Will you buy a Dallas complete collection Bluray set?

[Seaviewer]

I don't plan on buying it.
First, I don't have a Blu-ray player. I have the original two-sided DVDs, the one-sided boxed set, and such seasons as are available to stream on YouTube so I don't really need to quadruple up, so to speak.
I have no desire to see fine detail that wasn't supposed to be visible, and the messing around with various aspects has killed any interest I might have had. And, finally, I don't see the point in buying something in higher definition than my aging eyes are capable of perceiving.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

I don't plan on buying it.
First, I don't have a Blu-ray player. I have the original two-sided DVDs, the one-sided boxed set, and such seasons as are available to stream on YouTube so I don't really need to quadruple up, so to speak.
I have no desire to see fine detail that wasn't supposed to be visible, and the messing around with various aspects has killed any interest I might have had. And, finally, I don't see the point in buying something in higher definition than my aging eyes are capable of perceiving.

If you want to get a Blu-ray player most of the big supermarkets will have them.

That's were I got mine and they weren't very expensive either. Mine are Panasonic units which is at least one of the good brands.

 

[Garry]

I have no desire to see fine detail that wasn't supposed to be visible.

It was meant to be visible. It's just that technology back then made that impossible. Now it is possible and these episodes have never looked better.

 

[Matthew Blaisdel]

Exactly. That's actually the very first chance for us fans to see the show how it was supposed to look like. What the camera guy caught through the lense while filming.
It's like saying hey, i almost can't read this book because my eyes are freaking bad (technical limitation/worsening), but i deny myself putting on reading-glasses, because that's not how it's supposed to look. What a nonsense-logic.

At least now we can really appreciate the expensive costumes/warderobe/hairstyles etc. especially in seasons 9 - 12, because up until now, amost all that detail was completly lost due to the horrid muddy quality video editing of the time. Not that it makes the storylines better, but at least it looks great finally.

 

[Seaviewer]

If you want to get a Blu-ray player most of the big supermarkets will have them.

That's were I got mine and they weren't very expensive either. Mine are Panasonic units which is at least one of the good brands.

Getting a Blu-ray player was not really the issue but, yes, Panasonic is a good brand.

It was meant to be visible. It's just that technology back then made that impossible. Now it is possible and these episodes have never looked better.

I'm referring to things like makeup lines and crew members at the edge of the picture.

 

[Garry]

Getting a Blu-ray player was not really the issue but, yes, Panasonic is a good brand.

I'm referring to things like makeup lines and crew members at the edge of the picture.

Warner digitally removed a lot of crew members in reflections and visible lighting and camera equipment for this remaster. But I did notice a few people in reflections in two or three episodes that they missed. No big deal though.

 

[Laurie Marr]

I was unlucky in downloading the wrong late episode to preview the results of the remastering post-season 10. Garry helpfully pointed out that this was one of very few episodes during the project where the original film stock was missing. However, I have since bought a few more from those late seasons on Apple + and the difference made by the remastering is often genuinely eye popping. And, yes, I am surprised to say that it does make these seasons much more watchable in more subtle ways. The purchase of a Blu-ray collection is absolutely necessary.

 

[Rove]

Will Warner Bros @Garry still go ahead with plans to release Dallas on Blu-Ray? I only ask because Disney has announced Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 3 will be their last Blu-Ray release in Australia. It makes me nervous when I hear some major Hollywood studios are in financial free-fall and are on cost-cutting drives. Pushing up the cost of their streaming services isn't helping matters. I don't see how releasing Dallas on physical media is going to make Warner Bros much money.

For me Dallas works better on physical discs because of its extraordinary time on the small screen. I don't wish to see some streaming giant purchase the rights then suddenly remove it due to poor viewing numbers when I'm half-way viewing it. Other streaming services would then shy away from it.

I understand for some owning Dallas on physical media may not work but for this avid fan it does.

 

[Knots4ever]

Will Warner Bros @Garry still go ahead with plans to release Dallas on Blu-Ray? I only ask because Disney has announced Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 3 will be their last Blu-Ray release in Australia. It makes me nervous when I hear some major Hollywood studios are in financial free-fall and are on cost-cutting drives. Pushing up the cost of their streaming services isn't helping matters. I don't see how releasing Dallas on physical media is going to make Warner Bros much money.

For me Dallas works better on physical discs because of its extraordinary time on the small screen. I don't wish to see some streaming giant purchase the rights then suddenly remove it due to poor viewing numbers when I'm half-way viewing it. Other streaming services would then shy away from it.

I understand for some owning Dallas on physical media may not work but for this avid fan it does.

As far as I know there has never been an official announcement that there will be a Blu-Ray release. There’s been lots of chat on different discussion boards but unless and until there’s an announcement from WBD I think people should manage their expectations. There are more reasons for WBD not to release than there are.

 

[lost-in-time]

This link has the following news back in February https://www.warnerbros.com/news/press-releases/celebrating-warner-bros-centennial-in-2023

"Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will release a series of celebratory film and TV bundles on digital, Blu-ray and DVD, including... complete TV series collections available for the first time, and “Best of” TV compilations from the most beloved WBTV franchises."

The studio has released a five-minute "sizzle reel" tribute to their 100 years of storytelling on screen and it features footage from many of their classic movies and a few television shows but mainly "Friends", "E.R.", Arrowverse, Linda Carter "Wonder Woman".

It doesn’t mention Dallas specifically but since the HD master has been done it would be strange not to do a Blu-ray boxset. We’ve also since had complete DVD boxsets for shows which only got either manufactured on demand DVDs before (Growing Pains, Night Court…) or shows which didn’t even have releases before (Mayberry RFD) which bodes well for Knots Landing.

 

[bmasters9]

or shows which didn’t even have releases before (Mayberry RFD) which bodes well for Knots Landing.

If KL should indeed get this treatment, how do you think the seasons will be apportioned (14 in all)? Will it be two subsets of 7 apiece, or 4 subsets in total (first three having the first 12 seasons, and last one having the last two)?

 

[lost-in-time]

If KL should indeed get this treatment, how do you think the seasons will be apportioned (14 in all)? Will it be two subsets of 7 apiece, or 4 subsets in total (first three having the first 12 seasons, and last one having the last two)?

No idea best guess though would be a complete series as that’s what’s happened with the other sets released so far.

 

[bmasters9]

No idea best guess though would be a complete series as that’s what’s happened with the other sets released so far.

That is true, that it will be a complete series (the question was about the apportioning of the individual seasons within).

 

[lost-in-time]

That is true, that it will be a complete series (the question was about the apportioning of the individual seasons within).

Apologies I misunderstood your question. Maybe two boxes of seven seasons within an outer box?

 

[bmasters9]

Apologies I misunderstood your question. Maybe two boxes of seven seasons within an outer box?

Not a problem-- I think it might indeed be like that.

 

[Rove]

There are more reasons for WBD not to release than there are.

Makes me wonder if Warner Bros are testing the waters with their upscaled Dallas release on streaming services to see if there is indeed a market for a physical release. It's the old supply and demand scenario.

 

[Knots4ever]

Makes me wonder if Warner Bros are testing the waters with their upscaled Dallas release on streaming services to see if there is indeed a market for a physical release. It's the old supply and demand scenario.

Yes and the main issue is the question whether there is any way for demand to meet or exceed the minimum investment in making and distributing BluRays. Unfortunately I have my doubts because another problem is that the more widely available something is on streaming the less likely people are to buy a set of discs.

Look at Baywatch Remastered. It’s on something like 6 different streaming services in the US alone (4 in the UK) and the BluRays are sitting on shelves and warehouses.

The problem for physical media is that it costs money to make; distributing to streaming services costs zero now that all episodes are remastered. All it does is generate revenue without anyone lifting a finger (that’s of course simplified but the costs are almost zero).

 

[Rove]

The problem for physical media is that it costs money to make

There is also the argument Warner Bros could state to the world we hug trees and care about the environment by no longer producing and shipping physical media. I wonder what Jock Ewing would make of all this?

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

There is also the argument Warner Bros could state to the world we hug trees and care about the environment by no longer producing and shipping physical media. I wonder what Jock Ewing would make of all this?

He'd say "I'm mad as hell, boy!"

 

[Willie Oleson]

I have my doubts because another problem is that the more widely available something is on streaming the less likely people are to buy a set of discs.

Except that stuff that ends up on streaming services rarely recreates the hype of the original TV broadcasts. It could have if streaming had preceded the TV-series-on-DVD-phenomenon. I remember that the news of DALLAS and DYNASTY coming to DVD was quite the spectacle.
People who wanted to rewatch DALLAS have already done that and I don't think that their decision to buy/re-buy this cleaned up version has anything to do with availability.
We got the volumes, the box sets and the repackaged box sets of both DALLAS and DYNASTY so I guess the confidence in the buying public hasn't wavered yet.
And this has happened to many other TV series as well, they just keep re-releasing Little House On The Prairie and that makes me wonder just how expensive it is to produce these sets.

Perhaps the bluray set would require some additional promotion or bells and whistles to convince the public that this is something that they really really wanna have.
It seemed to work for the Doctor Who bluray collection.

Look at Baywatch Remastered. It’s on something like 6 different streaming services in the US alone (4 in the UK) and the BluRays are sitting on shelves and warehouses

If it's made only one diehard Baywatch fan happy to get the bluray version then I would consider it a success. I don't feel sorry for the megacorps who were allowed to grow thanks to our many purchases. They can easily bounce back from the occasional flop - well, not that that's ever stopped them from releasing DVD box sets of TV series that nobody wants whilst totally ignoring our craving for Knots Landing DVDs; a soap opera with so much cultural American historical relevance that Warner Bros ought to be commissioned by The Government itself because Knots is something that could be teached at universities.

There is also the argument Warner Bros could state to the world we hug trees and care about the environment by no longer producing and shipping physical media

Of ALL the things corporations could do to support the debate about environmental issues, of ALL the things they could do to significantly reduce the production of waste material, the first thing to tackle are the products that have lots of cultural and artistic value? The kind of stuff that people buy and keep because it's so precious?
That's how we're going to save the planet?
Most DVDs I buy come in these horribly flimsy DVD cases so I replace them with sturdy ones (bought from an online store that specializes in media packaging) because those beautiful DVDs that represent works of art deserve the maximum protection.
Thus creating MORE waste in the process