Dallas HD Amazon Freevee

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

For anyone having reservations about purchasing the new Blu-ray set, if and when it gets announced, I recommend at least purchasing a copy of the DVD collection release. That at least has Dallas (mostly) as it originally aired. Thankfully I have two copies of it.

 

[Chris2]

I’m not convinced the FreeVee versions are HD. They seem like SD versions of the new masters. The season I bought through Apple has a much crisper picture.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

I’m not convinced the FreeVee versions are HD. They seem like SD versions of the new masters. The season I bought through Apple has a much crisper picture.

I just wish Warner's would hurry up and announce when we're getting the Blu-ray release.

The sooner the better.

 

[lost-in-time]

For anyone having reservations about purchasing the new Blu-ray set, if and when it gets announced, I recommend at least purchasing a copy of the DVD collection release. That at least has Dallas (mostly) as it originally aired. Thankfully I have two copies of it.


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Do you happen to know (or could point me in the direction) what’s been changed on the DVDs?

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

Do you happen to know (or could point me in the direction) what’s been changed on the DVDs?

As far as I know the only thing changed on the DVD's is the music has been removed from the episode where Bobby, JR and Ray go looking for Jock, where Miss Ellie comes down the stairs just before those three return to Southfork (season four DVD count).

I certainlyrecommend the DVD collection set, because that contains Dallas as it was shown in the 1980's. The only omission is the Lorimar indicia graphic has been changed for the WorldVision one. However the actual episodes are from the Lorimar masters, as far as I know.

 

[Garry]

I’m not convinced the FreeVee versions are HD. They seem like SD versions of the new masters. The season I bought through Apple has a much crisper picture.

It looks like it. It's the remastered episodes but still in SD quality. Wonder why Amazon are delaying the roll out to HD. Very odd.

 

[cws]

I could be wrong, I thought it was HD. I watched Dallas on Freevee before, and it was a much lower quality. These episodes just appeared very recently. They are WAY better!!!

 

[southfork88]

As far as I know the only thing changed on the DVD's is the music has been removed from the episode where Bobby, JR and Ray go looking for Jock, where Miss Ellie comes down the stairs just before those three return to Southfork (season four DVD count).

I certainlyrecommend the DVD collection set, because that contains Dallas as it was shown in the 1980's. The only omission is the Lorimar indicia graphic has been changed for the WorldVision one. However the actual episodes are from the Lorimar masters, as far as I know.

However, the DVDs had several scenes cut out, such as Miss Ellie and Jessica together, Ray bringing Jenna home after giving birth, etc.

 

[Chris2]

I know I sound like a fanboy but I miss those teasers at the beginning. It’s weird to start with the theme song. To me, the only reason they cut them is for monetary reasons, so they wouldn’t have to remaster them. Warner Bros bean counter: “Hey, I know how to cut down on 300 minutes that have to be remastered!”

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

However, the DVDs had several scenes cut out, such as Miss Ellie and Jessica together, Ray bringing Jenna home after giving birth, etc.

I know about those scenes but they were never shown in the original UK transmission on BBC1 anyway!

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

It looks like it. It's the remastered episodes but still in SD quality. Wonder why Amazon are delaying the roll out to HD. Very odd.

I wouldn't be surprised if they're streaming them in SD until all the seasons have been uploaded in HD first.

I wonder will they charge extra for the new HD versions? That could be another reason why they're delaying the roll out.

 

[alexpaige]

have they been added to our iTunes yet? the thumbnails look like the old versions. I did find some remastered versions on torrent sites but have to find 300GB of room on my hard drive... would be so much easier to just stream

Itunes Australia currently has seasons 1, 2, 6 and 9 in HD. All other episodes are the new remastered prints but in SD only at the moment. You can keep up to date with when more are uploaded by checking at https://www.justwatch.com/au/tv-show/dallas-1978

 

[lost-in-time]

However, the DVDs had several scenes cut out, such as Miss Ellie and Jessica together, Ray bringing Jenna home after giving birth, etc.

I wouldn't be surprised if they're streaming them in SD until all the seasons have been uploaded in HD first.

I wonder will they charge extra for the new HD versions? That could be another reason why they're delaying the roll out.

Sorry for all the questions, I don’t know the show well enough and I’ve not heard about these missing scenes. Why were scenes removed from the DVDs and why didn’t the BBC show them? I would’ve expected the BBC to have more time to air the show since they didn’t show adverts.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

Sorry for all the questions, I don’t know the show well enough and I’ve not heard about these missing scenes. Why were scenes removed from the DVDs and why didn’t the BBC show them? I would’ve expected the BBC to have more time to air the show since they didn’t show adverts.

Some scenes were edited out of the UK master tapes which were sent to the BBC back in the 80's.

I'm not sure why but it's probably something as simple as for scheduling and timing purposes.

 

[Angela Channing]

Sorry for all the questions, I don’t know the show well enough and I’ve not heard about these missing scenes. Why were scenes removed from the DVDs and why didn’t the BBC show them? I would’ve expected the BBC to have more time to air the show since they didn’t show adverts.

Programmes like Dallas were produced to fill a "broadcast hour" of screen time, i.e, a specified length with the addition of commercials will take it up to a complete hour. Different channels, different countries and different eras have different lengths of broadcast hours for shows. For example, a broadcast hour of 42 mins compared with one of 43 mins would allow the broadcaster to screen 2 additional 30 secs commercials in the hour. The original episodes would be edited to accommodate different markets depending on the requirements of the local broadcaster.

I didn't think the episodes of Dallas broadcast on the BBC were edited down. If they were, it wouldn't have been to fill a specific time in their schedule, it would have been because that was what they were given by the production company, maybe pre-edited for another market.

 

[Matthew Blaisdel]

In Germany it was horrible for most of the run. We had no commercials at evenings at all at the time, so there would not be really a reason to edit the episodes down.
But those stupid scheduling nerds at the time were so full of them.
Dallas had a 45 minute slot Tuesday evenings ( 21:45 till 22:30) after a News show and they would always give the news more time than announced, and so they took those minutes as well away from the Dallas slot, so each episode had to be cut down to 42 Minutes only (although the timeslot was officially announced to be 45 minutes in the tv magazines, but it never really was), with several scenes missing of each single episode, and those were never even dubbed into german either! So stupid!

So Warner had a hard time for the German DVDs already, each contained the 42 min german episodes and in addition the fully uncut original english version, so each Disc had to contain 2 different versions of each episode, and for a possible Bluray release it would be the same stupid problem. What a mess.

 

[Seaviewer]

9Now in Australia

9Now has TNT Dallas. I don't think they've ever had the original.

For anyone having reservations about purchasing the new Blu-ray set, if and when it gets announced, I recommend at least purchasing a copy of the DVD collection release. That at least has Dallas (mostly) as it originally aired. Thankfully I have two copies of it.

I have the original two-sided discs and the box set and also purchased some seasons on YouTube (which I hope don't disappear into the ether now). The only reason I would have for buying the Blu-Rays is curiosity value.

 

[southfork88]

I wonder if you have ever checked what exactly was cut on the DVDs versus the only original USA TV edition? Since we are fans from different countries, it would be possible to check our editions. I have the American DVDs edition, but also the Italian recordings made by my mother in the traditional way. Too bad now the volume of the audio, over the years has become increasingly low and confused.

 

[bmasters9]

For instance, season 3 no longer has the continuously moving side panels of the actors in the first 4 episodes.

So, in all third-season episodes, the side panels freeze on each cast member's card, unlike the original CBS broadcasts of 1979-80?

 

[Garry]

For instance, season 3 no longer has the continuously moving side panels of the actors in the first 4 episodes.

Here's the first 3 seasons in HD. What mistake am I looking out for here in Season 3?