The Wire: The Complete Series (2002-2008)

[RandyK]

The Wire: The Complete Series Blu-ray PRE-ORDER



Release date is June 2nd.

HBO® Unveils New High-Definition Re-Mastering of

Award-Winning Hit Series The Wire®

In the six years that have passed since the conclusion of the HBO series The Wire, the critically acclaimed drama has turned into a worldwide phenomenon that has been hailed as “one of the best and most original series on television in decades” by the New York Times. Now, new and old fans of the series can watch the show like never before thanks to a brand new High-Definition upgrade of all 60 episodes, which will debut in December on HBO Signature® and HBO GO®. The Wire: The Complete Series will be available to own on Digital HD Monday, January 5, 2015 and on Blu-rayTM in Summer 2015.

The entire series has been beautifully re-mastered in 16x9 Full-Frame HD from more than 8,000 reels of original 35mm camera negative, allowing for a tighter fit on widescreen TVs and computer/tablet screens. The original negatives were scanned, edited, dust-busted and color-corrected with great care and attention taken to stay true to the look and feel of the original Standard-Definition 4x3 version.

The Wire: The Complete Series in HD will be available for the first time as a full series purchase at iTunes, Google Play, X-Box Video and Vudu on January 5. Individual episodes and seasons will be available through all of HBO’s Digital HD retailers.

To celebrate the HD launch, HBO Signature will air the entire series consecutively, one season per day starting with season 1 on Friday, December 26 at noon. The marathon will wrap with season 5 on Tuesday, December 30.

This will be the first time The Wire has aired on a linear HBO channel since Season 5 wrapped in 2008, as well as the first time that all five seasons of the entire series have aired consecutively on the network.


All 60 episodes will also be available in HD on HBO GO starting December 26

Source: TVBytheNumbers via press release.

Comparison of 4:3 and 16:9 shots
David Simon on the aspect ratio (SPOILERS)

[ThePhantom]

From The Wire's official Facebook page:

Originally Posted by The Wire

The Wire: coming soon in HD.

The new high-definition re-mastering of #TheWire will debut this month on HBO Signature and HBO GO.

Plus, buried in the comments...

Originally Posted by The Wire

The Wire: The Complete Series will be available to own on Digital HD Monday, January 5, 2015 and on Blu-ray in Summer 2015.

[kristoffer]

Yes!

[StingingVelvet]

Awesome!

Shame they're prioritizing digital so much, but whatever. Happy it's coming!

[moviestar]

so glad I've held back watching anything of that show so far.

[Darth Marcus]

Awesome! I'm watching it now on HBO Go and the standard def is killing me. This is my first time viewing this show and I'm loving what I've seen so far.

[solaris72]

YESSSS!



Please please PLEASE be OAR!

[digideadus]

I just started watching this for the first time last week on Amazon streaming and I have to say I'm hooked. Very well written, directed and the acting is fantastic as well. right up there with Breaking Bad and The Sopranos on my list of favorite tv shows. Excited to know I'll be able to purchase the series in its entirety on Bluray sometime next Summer as I'm pretty certain this is something I will want to have in my collection.

[RandyK]

Beat you by a minute my friend.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=253091

[JeffTheMovieGuy]

Blu-ray comin YO!!!

[octagon]

The entire series has been beautifully re-mastered in 16x9 Full-Frame HD from more than 8,000 reels of original 35mm camera negative, allowing for a tighter fit on widescreen TVs and computer/tablet screens.

Well that's disappointing. It's not necessarily a deal-breaker but it definitely takes a bit of the 'woohoo' out of this news.

[Irrob]

Originally Posted by octagon

The entire series has been beautifully re-mastered in 16x9 Full-Frame HD from more than 8,000 reels of original 35mm camera negative, allowing for a tighter fit on widescreen TVs and computer/tablet screens.

Must have.

[octagon]

Originally Posted by Irrob

Must have.

That's definitely the other side of the coin, yeah.

It's an absolutely incredible show.

[ThePhantom]

Originally Posted by RandyK

Beat you by a minute my friend.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread.php?t=253091

Ha, I saw that.

How do I delete this thread?

[GenPion]

Great news. Glad this is coming to Blu-ray.

[jwerk]

Best news I've heard all day! Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to start saving my money

[David LFC]

Good news this is 2nd just behind The Sopranos as my favourite TV Show!!!!

[Harlock415]

Finally official word on the release. I have the complete set on DVD and it's pretty bad looking. This can only be a. Huge improvement to me.

[kristoffer]

I just hope they didn't crop the picture too much....

[chronoclast]

David Simon has put up an excellent blog post today about The Wire in HD.