[Discussion] TV Shows on UHD-BD

[Wiidesire]

Update:
Westworld will be the first (non documentary) TV show released on 4k Ultra HD Blu-ray.
Season 1 will be released on 09.11.17. The UHD version contains 6 discs, three for UHD discs and 3 for the regular Blu-ray version.
There will also be a special UHD Steelbook version.

Which one of the following shows (old or new seasons) will be released on UHD-BD first? Do you think any TV show will get a UHD-BD release at all?

Available shows with 4k DI/DSM for possible release:

• Alpha House (Season 1 & 2)
• Better Call Saul (Season 1 & 2)
• Bloodline (Season 1)
• Bosch (Season 1 & 2)
• Breaking Bad (Season 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5)
• Chef's Table (Season 1)**
• Chelsea Does (Season 1)**
• Daredevil (Season 1)
• Flaked (Season 1)
• Fuller House (Season 1)
• Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street (Season 1 & 2)
• Grace and Frankie (Season 1 & 2)
• Hand of God (Season 1)
• House of Cards Season (Season (>1<) 2 & 3 & 4)
• Jessica Jones (Season 1)
• Just Add Magic (Season 1)
• Longmire (Season (>1 & 2 & 3<) & 4)
• Love (Season 1)
• Mad Dogs (Season 1)
• Marco Polo (Season 1)
• Marseille (Season 1)
• Masters of None (Season 1)
• Masters of Sex (Season 1 & 2 & 3)
• Mozart in the Jungle (Season 1 & 2)
• Narcos (Season 1)
• Orange is the New Black (Season (>1<) & 2)
• Orphan Black (Season (>1 & 2<) & 3)
• Red Oaks (Season 1)
• Sense 8 (Season 1)
• The Blacklist (Season 1 & 2 & 3)
• The Crown (Season 1)
• The Man in the High Castle (Season 1*)
• The OA (Season 1)
• The Ranch (Season 1)
• The Shield (Season 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 5 & 6 & 7)***
• Transparent (Season 1 & 2)
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Season (>1<) & 2)
• Video Game High School (Season 1 & 2 & 3)
• Wet Hot American Summer – First Day of Camp (Season 1)

(>X<) means 2k DI or lower
* means VFX Rendered in 2k (DI 4k)
** means Documentary series
***UHD 16:9 restoration of The Shield planned to be finished by March 2017 (Update: Delayed to late 2017)

[McCrutchy]

One of the Sony properties, probably Breaking Bad, will come first.

[Wiidesire]

Originally Posted by McCrutchy

One of the Sony properties, probably Breaking Bad, will come first.

Definitely the first UHD complete series that would be released.

My personal guess is:

• Better Call Saul (Season 2)
• House of Cards (Season 4)
• The Blacklist (Season 3)
• Breaking Bad (Complete Series Season 1-5)

Btw. if I missed a 4k TV Show, just write in this thread, I will add it.

[help101]

I hope that Daredevil season 1 will come out as there is still no sign of it on Blu-ray and season 2 is on Netflix in the next 2 weeks.

[bailey1987]

I'm hoping the following see a release:

Scream: The TV Series
LOST
Bates Motel
Scream Queens.

[detective392]

My guess would be Breaking Bad or the Wire as I believe they are going to re-air it in 4K or something. Not 100% sure.

[Wiidesire]

Originally Posted by detective392

My guess would be Breaking Bad or the Wire as I believe they are going to re-air it in 4K or something. Not 100% sure.

The Wire was only scanned in 4k AFAIK. DI was created in 2k. Colors would have to be corrected all over again for HDR. I don't think that's going to happen.

[doctor_who]

Breaking Bad will definitely be first, but not for a while. Don't know how likely HoC will get a release.

[tyrok]

I remember reading that The Shield was being remastered in 4K by Sony for 2017. 4K Blu-ray would be the only way to see it outside of Sony's exclusive store with Hulu grabbing the streaming rights and not Netflix.

[Agent_DVD]

Originally Posted by help101

I hope that Daredevil season 1 will come out as there is still no sign of it on Blu-ray and season 2 is on Netflix in the next 2 weeks.

I also hope for a Daredevil UHD release, but at this point I most I think Netflix needs to release HDR streaming content first.

[Wiidesire]

Originally Posted by tyrok

I remember reading that The Shield was being remastered in 4K by Sony for 2017. 4K Blu-ray would be the only way to see it outside of Sony's exclusive store with Hulu grabbing the streaming rights and not Netflix.

Nice catch!

Here is the newest update I could find on the topic:
https://twitter.com/ShawnRyanTV/stat...19107402805248

Working on 4K, high def restoration now. Should be ready in 2017 in time for 15th Anniversary.

[Derb]

Will definitely be minority, but I don't want TV on UHD appearing.. evah.

[Wiidesire]

Originally Posted by Derb

Will definitely be minority, but I don't want TV on UHD appearing.. evah.

[sonicyogurt]

Originally Posted by Derb

Will definitely be minority, but I don't want TV on UHD appearing.. evah.

Couldn't you just refrain from buying things you're not interested in? What's the point in actively rooting against its existence?

I'm already annoyed that a lot of TV series I'd love to own on Blu-ray went DVD-only instead. If someone were to cackle "great! there shouldn't be any TV shows on Blu-ray anyway", screw that.

[Mavrick]

I look at how some tv series were treated on regular Blu-ray then have to wonder will they bother? If they gave up on BD why would they pick up on UHD?

I can see series that were filmed in 4k making it but I don't have much hope for many others.

[Wiidesire]

Added new Amazon titles:

• Hand of God (Season 1)
• Red Oaks (Season 1)
• Mad Dogs (Season 1)
• Just Add Magic (Season 1)

[uther]

Originally Posted by Wiidesire

Added new Amazon titles:

• Hand of God (Season 1)
• Red Oaks (Season 1)
• Mad Dogs (Season 1)
• Just Add Magic (Season 1)

From what I can tell Amazon has released only one show on BD and that was around 2 years ago. A UHD BD from Amazon seems very unlikely.

[Wiidesire]

I'm only collecting what shows could make it to a UHD-BD release based on their DI/DSM. Doesn't mean it's likely.

I could also make an even more wider separate list of shows that have the potential for UHD-BD, e.g. shot on 16/35mm. But that's a very long list. Even without research, Psych, Monk, Malcolm in the Middle, The O. C., Chuck, Burn Notice and for 35mm Ghost Whisperer, 24, 30 Rock, Flashpoint, The Mentalist, Fringe, True Blood and Lost come to mind.

[Poya]

Originally Posted by Wiidesire

I'm only collecting what shows could make it to a UHD-BD release based on their DI/DSM. Doesn't mean it's likely.

I could also make an even more wider separate list of shows that have the potential for UHD-BD, e.g. shot on 16/35mm. But that's a very long list. Even without research, Psych, Monk, Malcolm in the Middle, The O. C., Chuck, Burn Notice and for 35mm Ghost Whisperer, 24, 30 Rock, Flashpoint, The Mentalist, Fringe, True Blood and Lost come to mind.

And Veronica Mars.

[Blu-Dog]

At these prices? Not happening soon. It never happened in 3-D, why in UHD?