The Avengers back in Latin America and France on Eurochannel

Frankymole · Post by **Frankymole** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 6:17 pm

Incidentally, are the black-and-white Emma Peel episodes available on BluRay, and do they have any extra features on the set(s) that aren't already on the StudioCanal DVDs?

mousemeat · Post by **mousemeat** » Thu Jan 20, 2022 9:33 pm

Frankymole wrote:It's very sad that The New Avengers broadcast prints are in such a sad state, they really need sprucing up. The repeats on ITV4 looked almost as faded and poorly-graded as the ones on standard definition DVD. Not really acceptable for a broadcast free-to-air digital (and effectively terrestrial) channel.

some years ago, when A & E put out both the Thorson and New Avengers discs, they looked bad....barely a step past VHS..poor chroma, faded colors, scratched items, etc......I suspect the original source material. is in poor shape..hopefully, not...and a proper re mastering can take place...

darren · Post by **darren** » Fri Jan 21, 2022 5:41 pm

Network Releasing did a good job when they did the Last of the Cybernauts..? blu-ray.

Of course they hoped to do full boxset of The New Avengers but there were a few spanners in the worked which have stalled it - hopefully not forever.

Frankymole · Post by **Frankymole** » Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:17 pm

mousemeat wrote: some years ago, when A & E put out both the Thorson and New Avengers discs, they looked bad....barely a step past VHS..poor chroma, faded colors, scratched items, etc......I suspect the original source material. is in poor shape..hopefully, not...and a proper re mastering can take place...

For Thorson episodes the original negatives should be in reasonable shape, and can be improved with cleanup during mastering for BluRay or 4K+ even frame-by-frame if budgets allow... but for TNA, Canal claimed to not even be able to locate the negatives for the series!!!! I hope they have now.

mousemeat · Post by **mousemeat** » Fri Jan 21, 2022 11:29 pm

Frankymole wrote:
mousemeat wrote: some years ago, when A & E put out both the Thorson and New Avengers discs, they looked bad....barely a step past VHS..poor chroma, faded colors, scratched items, etc......I suspect the original source material. is in poor shape..hopefully, not...and a proper re mastering can take place...
For Thorson episodes the original negatives should be in reasonable shape, and can be improved with cleanup during mastering for BluRay or 4K+ even frame-by-frame if budgets allow... but for TNA, Canal claimed to not even be able to locate the negatives for the series!!!! I hope they have now.

SURELY, someone has first/second gen negatives for TNA....maybe Clemmons estate might have 'em etc......