TV shows on Blu-ray

[J_UNTITLED]

Although things are obviously still early on as far as even films are concerned with Blu-ray, how soon do you think studios will start announcing plans to release seasons of televison series on Blu-ray? I'm particulary interested in a couple of TV series from Twentieth Century Fox ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer", "Angel", "Firefly" etc.) that I'll love to be able to replace their DVD counterparts with an all new high definition transfer.

[zombie]

My guess is that there will be a handful of TV on BD titles released throughout 2007, once dual layer BDs are more common.

[AV_Integrated]

Smallville... and Dead Like Me...

Drroooolllll...

[BTBuck1]

I see The Sopranos is comming to Blu-Ray...so glad i never forked over the dough for the dvd's now.

[marzetta7]

That 70s Show, Arrested Development, and Smallville thank you! Oh!, and let's not forget 24!

[phloyd]

I think HD shows will most llkely get release first ...

So the likes of 24, Smallville, Dead Like Me, Sopranos, Joey (haha) are good candidates.

I think that in the early days HBO mentioned Sopranos on HD discs and Sony mentioned Stargate Atlantis.

Personally I am not sure what TV shows I would go for... certainly some that got poor showing on broadcast like Fox shows (low bitrate)

[jibucha]

Hello

Does anyone know of television series currently available on Blu-ray; or coming soon?

Is this the proper place to inquire regarding this topic?

Thank You

[WriteSimply]

Only one is out. The Sopranos - Season 6 Part 1.


fuad

[Pai Pai Master]

24 and Prison Break season 1 sets are coming soon.

[jibucha]

Hello Again

Thank you for the posts; highly appreciated!

Any unoffical information with regards to television series on Blu-ray?

Just wondering.

Thank You

[jgaepi]

Some studio was also talking about The Weeds television show. But considering I am overseas currently, I have never heard of it or seen it.

How about Scrubs for BD?

[apollo92178]

Man, I would love to see Miami Vice on Blu-Ray but I know it caught in the Universal debacle.

[Deciazulado]

Originally Posted by Electrox3d

So... 2 questions come to mind with this topic:

1) If DVD's are to phase out does that mean that every 4:3 show will have to be remastered for Blu-ray?

I guess they would. unless people were fine with having the old NTSC/PAL masters ported over to Blu-ray, like some of the movie supplements are being done now.

Originally Posted by Electrox3d

2) Will 4:3 shows ever come to blu-ray, and if so what format will they be in, will they still be 1080p but with black bars on the right and left?

or will DVD's be kept around for all 4:3 content for as long as blu-ray's are around?

well it'll be some years while Blu-ray supplants DVD. probably DVDs might not be phased out completely (see. they play on BD players. Laserdiscs and VHS didn't play on DVD players because they weren't 5 inches round. All the format media being 5" discs makes for a little different situation.)

If a 1.33 TV show shot on film or a Silent movie (1.33) or a pre-mid fifties Sound movie (1.375) is scanned for Blu-ray, it should be 1080p with black bars on the sides, 1080 x 1440 for 1.33 film and 1080 x 1485 for 1.375 film. Maybe some TV shows could be made into 1.45 (like the BBC does) or even 1.50, as TV films were shot with a TV overscan safe area so some vertical cropping of this area might be possible in some cases.

But remember, if you have a 16:9 display, even your 4:3 TV DVDs will have black bars on the sides if you are to display them properly. Black bars on the sides aren't too objectionable as they don't shrink the height of the image so they'll probably bother people less.

What comes out or doesn't come out on Blu will depend on market forces and other voo doo

Not evertything will go BD as not every LP went CD, etc

Things shot on videotape are served well on DVD, they almost in the native format. And anyway film on DVD is around 16mm prints quality.

Lots of good stuff went from VHS or showed up on DVD (Seasons box sets by the gazillions. We'll see what happens with High Def media!

[Electrox3d]

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

I guess they would. unless people were fine with having the old NTSC/PAL masters ported over to Blu-ray, like some of the movie supplements are being done now.



well it'll be some years while Blu-ray supplants DVD. probably DVDs might not be phased out completely (see. they play on BD players. Laserdiscs and VHS didn't play on DVD players because they weren't 5 inches round. All the format media being 5" discs makes for a little different situation.)

If a 1.33 TV show shot on film or a Silent movie (1.33) or a pre-mid fifties Sound movie (1.375) is scanned for Blu-ray, it should be 1080p with black bars on the sides, 1080 x 1440 for 1.33 film and 1080 x 1485 for 1.375 film. Maybe some TV shows could be made into 1.45 (like the BBC does) or even 1.50, as TV films were shot with a TV overscan safe area so some vertical cropping of this area might be possible in some cases.

But remember, if you have a 16:9 display, even your 4:3 TV DVDs will have black bars on the sides if you are to display them properly. Black bars on the sides aren't too objectionable as they don't shrink the height of the image so they'll probably bother people less.

What comes out or doesn't come out on Blu will depend on market forces and other voo doo

Not evertything will go BD as not every LP went CD, etc

Things shot on videotape are served well on DVD, they almost in the native format. And anyway film on DVD is around 16mm prints quality.

Lots of good stuff went from VHS or showed up on DVD (Seasons box sets by the gazillions. We'll see what happens with High Def media!

What you say makes sense... I just dislike "upscaling" so much! I know it would be a ton of work, but it seems that old shows or movies should be re-digitized to high def, even if there are black bars on the right and left. Of course, who knows how many shows would look so awful, and the old special effects would be so shoddy that they wouldn't be enjoyable anymore...

I thought I'd share what BV Entertainment had to say on re-releasing all their titles in Blu-ray Disc format:
"While it would not be practical to re-release every single title BVHE has already released on DVD, you can expect many day and date new releases of Blu-ray Disc and DVD titles, combined with many Blu-ray Disc catalog titles."

So there I have it, companies are not planning on doing a full conversion of every DVD title to next gen.

I DO think, however, that animated shows should go this route if possible.

[DaveFi]

I don't think we'll have to worry about the 4:3 issue right away anyways, as we'll be seeing 16:9 programming first anyways. 24, Lost, Smallville, etc.

[Sinner]

does anyone know if the first couple seasons of CSI (Las Vegas) were shot in 16:9? my first season DVD is in 4:3...

[Deciazulado]

Check the apocalist, has also Dune TV miniseries (and I think Ultimate Avengers is TV too) (they also show up on trailers on the Young Guns BD), etc. Lost was announced by BVWHE in Spain for BD release this year too. (look specially at post 17)

[u_nick]

Originally Posted by jgaepi

Some studio was also talking about The Weeds television show. But considering I am overseas currently, I have never heard of it or seen it.

Weeds is a Showtime show and indeed has been announced. Not sure if it's been dated or not thought

Originally Posted by Deciazulado

Check the apocalist, has also Dune TV miniseries (and I think Ultimate Avengers is TV too) (they also show up on trailers on the Young Guns BD), etc. Lost was announced by BVWHE in Spain for BD release this year too. (look specially at post 17)

Ultimate Avengers is not TV. Just straight to DVD movies.




I look forward to more TV on BD announcemets too. My most anticipated are:

- Smallville
- My Name is Earl
- The Office
- 30 Rock
- Heroes

[MasterXeus]

I'm sure someone as already ask this.
I was reading that Stargate Atlantis is coming to Blu-ray, everything I read that stated this is from 2006. I was wondering if anyone out there has an update, like a release date? I don't want to buy Season 2 on DVD if I can get it on Blu-ray down the road. I'm also looking forward to 24 on Blu-ray.

[goodstuff]

Yeah, I'm curious as well to the plans of TV-on-BD. For instance, I know Lion's Gate announced The Dead Zone is coming on BD, and Season 5 has just been announced for DVD on 6/5. I'm wondering if it will come out on BD at the same time, or if they plan on starting over at S1, etc.