American TV Shows on Blu-ray that are only Available in Foreign Countries

[edwn1220]

Originally Posted by salz4life

Are House and Prison Break region free? I have them on my Amazon list and want to get them when I get some extra money.

I have the Prison Break complete set from Amazon UK. It's region AB.

[greenguy]

Originally Posted by PissedOffPeoN

Airwolf germany includes the upconverted season 4 of the series also to make it complete then any other region. Also prison break and eureka look amazing on blu ray i own them both .

Actually Season four of Airwolf only has bits and pieces upconverted. Koch Media stated on Amazon.de:

Our season 4 was transfered in late 2014 from the original 16mm elements in HD. As these are not 35mm- or Super16-elements like on the first 3 seasons the quality of season 4 is not as good as seasons 1-3, but it is real HD! So please don't spread rumors about our box without owning it!

While they did transfer the found 16mm elements into HD, from time to time short snippets come up that they must have not had the original material and had to upconvert from another source. The picture quality changes so drastically that in no way could those scenes be from the original material. Thankfully there's not a lot of that, and the majority of Season 4 is true HD.

[greenguy]

The complete series of The Greatest American Hero was released as a four volume set in Japan.

[McCrutchy]

Germany has been a blessing for Blu-ray in general, but also TV on Blu-ray. As well as Universal continuing Chicago Fire and Suits in Europe, several more seasons of US TV were released exclusively in Germany between late 2016 and 2017:

Direct from Universal Germany last year:



Licensed releases from Universal/CBS via Koch Media:





Licensed from Universal via Capelight:



And now, coming in January 2018, direct from CBS/Paramount Germany, the first five seasons of NCIS in an Amazon.de Exclusive box set at a bargain price:

[dcfan88]

I own Legion season 1 on Blu-ray.
Season 3 of The Strain is available in multiple areas but not America
Seasons 2 and 3 of Turn: Washington Spies are both available on Blu-ray in Europe

[AmishParadise]

Originally Posted by McCrutchy

And now, coming in January 2018, direct from CBS/Paramount Germany, the first five seasons of NCIS in an Amazon.de Exclusive box set at a bargain price:

I hadn't heard about this one. Excellent! Just pre-ordered. Can't wait for the remaining seasons to be released as well. Would love to retire my DVD's of the series. We'll, I already own Season 12 on Blu-ray, but I'll double dip if I have to. And here's to hoping the next offering we hear about from CBS/Paramount Germany is all 7 seasons of "The Good Wife" on Blu-ray!

[Strapped4Cash]

Hemlock Grove S2 was released in the UK, Mexico, Australia and Germany. S3 was released in Germany.

Masters of Sex S3 was released in Germany, France, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.

Agent Carter S2 and Agents of Shield S3 are out in the UK.

The Royals S1-3 are out in Germany.

Wynonna Earp S1 and S2 were released in Australia. S1 was (sort of) released in the US, as an Indiegogo campaign, but is sold out now (and people might want to avoid it anyway as it crams all the episodes onto 1 disc).

Both He-Man: Masters of the Universe and She-Ra: Princess of Power have both seasons out in Germany.

The Librarians S1-3 are out in Germany too.

ETA: It had seemed that a French Blu-ray of Colony S1 was coming out/had been released, there's a database entry here, but it now looks like that was not the case.

[Terry Dactyl]

I've had Columbo on Bluray from Japan for 6 years.

And for 3 months I've had every season of 24 which has also been released in basic extras free versions. No complete boxset though, individual seasons only which is handy if you already have seasons 7 and 8
Typically expensive for Japanese releases but worth every penny if you enjoy Jack Bauer

[J2005]

does anyone know if the king of queens set is region free or no?

[trevrox]

[Terry Dactyl]

Originally Posted by trevrox

That works out very slightly cheaper than buying the separate sets but bearing in mind most fans of 24 on Bluray will already have seasons 7,8 and Live Another Day on Blu it's not that enticing a deal.

Although a huge bargain compared to the prices Japan used to charge for seasons 7 and 8

[KiLLPaTRiCK]

Originally Posted by Strapped4Cash

Hemlock Grove S2 was released in the UK, Mexico, Australia and Germany. S3 was released in Germany.

Masters of Sex S3 was released in Germany, France, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland.

Agent Carter S2 and Agents of Shield S3 are out in the UK.

Colony S1 is out in France.

The Royals S1-3 are out in Germany.

Wynonna Earp S1 and S2 were released in Australia. S1 was (sort of) released in the US, as an Indiegogo campaign, but is sold out now (and people might want to avoid it anyway as it crams all the episodes onto 1 disc).

Both He-Man: Masters of the Universe and She-Ra: Princess of Power have both seasons out in Germany.

The Librarians S1-3 are out in Germany too.

Colony is not out in France.

[Strapped4Cash]

Originally Posted by KiLLPaTRiCK

Colony is not out in France.

Interesting. I was going off the database here:



But the link no longer works, so I suppose that you're right.

[Petey Parker]

Originally Posted by Strapped4Cash

Both He-Man: Masters of the Universe and She-Ra: Princess of Power have both seasons out in Germany.

I'm assuming these have English audio? The Amazon DE descriptions don't mention but they are often incomplete. I saw Bravestarr, Saber Rider, and M.A.S.K. are also out.

[Buscemi]

Originally Posted by Petey Parker

I'm assuming these have English audio? The Amazon DE descriptions don't mention but they are often incomplete. I saw Bravestarr, Saber Rider, and M.A.S.K. are also out.

German only. Also, it's a PAL standard disc (576i) so it won't play on NTSC-only set-ups.

[Member-222782]

The A-Team got a European release (not sure which country) last year. Still waiting to see if Mill Creek or another US label might pick it up before taking the plunge.

[Petey Parker]

Originally Posted by Buscemi

German only. Also, it's a PAL standard disc (576i) so it won't play on NTSC-only set-ups.

That sucks, the 576i isn't a problem but the German only is.

[victimofthecity]

Originally Posted by McCrutchy

Germany has been a blessing for Blu-ray in general, but also TV on Blu-ray. As well as Universal continuing Chicago Fire and Suits in Europe, several more seasons of US TV were released exclusively in Germany between late 2016 and 2017:

Direct from Universal Germany last year:



Licensed releases from Universal/CBS via Koch Media:





Licensed from Universal via Capelight:



And now, coming in January 2018, direct from CBS/Paramount Germany, the first five seasons of NCIS in an Amazon.de Exclusive box set at a bargain price:

Can you tell me if Shades of Blue and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt can play in US players? I can't seem to find that information on Amazon's site.

[Jompa]

Magnum P.I. was released in the UK.

[UUUUGGGGHHHH]

This is a great thread.