Smallville - Blu-ray Forum

NovaBomb · 02-23-2007, 06:25 PM

I noticed that Smallville is avalible for HD-DVD, Any news on if WB will release it in blu-ray?

u_nick · 02-23-2007, 06:30 PM

Not that I have personally heard yet, but hopefully we'll get some news soon! The show looks great on my HD cable channels, I can only imagine how nice it will be on BRD!

phranctoast · 02-23-2007, 06:31 PM

Havent heard anything yet.

Im hoping this universal BS is taken care of soon, so I can get HD versins of Heroes.

Deciazulado · 02-23-2007, 07:18 PM

Supposedly Warner titles will come out in both formats as they support both. (Right now there's 2/3rds of Warner's HD DVD titles out on BD already, that number has been slowly increasing as time has gone by)

Of interest to this thread's subject would be post #19 on this thread.

Knight-Errant · 02-23-2007, 07:42 PM

I've heard the HD-DVD version is less than stellar quality, so I'd like to see this optimized for BD when it comes out.

NovaBomb · 02-23-2007, 08:14 PM

cool, I hope it come out soon, Smallville is one of my favorite shows.... thats still running.

buckshot · 02-23-2007, 08:24 PM

every thursday is CW night at the buckshot house. friends come over, gather around the bigscreen in silence and watch smallville and supernatural. I can't wait for these to be released on BD. but does anyone else have problems with their hidef cable watching CW or WB (whatever it is now)? the image routinely becomes pixelated or freezes for a few seconds. this is the only channel it does this on. am I alone in this affliction?

I am glad to hear the eventually smallville will be released on BD. but how long must we endure this discrimination?

Chad Varnadore · 02-23-2007, 09:52 PM

It's very unlikely they will, but when they do release Smallville Season 5 on BD, they need to seriously rethink 5 episodes per disc or actually take advantage of the full 50 instead of only 30GBs of a BD50. On HD DVD, Smallville is extremely inconsistent. Better than DVD for sure. But, DVD has better sound, much better and artifacting from pushing VC1 too thin was possibly the worst I've seen.

u_nick · 02-23-2007, 11:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by buckshot

but does anyone else have problems with their hidef cable watching CW or WB (whatever it is now)? the image routinely becomes pixelated or freezes for a few seconds. this is the only channel it does this on. am I alone in this affliction?

same here! I was blaming my cable company, but maybe its the feed from CW headquarters? A couple times it has actually locked up and/or gone black too and i've had to switch to the SD channel

unless of course we have the samecable provider, which could be true...

this is also one of the reason I look forward to discs.

Jim · 02-24-2007, 12:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by buckshot

but does anyone else have problems with their hidef cable watching CW or WB (whatever it is now)? the image routinely becomes pixelated or freezes for a few seconds. this is the only channel it does this on. am I alone in this affliction?

I am glad to hear the eventually smallville will be released on BD. but how long must we endure this discrimination?

Actually, I have the same problem, and I get my HD via over the air broadcasts. And the CW channel is consistently the worst channel in my area for doing this. And it always seems to be at the worst possible time during the show also (Supernatural is the only TV show that I actually make a specific point of watching).

Banjo · 02-24-2007, 01:05 AM

Not just that, some CW stations are notorious for garbling the CC (Closed Captioning) over the air.

TallCoolOne · 04-18-2007, 08:23 AM

what's up with this?

http://www.amazon.ca/Smallville-Comp.../dp/B000JYVKU6

i'm guessing the title is the misprint, not the photo...

u_nick · 04-18-2007, 11:49 AM

Yeah, I would imagine the title is the mistake. If it had a 'coming soon ' date on it i would MAYBE have some hope, but if it was already released, we would have known about it i think.

MrVorhees · 03-07-2008, 09:21 PM

This is sooo great, how many seasons are currently available for blu-ray ? and are there any plans to release ALL seasons on blu-ray???

MasterXeus · 03-07-2008, 09:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GSX600F

This is sooo great, how many seasons are currently available for blu-ray ? and are there any plans to release ALL seasons on blu-ray???

Currently Season 6 is available on Blu-ray. In time I'm sure we'll see every season on blu-ray.

MikaLove · 05-04-2010, 04:44 PM

I think this thread needs a serious bump!

I want ALL the seasons on Blu-ray and now it's 2010...

What is taking them so long?

I currently own seasons 1-4 on DVD but I need the rest and I am NOT buying it on DVD meanwhile.

Moviefan2k4 · 05-05-2010, 09:44 PM

As I've already noted in another thread, the earlier seasons are being delayed because of effects issues, particularly Season 1. When the series first started, the visuals for Clark's powers weren't done with an HD transfer in mind (this was changed later on). As a result, Warner is having to remaster the effects for the Blu release, which takes both time and money. I also suspect they're probably working on the overall video quality for the first 5 years as well, but don't quote me on it.

MikaLove · 05-06-2010, 08:45 PM

Thanks for that newsy info!

It all sounds very logical and credible, when you say it.
I can imagine that the effects (esp. the "early" ones) weren't appropriate for HD, because even in SD they look a little too "cheap" if you ask me. Surely it's only a TV series, but still. It's still one of Warner's most popular shows, regardless of what some may think about it.

What do you all think; should they re-release even seasons 6-8 on Blu-ray? Considering that those transfers weren't that very good.
Maybe once they get things working with the first seasons they will re-release the later ones too?
IMO they should try and get things done about Smallville a little faster, because of the audience, like me, wanting the series soon, before one gets bored with the whole thing. I can feel there's a slight chance for that. The more I watch the show the more I think about actor performances. Like their hearts sometimes isn't really in it, that much. Or they are just not the best of actors. :P
It's like they one after another look like "do I have to do this much longer"?
It's more of a question who of them got tired first - in which order I mean.
Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, John Schneider...

By the way, I haven't seen anything after season 8, yet. I'm watching it all over again and I'm now on the 5th season.

Anyway, IMO and in comparison, this is one of the best series out there. I think about Lost, Prison Break and all those hundreds of just crappy drama series. They aren't anywhere near the quality of good writing like the one for Smallville.
Of course tastes differ, but most series are just nonsense, to me. IMO even CSI and all those "criminal investigation series", going all the way back to LA Law, are too fictitious and overly dramatized for what they are supposed to tell about and portray, etc. So a TV-series can just as well be entirely fictitious. But I guess shows dealing with "law and law enforcement" are totally uninteresting to me. To me it's like fairy tales, those series. Not much reality in them, as they maybe would like to or hope to show, if you ask me.
That's why I think that so many shows are just a waste of time.
'Nuff ranting!

02-23-2007, 08:24 PM	#7
buckshot Blu-ray Guru Member since:Feb 2007 Location:san die ego Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:9	smallville and supernatural i want them both every thursday is CW night at the buckshot house. friends come over, gather around the bigscreen in silence and watch smallville and supernatural. I can't wait for these to be released on BD. but does anyone else have problems with their hidef cable watching CW or WB (whatever it is now)? the image routinely becomes pixelated or freezes for a few seconds. this is the only channel it does this on. am I alone in this affliction? I am glad to hear the eventually smallville will be released on BD. but how long must we endure this discrimination?

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02-23-2007, 06:25 PM	#1
NovaBomb Active Member Member since:Jan 2007 Blu-ray collection:48	Smallville I noticed that Smallville is avalible for HD-DVD, Any news on if WB will release it in blu-ray?

02-23-2007, 06:30 PM	#2
u_nick Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2007 Location:CT, US Trading Score:27	Not that I have personally heard yet, but hopefully we'll get some news soon! The show looks great on my HD cable channels, I can only imagine how nice it will be on BRD!

02-23-2007, 06:31 PM	#3
phranctoast Power Member Member since:Aug 2006 Location:Long Island, NY;psn:phranctoast Blu-ray collection:78	Havent heard anything yet. Im hoping this universal BS is taken care of soon, so I can get HD versins of Heroes.

02-23-2007, 07:18 PM	#4
Deciazulado Site Manager Top contributor Member since:Aug 2006 Location:USiberia Home Theater Gallery:6 4K collection:1159 Blu-ray collection:7041 DVD collection:4040	Supposedly Warner titles will come out in both formats as they support both. (Right now there's 2/3rds of Warner's HD DVD titles out on BD already, that number has been slowly increasing as time has gone by) Of interest to this thread's subject would be post #19 on this thread.

02-23-2007, 07:42 PM	#5
Knight-Errant Power Member Member since:Aug 2005 Location:Sheffield, UK	I've heard the HD-DVD version is less than stellar quality, so I'd like to see this optimized for BD when it comes out.

02-23-2007, 08:14 PM	#6
NovaBomb Active Member Member since:Jan 2007 Blu-ray collection:48	cool, I hope it come out soon, Smallville is one of my favorite shows.... thats still running.

02-23-2007, 09:52 PM	#8
Chad Varnadore Senior Member Member since:Aug 2006 Location:Salisbury, NC Home Theater Gallery:5 Blu-ray collection:349 Blu-ray reviews:19	It's very unlikely they will, but when they do release Smallville Season 5 on BD, they need to seriously rethink 5 episodes per disc or actually take advantage of the full 50 instead of only 30GBs of a BD50. On HD DVD, Smallville is extremely inconsistent. Better than DVD for sure. But, DVD has better sound, much better and artifacting from pushing VC1 too thin was possibly the worst I've seen.

02-24-2007, 01:05 AM	#11
Banjo Blu-ray Guru Member since:Dec 2006 Location:Ontario, Canada Blu-ray collection:143	Not just that, some CW stations are notorious for garbling the CC (Closed Captioning) over the air.

04-18-2007, 08:23 AM	#12
TallCoolOne Member Member since:Dec 2006	what's up with this? http://www.amazon.ca/Smallville-Comp.../dp/B000JYVKU6 i'm guessing the title is the misprint, not the photo...

04-18-2007, 11:49 AM	#13
u_nick Blu-ray Samurai Member since:Jan 2007 Location:CT, US Trading Score:27	Yeah, I would imagine the title is the mistake. If it had a 'coming soon ' date on it i would MAYBE have some hope, but if it was already released, we would have known about it i think.

03-07-2008, 09:21 PM	#14
MrVorhees Special Member Top contributor Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Castle Grayskull 4K collection:2 Blu-ray collection:572 Blu-ray reviews:2	This is sooo great, how many seasons are currently available for blu-ray ? and are there any plans to release ALL seasons on blu-ray???

05-04-2010, 04:44 PM	#16
MikaLove Active Member Top contributor Member since:Aug 2009 Blu-ray collection:468 DVD collection:25 Blu-ray reviews:7	I think this thread needs a serious bump! I want ALL the seasons on Blu-ray and now it's 2010... What is taking them so long? I currently own seasons 1-4 on DVD but I need the rest and I am NOT buying it on DVD meanwhile.

05-05-2010, 09:44 PM	#17
Moviefan2k4 Banned Member since:Mar 2010 Location:Montgomery, TX 4K collection:44 Blu-ray collection:317 Blu-ray reviews:5 Trading Score:2	As I've already noted in another thread, the earlier seasons are being delayed because of effects issues, particularly Season 1. When the series first started, the visuals for Clark's powers weren't done with an HD transfer in mind (this was changed later on). As a result, Warner is having to remaster the effects for the Blu release, which takes both time and money. I also suspect they're probably working on the overall video quality for the first 5 years as well, but don't quote me on it.

05-06-2010, 08:45 PM	#18
MikaLove Active Member Top contributor Member since:Aug 2009 Blu-ray collection:468 DVD collection:25 Blu-ray reviews:7	Thanks for that newsy info! It all sounds very logical and credible, when you say it. I can imagine that the effects (esp. the "early" ones) weren't appropriate for HD, because even in SD they look a little too "cheap" if you ask me. Surely it's only a TV series, but still. It's still one of Warner's most popular shows, regardless of what some may think about it. What do you all think; should they re-release even seasons 6-8 on Blu-ray? Considering that those transfers weren't that very good. Maybe once they get things working with the first seasons they will re-release the later ones too? IMO they should try and get things done about Smallville a little faster, because of the audience, like me, wanting the series soon, before one gets bored with the whole thing. I can feel there's a slight chance for that. The more I watch the show the more I think about actor performances. Like their hearts sometimes isn't really in it, that much. Or they are just not the best of actors. :P It's like they one after another look like "do I have to do this much longer"? It's more of a question who of them got tired first - in which order I mean. Kristin Kreuk, Michael Rosenbaum, John Schneider... By the way, I haven't seen anything after season 8, yet. I'm watching it all over again and I'm now on the 5th season. Anyway, IMO and in comparison, this is one of the best series out there. I think about Lost, Prison Break and all those hundreds of just crappy drama series. They aren't anywhere near the quality of good writing like the one for Smallville. Of course tastes differ, but most series are just nonsense, to me. IMO even CSI and all those "criminal investigation series", going all the way back to LA Law, are too fictitious and overly dramatized for what they are supposed to tell about and portray, etc. So a TV-series can just as well be entirely fictitious. But I guess shows dealing with "law and law enforcement" are totally uninteresting to me. To me it's like fairy tales, those series. Not much reality in them, as they maybe would like to or hope to show, if you ask me. That's why I think that so many shows are just a waste of time. 'Nuff ranting!

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