House M.D. - Complete Collection Pre-order

[Blu-FutureUK]

I'm not buying this at all if we don't get HD audio too. I will keep my seasons 6-8 (I don't want to buy downgrades) and just buy the seperate sets when they get released..whenever that might be.

[david_s1981]

Originally Posted by FilmFanSam

We may only be getting DTS audio as well. Are there UK & Irish ratings on the Spanish discs?

Yes to both.

[FilmFanSam]

Originally Posted by david_s1981

Yes to both.

Well then we will definitely be getting the same discs. No doubt about it now. Disappointing.

[insomniac013]

Oh... Well... Guess i'll have to wait and see the US is getting. (Hopefully theirs will have lossless)

[Cap.T]

According to cinefacts forum, all of the german Blu-Ray sets also only contain lossy DTS for the english language track. So there propably being released this way everywhere in the EU. Very dissapointing.

[movielib]

Originally Posted by Cap.T

According to cinefacts forum, all of the german Blu-Ray sets also only contain lossy DTS for the english language track. So there propably being released this way everywhere in the EU. Very dissapointing.

I'm so glad I found this out before ordering. I don't understand why a recent popular program and its fans should be treated so shabbily.

[Kuros]

Originally Posted by movielib

I don't understand why a recent popular program and its fans should be treated so shabbily.

Continue to lap-up:

Inferior encodes.

Textless masters.

Fewer extras.

Zero extras.

Symbol menus.

No UK Blu-ray releases.

Forever be treated like:

This.

[Blu-FutureUK]

Originally Posted by Kuros

Continue to lap-up:

Inferior encodes.

Textless masters.

Fewer extras.

Zero extras.

Symbol menus.

No UK Blu-ray releases.

Forever be treated like:

This.

lol

I wish Continuum was released over here

[FilmFanSam]

Originally Posted by Blu-FutureUK

lol

I wish Continuum was released over here

You can always import.

[Buzz201]

Originally Posted by Kuros

Continue to lap-up:

....

Forever be treated like:

This.

Except that's not how it works, Universal couldn't give a shit if you like the product you're offered. Either you buy it or it doesn't get released. Not buying the releases won't improve the quality of the releases, it will just result in less of them...

[Kuros]

Originally Posted by Buzz201

Except that's not how it works, Universal couldn't give a shit if you like the product you're offered. Either you buy it or it doesn't get released. Not buying the releases won't improve the quality of the releases, it will just result in less of them...

Try telling anyone directly responsible for Universal's Home Video business in the UK that you won't be buying their shoddy UK product, and that you'll be importing the equivalent Universal Blu-ray release from the US instead, because their US product craps all over the shit they regularly keep putting out in the UK, and then come back and tell me whether "Universal couldn't give a shit if you like the product you're offered".

[Buzz201]

Originally Posted by Kuros

Try telling anyone directly responsible for Universal's Home Video business in the UK that you won't be buying their shoddy UK product, and that you'll be importing the equivalent Universal Blu-ray release from the US instead, because their US product craps all over the shit they regularly keep putting out in the UK, and then come back and tell me whether "Universal couldn't give a shit if you like the product you're offered".

For that work, Universal would need to publicise contact information for "anyone directly responsible for Universal's Home Video business in the UK", all they have on their UK site is a generic UK enquiries email address for their parent company NBCUni and all trade body the BVA lists is a PR contact....

[GrouchoReviews]

The big question is: will Universal even release this set in a U.S. version? I'm skeptical. I was going to splurge for this on Day One, but given the daffy decision not to include lossless audio, I'll wait and see, for a better release or a big price drop before I settle for this (and at least swap in my later-season U.S. Blu-ray discs that DO have lossless audio...). Ugh.

[timofp]

For me personally no HD audio is not that big of a dealbreaker, the improvement in picture quality and widescreen version of season 1 is way more important. For a show like this DTS 5.1 is good enough in my opinion. Ok, DTS-HD would have been better but I think they might not have had the space for it on the discs considering all the languages included.

And I don't see a seperate US release with DTS-HD coming eather, if after al these years they produce a disc set with languages from Asia and Europe, so a world wide set I don't see them producing a different set for the US.

[CinemaScope]

I feel the same. It's a dialogue led TV drama, not some epic with 7-1 sound.

[FilmFanSam]

I would still expect DTS-HD tracks as standard.

[Blu-FutureUK]

You would have thought they would have at least used the same discs for seasons 6-8 since they have HD audio.

[invisiblekid]

Originally Posted by CinemaScope

I feel the same. It's a dialogue led TV drama, not some epic with 7-1 sound.

I never get this argument.

For me True HD and DTS MA are just as worthy of a talky than action. I like clear strong vocals and they (with the right treatment) still benefit from my set-up immensely.

Given this is such a universal release, than I doubt HD will be included in any version. The fact they exist on the previous releases means nothing. Same for the opening theme song.

But I am still very tempted. It won't drop in price for a while, so while this may not be a day 1 purchase (I have Twin Peaks coming the next month) it's certainly going to be had at some point.

Someone on a thread somewhere (can't effing find now) mentioned about it being 18 rated (UK) for just one small reason? can't remember what it was, but I find it a little strange that Universal kept whatever it was in. 18Certs in the UK like NC17 hurts sales/cinema sales, but saying that, I'd assume only fans would be picking this up and at £120, not many under 18s will be stumping up the money for this.

[Buzz201]

Originally Posted by invisiblekid

I never get this argument.

For me True HD and DTS MA are just as worthy of a talky than action. I like clear strong vocals and they (with the right treatment) still benefit from my set-up immensely.

Given this is such a universal release, than I doubt HD will be included in any version. The fact they exist on the previous releases means nothing. Same for the opening theme song.

But I am still very tempted. It won't drop in price for a while, so while this may not be a day 1 purchase (I have Twin Peaks coming the next month) it's certainly going to be had at some point.

Someone on a thread somewhere (can't effing find now) mentioned about it being 18 rated (UK) for just one small reason? can't remember what it was, but I find it a little strange that Universal kept whatever it was in. 18Certs in the UK like NC17 hurts sales/cinema sales, but saying that, I'd assume only fans would be picking this up and at £120, not many under 18s will be stumping up the money for this.

Are you British? The NC-17 and the 18 are not on the same level, in the US you cannot easily advertise an NC-17 (print publications won't let you), most stores won't stock NC-17s and most cienmas won't show NC-17s in any large degree. It's very unlikely an NC-17 would enter the US box office top 10, never mind top it.

None of that is an issue with 18 rated films in the UK, 18 rated The Wolf of Wall Street was a box office no. 1 three weeks in a row over here (for reference it was an R in the US, and peaked at no. 4 in it's second and third weeks).

[jordanwalkert]

Any early review copies out there? Really interested in the quality of this set. Mostly the video, but also to see if mayyyyybe we still get lucky and get some HD audio