Scrubs

[JustinO_07]

All 8 seasons of scrubs have been shot on super 16 film (16mm film with a 16:9 aspect ratio) which has a greater resolution than 1080p HD (about 2000 lines horizontally).

The film negatives would definitely be kept as they are much much more durable than any cassete/tape based master. Mastering them to SD digibeta or similar would be throwiing away the superior contrast and colour that only film can pick up.

The DP planned for the future when shooting on film so I think there is a good chance that all 8 seasons will be released on Blu-ray. All of which would look better than the HD broadcast of season 8.

Hope this helps!

[DigitalfreakNYC]

Originally Posted by JustinO_07

All 8 seasons of scrubs have been shot on super 16 film (16mm film with a 16:9 aspect ratio) which has a greater resolution than 1080p HD (about 2000 lines horizontally).

The film negatives would definitely be kept as they are much much more durable than any cassete/tape based master. Mastering them to SD digibeta or similar would be throwiing away the superior contrast and colour that only film can pick up.

The DP planned for the future when shooting on film so I think there is a good chance that all 8 seasons will be released on Blu-ray. All of which would look better than the HD broadcast of season 8.

Hope this helps!

Thanks for the info!

Here's a comparison....
https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=100493

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Now it looks like there will be a season 9 for Scrubs.

[SANAFABICH]

Any word on this *crosses fingers* possibly future release?

[IndyMLVC]

Originally Posted by SANAFABICH

Any word on this *cross fingers* possibly future release?

ugh...I got excited when I saw the bump. Sheesh!

[IndyMLVC]

No one ever posted this but...looks like it's never happening.

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comment..._tv_shows_ask/

Too cost prohibitive. Bummer

[GenPion]

Who's to say it still might not happen someday?

It's only the creator of the show saying that...

I remember reading the article from the series cinematographer about how they framed the entire run of the series for 16:9 widescreen and HD but that it was simply never aired that way because at the time people only had 4:3 TV's. Why can't they get this released that way? It's happening for other shows from the time-period, including the release of Gilmore Girls on Netflix.

I know Scrubs is already on Netflix but this seems like something that could still happen someday. Maybe.

[amoergosum]

Originally Posted by IndyMLVC

No one ever posted this but...looks like it's never happening.

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comment..._tv_shows_ask/

>>>

Q: "Hi Bill, I have two questions for you:

1.) Is it possible, technically speaking, for all Scrubs seasons to be restored and released on HD 16:9, like it was done with a few scenes from season 1 used on the series finale?

2.) Would you like it to be released in 16:9, or do you think the show looks better in 4:3?

Bill Lawrence: "Too cost prohibitive. Bummer"