with the BD version. I paid $2 more, and got a version with maybe slightly better upconverting than my player can do, and a lossless audio track. I also got a short little video of Rob being rude to Rickety Cricket that is presumably not on the DVD. Would I have upgraded to this BD if I already owned the DVD? Absolutely not. But for a $2 difference, I'll choose the BD, thank you very much.

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