Posted: Wed Feb 28, 2018 10:49 pm
A German release is also in the works:
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07B14J24N
https://www.amazon.de/dp/B07B14J24N
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Tunnel of Fear 'Home Entertainment' Release Date 15 Jan 2018
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Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 4:43 pm
I haven't checked in much in the past few years. Very excited to see another episode from Series 1 has been discovered. Placed my order for the new dvd as well as the Series 2 DVD set since I'm guessing we will never see them on blu-ray.
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2018 6:36 am
What i think might happen eventually, sometime in the future is the non-filmed eps. being put on blu ray, spread over 3 discs, 8-9 eps on each disc!. (This is how season 5 was presented on US blu ray).
This is certainly not ideal but I have seen similar done on other "cult/classic series" such as Gerry Anderson's "UFO" & "Space 1999". 8-9 SD eps per disc. I believe these were German releases. The reasoning is presumably that fans would buy the blu ray as it would be cheaply priced and take up less shelf-space than previous DVD releases. Though the bit-rates are inevitably small and quality obviously poor compared to the (higher priced) restored HD blu rays.
Putting more non-filmed Avengers eps on a blu ray disc might not be so bad as a single disc can hold large SD material more easily.
The BBC has already done this with (new) Doctor Who series 1-4, which was shot in SD. Upscaling work was done to improve pic&sound quality with 4-5 eps per disc. I have these and they def. look better than the DVDs, but for those with a decent upscaling blu ray player might not be considered worth it.
As Avengers doesn't have the same fanbase a similar blu ray of non-filmed eps might not get a future release- perhaps not in UK but maybe in US or Europe at some point.(?)
This is certainly not ideal but I have seen similar done on other "cult/classic series" such as Gerry Anderson's "UFO" & "Space 1999". 8-9 SD eps per disc. I believe these were German releases. The reasoning is presumably that fans would buy the blu ray as it would be cheaply priced and take up less shelf-space than previous DVD releases. Though the bit-rates are inevitably small and quality obviously poor compared to the (higher priced) restored HD blu rays.
Putting more non-filmed Avengers eps on a blu ray disc might not be so bad as a single disc can hold large SD material more easily.
The BBC has already done this with (new) Doctor Who series 1-4, which was shot in SD. Upscaling work was done to improve pic&sound quality with 4-5 eps per disc. I have these and they def. look better than the DVDs, but for those with a decent upscaling blu ray player might not be considered worth it.
As Avengers doesn't have the same fanbase a similar blu ray of non-filmed eps might not get a future release- perhaps not in UK but maybe in US or Europe at some point.(?)
Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2018 11:11 am
Ordered at an HMV shop (and no postage!)
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 12:42 pm
Amazon have shipped my DVD!!
Bit early but HURRAY!!!!
Bit early but HURRAY!!!!
Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 5:17 pm
Umm, maybe you get this bit earlier than the official release, too.Darren wrote:Amazon have shipped my DVD!!
Bit early but HURRAY!!!!
If so, I'll be posting some additional information for the premiere release date on Steedumbrella.
Posted: Sat Apr 07, 2018 8:41 am
Over the past few days, there have been several interesting reviews about DVD edition of episode Tunnel of Fear.
Just now I came across a very detailed from Frank Collins (with a dozen pics from the episode):
https://www.framerated.co.uk/the-avenge ... l-of-fear/
Just now I came across a very detailed from Frank Collins (with a dozen pics from the episode):
https://www.framerated.co.uk/the-avenge ... l-of-fear/
Posted: Sun Apr 08, 2018 8:43 pm
Bit of intrigue, the screenshots of the British edition's DVD menu already can be found on Internet.
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 10:28 am
I took a quick look at the various resources regarding the British DVD release of the episode - on moment, there is one important point:
The script PDFs are missing
The script PDFs are missing
Posted: Mon Apr 09, 2018 2:23 pm
Mine was sent out on Saturday!