The Originals: The Complete Second Season - Blu-ray Forum

KilloWertz · 02-04-2015, 02:26 PM

The Originals: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray
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mredman · 02-05-2015, 02:04 AM

Sweet

hagios · 02-21-2015, 01:55 AM

Still enjoying The Originals...one of my top favs

Will get S2 BD when/if it gets to my go to $$!!

Drewbee87 · 06-01-2015, 06:47 PM

From Bestbuy.com:

I'm glad they went with an altered version of the main poster.

wormraper · 08-23-2015, 01:00 AM

watching my review copy now.. I have to say, even though I HATE "Vampire Diaries", I really enjoy this one. Second season is SO FAR better than the first

bigbadwolfe911 · 10-21-2015, 11:05 PM

So is nobody buying this season or did it not end up with a digital copy being included for some reason? It's been out for over a month and I have not seen a single digital copy code go up for sale on this one. So either I just keep missing it or no one's buying it. I started this season on Hulu last fall and it started out pretty good, looking forward to finishing it at somepoint.

Drewbee87 · 10-21-2015, 11:37 PM

Maybe people who are buying it are using their Digital Copy? lol

AmishParadise · 10-22-2015, 12:31 AM

Here's an idea. Support the Blu-ray format and obtain it that way. Just a thought.

mredman · 10-22-2015, 02:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigbadwolfe911

So is nobody buying this season or did it not end up with a digital copy being included for some reason? It's been out for over a month and I have not seen a single digital copy code go up for sale on this one. So either I just keep missing it or no one's buying it. I started this season on Hulu last fall and it started out pretty good, looking forward to finishing it at somepoint.

i am getting it soon. But i don't support digital and i don't even want people to have my code either

Clark Kent · 10-22-2015, 02:09 AM

It's a rare digital code but every Blu-ray set came with a UV code. The show isn't as popular as The Vampire Diaries and fewer codes are in the wild.

Drewbee87 · 06-03-2016, 12:40 AM

It's great it's still being released on Blu-ray, but disappointing that season 3 is being released through Warner Archive. I hate that they don't make slipboxes.

benhoppel · 08-03-2016, 08:57 AM

No compression issues at 11.5 Mbit/s average??

PRO-630HD · 08-13-2016, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drewbee87

It's great it's still being released on Blu-ray, but disappointing that season 3 is being released through Warner Archive. I hate that they don't make slipboxes.

This is a plus! You are going to go from 11.5 mbps to 30 mbps for much improved PQ!

PRO-630HD · 08-13-2016, 08:23 PM

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Originally Posted by benhoppel

No compression issues at 11.5 Mbit/s average??

There has to be compression issues shoving 22 episodes on 3 BD-50's. I am sure that fine detail is gone and sharpness is lacking on season 2 compared to season 1.

Clark Kent · 08-14-2016, 04:06 AM

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Originally Posted by benhoppel

No compression issues at 11.5 Mbit/s average??

The compression isn't immaculate, it has a fairly tough time in the darker shots.

Good news, it appears that WB via GDMX has improved their AVC hardware encoder. The television sets that just came out this month boast stronger, more transparent encodings. For a couple of years WB was trying to see how low they could go with their bitrates.

mredman · 08-14-2016, 05:16 AM

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Originally Posted by PRO-630HD

There has to be compression issues shoving 22 episodes on 3 BD-50's. I am sure that fine detail is gone and sharpness is lacking on season 2 compared to season 1.

the reviewer from this site clearly disagree with you. giving it 4.5/5

https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/The-O...lu-ray/124261/

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The Originals: The Complete Second Season makes for another top-end TV-on-Blu-ray presentation from Warner Brothers. The studio's 1080p transfer is fantastic. The digital source material does show a tendency to become saturated in noise in lower light scenes, but the image is otherwise healthy and vibrant. Detail is crisp and firm, effortlessly revealing and sharp throughout the season. Faces are particularly great, with every bit of stubble, pore, line, and imperfection clearly visible. Attire is likewise stout, but perhaps most attractive is the New Orleans (Georgia) setting where building façades, and brickwork in particular, are tangibly rough and realistic in presentation. Colors are fantastic. Bright daytime exteriors reveal superbly punchy and healthy shades on clothes, natural vegetation, and storefronts. Even lower-light interiors mange to present very well, if not a little warmly. Black levels hold up very well with natural depth and no predisposition of crush. Flesh tones appear natural, influenced only by surrounding lighting conditions. No banding or other unwanted artifacts are apparent in more than extremely scant quantities.

d514 · 08-14-2016, 09:09 AM

Isn't that the same guy who didn't notice that the new Star Trek II DC Blu-ray has better quality and new extras?

PRO-630HD · 08-15-2016, 07:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clark Kent

The compression isn't immaculate, it has a fairly tough time in the darker shots.

Good news, it appears that WB via GDMX has improved their AVC hardware encoder. The television sets that just came out this month boast stronger, more transparent encodings. For a couple of years WB was trying to see how low they could go with their bitrates.

Unfortunately they still are cramming 7-8 episodes per disc on numerous titles being released this month. So are you saying that Warner has a new encoder that is increasing bitrates? Not the TV division, but Warner was always harassed for low bitrates then about 2012 they started releasing many titles in the 30 mbps range. There TV division was worse using lossy sound till 2011 but delivered competent encodes of their TV offerings.

Pushing into the 300 minute plus range for a single BD-50 is borderline insulting, this is not Mill Creek here! Now they did do this for Batman 66-68 but the show used DD mono at 192 kbps and being 1.33:1 only 75% of the screen needed to be encoded for actual picture information. Hopefully this madness stops and now. Their MSRP is way too high for heavily extremely compressed TV seasons.

Oddly enough WAC the polar opposite twin is releasing the less popular titles is hitting it out of the park time and time again in regards to PQ.

formula72 · 04-25-2017, 07:05 PM

OK, I can't find the "season 3" thread, so I will ask here.

Can anyone confirm, if season 3 came with or without a slip box?

I've been playing marry go round with Amazon on this matter. Both season 1 and season 2 came with slip box's, but both of my replacements of season 3 did not come with a slip box. Did season 3 not get a slip box????????

HunterXY · 08-25-2017, 05:17 AM

Season 3 also does not seem to include Digital, anyone know why? What is WB trying to do.

02-04-2015, 02:26 PM	#1
KilloWertz Blu-ray Archduke Top contributor Member since:Dec 2008 Location:Columbiana, OH 4K collection:61 Blu-ray collection:1042 DVD collection:65 Blu-ray reviews:3 Trading Score:82	The Originals: The Complete Second Season The Originals: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray The Originals: The Complete Second Season Pre-order

02-05-2015, 02:04 AM	#2
mredman Banned Member since:Jun 2008 Blu-ray collection:13 Blu-ray reviews:7	Sweet

02-21-2015, 01:55 AM	#3
hagios Blu-ray Knight Member since:Feb 2013 Location:South Midlands town of Denton 4K collection:1243 Blu-ray collection:5219 DVD collection:1354 Trading Score:1	Still enjoying The Originals...one of my top favs Will get S2 BD when/if it gets to my go to $$!!

06-01-2015, 06:47 PM	#4
Drewbee87 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 4K collection:8 Blu-ray collection:266 Trading Score:7	From Bestbuy.com: I'm glad they went with an altered version of the main poster.

08-23-2015, 01:00 AM	#5
wormraper Blu-ray Archduke Member since:Aug 2007 Location:Tucson Arizona 4K collection:961 Blu-ray collection:5289 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:571	watching my review copy now.. I have to say, even though I HATE "Vampire Diaries", I really enjoy this one. Second season is SO FAR better than the first

10-21-2015, 11:05 PM	#6
bigbadwolfe911 Expert Member Member since:Jan 2011 Location:SLC, Utah Trading Score:707	So is nobody buying this season or did it not end up with a digital copy being included for some reason? It's been out for over a month and I have not seen a single digital copy code go up for sale on this one. So either I just keep missing it or no one's buying it. I started this season on Hulu last fall and it started out pretty good, looking forward to finishing it at somepoint.

10-21-2015, 11:37 PM	#7
Drewbee87 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 4K collection:8 Blu-ray collection:266 Trading Score:7	Maybe people who are buying it are using their Digital Copy? lol

10-22-2015, 12:31 AM	#8
AmishParadise Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 Location:Central Florida Home Theater Gallery:23 Trading Score:2	Here's an idea. Support the Blu-ray format and obtain it that way. Just a thought.

10-22-2015, 02:09 AM	#10
Clark Kent Blu-ray Prince Top contributor Member since:Oct 2007 Location:Metropolis Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:184	It's a rare digital code but every Blu-ray set came with a UV code. The show isn't as popular as The Vampire Diaries and fewer codes are in the wild.

06-03-2016, 12:40 AM	#11
Drewbee87 Blu-ray Ninja Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 4K collection:8 Blu-ray collection:266 Trading Score:7	It's great it's still being released on Blu-ray, but disappointing that season 3 is being released through Warner Archive. I hate that they don't make slipboxes.

08-03-2016, 08:57 AM	#12
benhoppel Senior Member Member since:Jan 2011 Blu-ray reviews: 63	No compression issues at 11.5 Mbit/s average??

08-14-2016, 09:09 AM	#17
d514 Expert Member Member since:May 2010 Location:Germany Trading Score:8	Isn't that the same guy who didn't notice that the new Star Trek II DC Blu-ray has better quality and new extras?

04-25-2017, 07:05 PM	#19
formula72 Senior Member Member since:Jan 2011 Location:heart of Silicon valley 4K collection:5 Blu-ray collection:768 DVD collection:65 Trading Score:15	OK, I can't find the "season 3" thread, so I will ask here. Can anyone confirm, if season 3 came with or without a slip box? I've been playing marry go round with Amazon on this matter. Both season 1 and season 2 came with slip box's, but both of my replacements of season 3 did not come with a slip box. Did season 3 not get a slip box????????

08-25-2017, 05:17 AM	#20
HunterXY New Member Member since:Mar 2016	Season 3 also does not seem to include Digital, anyone know why? What is WB trying to do.

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