Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Series (w/ Jeremy Brett) - 9/30

[Akijama]

Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Series Blu-ray



The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Blu-ray



The Return of Sherlock Holmes Blu-ray



The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Blu-ray



The Sherlock Holmes Feature Film Collection Blu-ray



The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Blu-ray

[Show spoiler]According to The Digital Bits, that is.

And here’s a little nugget for you classic Sherlock Holmes fans: To follow up on their excellent The Complete Sherlock Holmes Collection of Basil Rathbone films on Blu-ray, MPI is working to release the complete The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes series of ITV-produced TV films from the 1980s (41 episodes in all), starring Jeremy Brett as the title character. Watch for that to be announced soon.

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/column...ts/052714_1445

[MifuneFan]

I never thought we'd get this in the US. I was tempted to get the set from Spain a few times, but procrastinated, and it went up in price.

[octagon]

This is awesome news but I'm cringing at the thought of one huge box set.

Although maybe it wouldn't be that insanely expensive. Prime Suspect clocked in at about 26 hours. This would be roughly double that?

That might be pretty doable.

Aspect ratio tinkering would be a deal breaker though. MPI seems pretty respectful of their properties but this is always in the back of my mind when TV releases are in play.

[dsman71]

Wow ! I have that entire DVD set here too...I guess since Poirot is done, its shifting to Sherlock Holmes... all in one fell swoop

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by octagon

This is awesome news but I'm cringing at the thought of one huge box set.

Although maybe it wouldn't be that insanely expensive. Prime Suspect clocked in at about 26 hours. This would be roughly double that?

That might be pretty doable.

Aspect ratio tinkering would be a deal breaker though. MPI seems pretty respectful of their properties but this is always in the back of my mind when TV releases are in play.

It's about 43 hours or so. That's the runtime for the Complete Granada DVD collection, also released by MPI. It will likely cost a ton

[octagon]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

It's about 43 hours or so. That's the runtime for the Complete Granada DVD collection, also released by MPI. It will likely cost a ton

Yeah, street price around $150 is probably the lower end of realistic (and that might even take a while).

And even for a cheap bastard like me $150 would be hard to say no to. These are really good (if you like period piece, literal adaptations, anyway).

[bigshot]

I have the set from Spain. It's region free. Great picture quality on some episodes, less so on others. But it's head and shoulders above the DVDs (which I also have). There is one error on the Spain blu-ray set. In The Sign of the Four, there's a boat chase at the end that was supposed to be shot day for night. But not all the shots were color corrected. But it isn't as bad as it sounds.

[dana martin]

I would think that MPI wont be the only one involved in this effort, now that itv owns the original Granada series. Though that ivt has a distribution deal with another vendor for north American releases, but will wait to see what happens with this

[The Peanut Monkey]

Oooh, this is something I'm insanely happy about; I absolutely loved that series when it first aired. I still have my UK DVD box-set on the shelf. It makes me sad to see how ill Brett looked towards the end, though.

Crossed fingers I can get it fairly cheap.

[insomniac013]

Very nice!

[hagios]

Originally Posted by bigshot

I have the set from Spain. It's region free. Great picture quality on some episodes, less so on others. But it's head and shoulders above the DVDs (which I also have). There is one error on the Spain blu-ray set. In The Sign of the Four, there's a boat chase at the end that was supposed to be shot day for night. But not all the shots were color corrected. But it isn't as bad as it sounds.

I also bought this set from Spain!

[Indiana Jones]

Originally Posted by bigshot

I have the set from Spain. It's region free. Great picture quality on some episodes, less so on others. But it's head and shoulders above the DVDs (which I also have). There is one error on the Spain blu-ray set. In The Sign of the Four, there's a boat chase at the end that was supposed to be shot day for night. But not all the shots were color corrected. But it isn't as bad as it sounds.

It's not just the boat chase, there are quite a few scenes throughout the episode that were shot during the day but were meant to be at night, compared it to my DVD after watching it as I was sure something was off.

I wonder if the US set will have the episode 'The Three Gables' in HD as it's an upscale on the Spanish disc, heard it was due to the original film being lost and giving the episodes more room to breath wouldn't be a bad thing and some lossless audio would be nice too.

[TJS_Blu]

Great!

Is there some reason you expect AR tinkering Octagon? I wouldn't have thought anything in this series was broadcast in widescreen .

[Indiana Jones]

Originally Posted by TJS_Blu

Great!

Is there some reason you expect AR tinkering Octagon? I wouldn't have thought anything in this series was broadcast in widescreen .

I think we was worried they might crop them from their OAR to 16:9 as seems to be the current trend with certain studios.

For the record though the last series aired in 14:9 but on the Spanish BDs this has been opened up to 16:9 and looks fantastic well except for the cropped intro sequence.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by TJS_Blu

Great!

Is there some reason you expect AR tinkering Octagon? I wouldn't have thought anything in this series was broadcast in widescreen .

Broadcasters like 16:9 and rights holders sometimes try to accommodate that.

There's no real reason to expect MPI to play around with this but like I said, it's always in the back of my mind when I read about a TV release. Shows that were created well before the advent of widescreen televisions should be more immune to that kind of tinkering but that's not always the case.

But again, it was just something in the back of my mind. I probably shouldn't have even mentioned it.

[Kirsty_Mc]

Originally Posted by octagon

This is awesome news but I'm cringing at the thought of one huge box set.

Although maybe it wouldn't be that insanely expensive. Prime Suspect clocked in at about 26 hours. This would be roughly double that?

That might be pretty doable.

Aspect ratio tinkering would be a deal breaker though. MPI seems pretty respectful of their properties but this is always in the back of my mind when TV releases are in play.

ITV showed "The Sig of Four" a while back in HD and it was OAR. I imagine it will probably be the same transfer for the Blu-Ray. I will be importing this.

[NYorker]

Wow, I would love to have this. Don't want to think about the possible price, though..

[growler]

Best Sherlock Holmes ever on film/TV. I am looking FW to this USA release.
Hopefully a sale on BF as well.

[TJS_Blu]

Originally Posted by octagon

I probably shouldn't have even mentioned it.

Naw, I'm glad you did. I'd completely forgotten that the "instant wide-screen" crops happen.

[Akijama]

Huge update.

Release date: September 30

Amazon pre-orders:

Sherlock Holmes: The Complete Series Blu-ray

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Blu-ray

The Return of Sherlock Holmes Blu-ray

The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Blu-ray

The Sherlock Holmes Feature Film Collection Blu-ray

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Blu-ray