Columbo - The 1970s Complete Collection (Fabulous Films)

[JustTheWayItIs]

Originally Posted by CompleteCount

The Kino also includes the original, shorter version of Etude In Black, missing the 'hesitation-waltz' filler (and drastic haircut) which comes with the feature-length one.

Other than that, it a case of which you can get cheaper.

It's not the proper, original shorter version that is on the Kino set. It's a version which has been pretty lazily chopped and edited to reduce the time and is similar to the original airing, but when compared to the original version, it's not the same. Many scenes are cut at different times, and are different lengths.

The only way to see the proper shorter version, as it was originally aired on TV, is in the Japanese Bluray set. That set has it in SD only, but at least it's the authentic and original airing.

I will be buying the individual release of it from Fabulous, and putting the Japanese disc in the case, so that when I do my regular beginning-to-end watch through of all 69 episodes, it's easy to access.

[The Workaholic]

Originally Posted by JustTheWayItIs

The only way to see the proper shorter version, as it was originally aired on TV, is in the Japanese Bluray set. That set has it in SD only, but at least it's the authentic and original airing.

It is also on the Australian Season 2 bluray set.

[DawnShadow]

Originally Posted by The Workaholic

It is also on the Australian Season 2 bluray set.

The Australian set is proper 1080p too, the Japanese set is 1080i