They should release Married with Children on Blu-ray!

[devisionraymond]

they should release married with children on blu-ray that would sell quick...

[WriteSimply]

I don't believe that the series was shot using film. No point in re-releasing it on BD.


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[WickyWoo]

The series was shot and mastered on (now very blurry and degraded from overcopying) analog video

There is no possible way to make it HD

[IamNhobdy]

Why does it have to be HD? I would deifinitely buy some of those older shows on blu-ray in SD(preffereably at least remastered)...BUT, I would need multiple seasons or (depending on how many seasons) even the entire series on just one or two BD's. That, to me, would be worth while.

[WickyWoo]

Why does it have to be HD? I would deifinitely buy some of those older shows on blu-ray in SD(preffereably at least remastered)...BUT, I would need multiple seasons or (depending on how many seasons) even the entire series on just one or two BD's. That, to me, would be worth while.

Because the "percieved value" issue. They're not going to shove an entire season on 1 disc and then charge people $40 for it. Sure, they could fit the whole thing on 5 BD-50s, but when they're asking for $300 for that, people aren't going to bite. If you pay that much for something, people expect impressive.

Outside of some kind of collection of budget titles, you're never going to see BD disc stuffing when DVD will do.

[IamNhobdy]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

Because the "percieved value" issue. They're not going to shove an entire season on 1 disc and then charge people $40 for it. Sure, they could fit the whole thing on 5 BD-50s, but when they're asking for $300 for that, people aren't going to bite. If you pay that much for something, people expect impressive.

Outside of some kind of collection of budget titles, you're never going to see BD disc stuffing when DVD will do.

Nobody would be stupid enough to pay $300 for 5 BD full of SD material. If each disk was valued at around $25(the Patriot BD50 is $20 at Walmart), a 5 disk set would be about $125. I'd pay that because that's equal to what you would pay to have five 3 disk sets on standard DVD(as most can be found for about $20-$30 each). My point is the cost could be managed to even out, and the BD would be a more efficient/space saving alternative.

But you are right about perception, and people are always expecting too much from their tech and inevitably are left dissapointed.

[BluRayWish108p]

Originally Posted by WickyWoo

The series was shot and mastered on (now very blurry and degraded from overcopying) analog video

There is no possible way to make it HD

I don't know. I'v seen Married With Children airing in HD on TBS and while the HD picture quality isn't very impressive it's still a hair better than the picture quality out on dvd.

If they put this show out on Blu-Ray looking the way it does on HD networks that play it today and they fill it up with awesome bonus features and restored the Frank Sinatra song " Love And Marriage" back onto every episode I'd buy it in a heart beat!

[kjacobs03]

Didn't Fox release a survey a few months back asking which movies and shows that people would like to see on Blu-ray? I remember Married with Children being on the list.

[Blubaru]

There are a few old shows that I would love to see on Blu-ray. Married with Children is one of them. I’m sure it would benefit from some sort of HD transfer.

I would also like to see Twin Peaks and the original Miami Vice.

[WickyWoo]

Didn't Fox release a survey a few months back asking which movies and shows that people would like to see on Blu-ray? I remember Married with Children being on the list.

No, because the show belongs to Sony

Even so, the titles were likely chosen (if it was a sony survey) from their better sellers. Marketing people don't pay attention to tech specs

[jermwhl]

Originally Posted by Blubaru

There are a few old shows that I would love to see on Blu-ray. Married with Children is one of them. I’m sure it would benefit from some sort of HD transfer.

It wasn't shot with film, they used analog video. It would be worthless to attempt a remaster. See post #3

[Banjo]

Definitely won't be happening. Like the others said, it was shot on analog video. A lot of TV shows in the 80s and early 90s used analog video.

They must be kicking themselves over it now.

Some TV shows like 'Friends' can be remastered since it was shot on film. But will they do it?

We'll have to wait and see...

[Gremal]

"No food, no drink, no money have I none." -Al Bundy

I feel ambivalent about sitcoms in SDTV on blu-ray. I probably would buy them, but some of the less astute public would see that the resolution was poor and complain about problems with blu-ray.

At this stage in the game it's best to just focus on releases that will make the most of blu-ray's capabilities.

[BillieCassin]

Originally Posted by Banjo

Some TV shows like 'Friends' can be remastered since it was shot on film. But will they do it?

And, correct me if I am wrong (as I haven't seen the Seinfeld HD broadcasts yet), but aren't the shows STILL going to be in 1.33?

When I first heard about the possibility of HD Friends and such, I was excited, but then I realized that they were likely shot/framed in full frame, so there are no widescreen editions possible (and even if the footage exists, it would have boom mikes/etc. in it).

Seems negligible to me - yes, if I had the choice of SD or HD, I'd always pick HD, but if it's still gonna be in 1.33, I really don't see myself feeling the need to buy it.

[chamkila]

I have every dvd for married with children. I was wondering if they will ever come out with it on blu ray? Anywhere i can call or email to find out if they will ever make it?

[DealsR4theDevil]

Originally Posted by chamkila

I have every dvd for married with children. I was wondering if they will ever come out with it on blu ray? Anywhere i can call or email to find out if they will ever make it?

Like so many sitcoms during that period, Married with Children was filmed on video technology of the time and therefore would not benefit from a Blu-ray release.

Older movies were filmed using real film and therefore have much more to offer than what video tapes could provide. That's why so many old movies look so fantastic on Blu-ray.

[BIGLAD]

Great series but it might not appear on blu.

[quexos]

It was fun to watch them bicker and quarrel over petty matters

[Joe Redifer]

The only way a videotaped show like this could benefit would be way more episodes on one disc compressed in a better and more efficient codec than MPEG2. I don't like having 5+ DVDs per season. One disc per season would be good... not that I'm going to rebuy it.

[EricJ]

Originally Posted by devisionraymond

they should release married with children on blu-ray that would sell quick...

Sure--You want the one with the rights-changed theme music?