Longmire: Seasons 1-5 (2012-2016)

[Oscar Rothman]

[forestlite]

Best news of the day! Thanks for posting!

[Just Myself]

Love this show. Will definitely pick this up if the price is right.

[noirjunkie]

I'm glad to see them releasing this show as a single set instead of splitting them up. The western setting should look extra-nice in 1080p, too.

[twardyyy]

Hell yes.

I was hoping this would be released on blu. Definitely gonna buy this.

[Michael24]

Strange that they're releasing the seasons together. I would have preferred separate releases, since I like having individual seasons, and I'm curious why it took them so long to release a Blu-ray version. Still, great that it's coming out. Terrific show, one of the very few cable series that I watch.

[McCrutchy]

Originally Posted by Michael24

Strange that they're releasing the seasons together. I would have preferred separate releases, since I like having individual seasons, and I'm curious why it took them so long to release a Blu-ray version. Still, great that it's coming out. Terrific show, one of the very few cable series that I watch.

I assume that this was not ever intended for Bu-ray, but strong sales, an apparently stronger second season, and the newly invigorated Archive Collection BD program provided a perfect opportunity, especially if someone at WB is a fan of the show.

And releasing both seasons together makes sense, because that is only 23 episodes, which corresponds perfectly to the more common output for a single season of a network show.

For myself, I have never seen the show, but I hear good things, so I will definitely be picking this up, if only to support more "surprise" BD releases like this.

I'm also pleased to see WB will use six discs instead of the usual four--hopefully a sign of high bitrate presentations, like the most recent Archive live-action BDs.

[rickah88]

This news made my day...at 7am!!
I was seriously thinking about picking up the dvd...so glad I held off. Love this show!!

[HuBu]

Watched s1 on Netflix and was hooked. Going through s2 right now on Amazon thanks to HitBliss.

[jayembee]

Certainly of the current Warner-produced series that have been DVD-only, this was at the top of my list for a Blu-ray release. It's one of my favorite current TV series.

[Hair-Metal]

Great show, will definitely pick up this up on Blu, any idea when season 3 will start airing??

[jayembee]

Originally Posted by Hair-Metal

Great show, will definitely pick up this up on Blu, any idea when season 3 will start airing??

A&E hasn't announced a start date yet, but based on the last two seasons, I'm guessing sometime in June.

[RandyK]

Originally Posted by jayembee

A&E hasn't announced a start date yet, but based on the last two seasons, I'm guessing sometime in June.

I'd agree.

Last season began the week after Bates Motel ended. It's unlikely to be the same this season since Bates only has three episodes left.

[jayembee]

While this site (and Amazon) don't have a release date yet, Warner Archive's site says "Preorder today for shipment on 05/27/2014."

[BC007]

Finally! This show looks outstanding in HD, and it seemed like such a waste to only have it available in SD. Glad I held off on buying the DVDs, then!

I love the show, and right now, I've been binge-reading the novels. Excellent series that actually gets better with each entry. Can't wait for Season 3!

[jayembee]

A&E announced a start date for Season 3: Monday, June 2nd at 10:00pm Eastern.

[jbinny]

Can't wait for season 3. Preordered this in anticipation!

[McCrutchy]

Confirmation:

All six discs in this set are region-free.

As predicted, these Warner Archive discs go against WB proper tradition and provide high bitrate presentations, especially in the first season, where there are less episodes and less extras. Additionally, each disc contains disc art of a single solid color (varying from disc-to-disc) and the logo, season and disc number (1-6) are clearly printed on each disc--a nice touch, and one that means these discs were intended to be sold together, not as separate seasons.

Each season has three BD-50 discs, and each episode comes with 24-bit DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio and optional English SDH subtitles (in capital font) only. All extra content is presented in 1080p23.976 (one featurette is 1080i29.970) with 24-bit DTS-HD MA 2.0 audio. The extras (including the extended episodes) are not subtitled.

Disc scans will be coming shortly.

[jayembee]

Sounds great. Looking forward to getting my copy this week.

[rickah88]

Just received my shipping email from Amazon!

Edit: But it won't be delivered until Thursday! :unrock: