The Avengers on Blu-ray in France

Brendan Jones · Post by **Brendan Jones** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:06 pm

Are these original press kits available to view online? Just wondering from a design standpoint.

widescream · Post by **widescream** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:35 pm

Does anyone know which year/series they are planning on putting on Bluray first? Or it it too early to say?

Dandy Forsdyke · Post by **Dandy Forsdyke** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 1:55 pm

After watching Death Dispatch at lunchtime, I can tell you Blue ray won't make these episodes look a lot better than the new DVD set.

Nice clear picture and far better sound.

Peter Motte · Post by **Peter Motte** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 5:07 pm

My idea too.
BTW: in 2010 both Panasonic and Sony will present a new technology, meant to replace BluRay. Both companies will present their OWN technology. So: two different systems, which won't be interchangeable.
THe systems would be on the market in 2011.
All that means that BluRay is already dead.
I think it even means that dvd will survive BluRay.
That means that we'll probably never see the Avengers on BluRay.
But it also means we wouldn't need it, because DVD would go on, and - if it is true what I have been reading in some of the posts here on the forum - they will also be available on line.

Frankymole · Post by **Frankymole** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:36 pm

Whatever system comes next will have to be backwards-compatible with DVD, people are getting fed up having to re-buy everything 3 or 4 times (at least BluRay players can play DVDs!)...

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 8:42 pm

Peter Motte wrote:My idea too.
BTW: in 2010 both Panasonic and Sony will present a new technology, meant to replace BluRay. Both companies will present their OWN technology. So: two different systems, which won't be interchangeable.
THe systems would be on the market in 2011.
All that means that BluRay is already dead.
I think it even means that dvd will survive BluRay.
That means that we'll probably never see the Avengers on BluRay.
But it also means we wouldn't need it, because DVD would go on, and - if it is true what I have been reading in some of the posts here on the forum - they will also be available on line.

Sorry, Peter, but that's utter tosh. Blu-ray is doing very well, and we will definitely see The Avengers on the format. Just because new technologies are being developed doesn't mean that the public will adopt them. Remember CD-V? Video-CD? Digital VHS? DCC? SACD? DVD-Audio? All were meant to supplant the then current format and capture the public imagination and did neither.

Blu-ray will be here for a good few years yet, as will DVD.

As for your comment about not needing Blu-ray because DVD will continue is rather missing the point of Blu-ray - high definition. DVD is standard definition and the difference is palpable.

Dandy Forsdyke · Post by **Dandy Forsdyke** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:26 pm

You can now pre-order The Avengers fourth season on Blu-ray from Amazon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Avengers-Se ... rvi_cart_2

Post by **Allard** » Mon Oct 19, 2009 9:51 pm

Frankymole wrote:Whatever system comes next will have to be backwards-compatible with DVD, people are getting fed up having to re-buy everything 3 or 4 times (at least BluRay players can play DVDs!)...

I think that having to keep buying is the idea behind it.

Frankymole · Post by **Frankymole** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 8:44 am

Allard wrote:
Frankymole wrote:Whatever system comes next will have to be backwards-compatible with DVD, people are getting fed up having to re-buy everything 3 or 4 times (at least BluRay players can play DVDs!)...

I think that having to keep buying is the idea behind it.

I don't think the mnakers of players feel that - that's why they made BluRay able to play "old" standard DVDs (backwards compatibility) - it's different companies to those who make the sell-through disks, usually.

I'm intrigued to read more about this "successor to Bl;uRay" - I thought streaming or downloads was supposed to be "the Next Big Thing"?

widescream · Post by **widescream** » Tue Oct 20, 2009 10:52 am

Dandy Forsdyke wrote:You can now pre-order The Avengers fourth season on Blu-ray from Amazon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Avengers-Se ... rvi_cart_2

That's great to see. But this is a UK release is it not? I thought the first Avenger Blurays were going to be from France? Not that I am complaining.....

I imagine they are stating with the Emma Peel era first to gauge interest, then they will do either the Cathy or Tara ones next.