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I first noticed this years ago on the Blu-ray releases of ABC's 'MODERN FAMILY'. The first two or three years of episodes were offered in Blu-ray (as well as regular dvd). I purchased the Blu-rays. Then suddenly, no more Blu-ray's only standard dvd. What could I do but purchase regular, fortunately the images of 'Modern Family' were still o.k. on regular dvd. Now I've been watching 'THE AMERICANS' (from FX) Blu-ray's from Netflix. The first season are all Blu-rays and the images and sound are spectacular. Then I started Disc One of the Second Season and they're only standard. Problem is they're possibly the WORST images I've seen on any release of a t.v. show: incredibly soft images and the credits at the beginnings of each episode are 'blurry and have severe ghosting or 'halo' effects around all the letters. Since I'm hooked on the series, I have no recourse here. Amazon doesn't even offer the following seasons in Blu-ray, only standard. Why would studios do this, is it cheaper? Don't they care about their products?
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Standard discs i.e standard DEFINITION look horrible STREAMING.
Are you streaming hd or sd?
The discs themselves esp. when played on a br machine look fine.
Brm
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Standard discs i.e standard DEFINITION look horrible STREAMING.
Are you streaming hd or sd?
The discs themselves esp. when played on a br machine look fine.
Brm
I am not streaming nor will I ever be in the postion to initiate 'streaming'. I merely view t.v. shows from discs from Netflix. If I like the show, I purchase them to play and keep. I've never had any issues before with t.v. shows on disc that were not blu-ray and were only standard. My Blu-ray player somewhat 'up-converts' them (is that the word?), so standard looks a bit better on a blu-ray player. But last night I finished the last disc of Season One of 'The Americans', and then started on Disc One, Season Two of 'The Americans', and immediately saw a HUGE downgrade in video quality, almost like something filmed on t.v. in the 70's or 80's. Soft, blurry imagery and ghosting on all the printed credits. I cannot purchase ANY other seasons of 'The Americans' on Blu-ray because for whatever reason, the studio stopped issuing Blu-ray's of this show, only standard. My question remains as to WHY would studios do this?
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There is ONE exception to this trend that I'm aware of, (knowing only of the t.v. shows I own personally), where the reverse is true. I bought Season One and Two (separately) of the comedy series 'HAPPY ENDINGS', and they were only avaiable on standard dvd, which was fine as this was all that was available at the time, and the images were excellent. The show's FINAL season, season 3 was never released at all (for years) by it's studio. Then a month or two ago ALL 3 Seasons were released in a complete set ON BLU-RAY! I forget which studio released 'Happy Endings', but I'm happy some studio realized they cared about their product.
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Standard discs i.e standard DEFINITION look horrible STREAMING.
Are you streaming hd or sd?
The discs themselves esp. when played on a br machine look fine.
Brm
I am not streaming nor will I ever be in the postion to initiate 'streaming'. I merely view t.v. shows from discs from Netflix. If I like the show, I purchase them to play and keep. I've never had any issues before with t.v. shows on disc that were not blu-ray and were only standard. My Blu-ray player somewhat 'up-converts' them (is that the word?), so standard looks a bit better on a blu-ray player. But last night I finished the last disc of Season One of 'The Americans', and then started on Disc One, Season Two of 'The Americans', and immediately saw a HUGE downgrade in video quality, almost like something filmed on t.v. in the 70's or 80's. Soft, blurry imagery and ghosting on all the printed credits. I cannot purchase ANY other seasons of 'The Americans' on Blu-ray because for whatever reason, the studio stopped issuing Blu-ray's of this show, only standard. My question remains as to WHY would studios do this?
OH you mean you RENT discs from NETFLIX!?
I DIDN'T KNOW THEY Still do that.
That sucks. Demand a refund!
brm
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Doesn’t it still cost more to manufacture blus than DVDs? That alone could be the cause. And possibly poor sales. In the case of American Horror Story, Fox has released every season on R1 Blu-ray...until now. That’s six seasons on blu, but 7 was only made available on blu in Europe. US gets only a DVD. It’s possible the UK blu of season 7 is region-free but I haven’t confirmed.
I’ve also noticed a few new movies only getting DVD releases; no blu at all. Strange.
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Interesting. I’ve never done a firmware update on any of my blu players ever. And never had a disc issue except in cases where the disc was defective and replacements were issued.
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I hafta second that br players can be finicky. One player i use sometimes doesnt play br discs!
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Here's my own CONSPIRACY THEORY and don't disregard it totally right off the bat, there may be 'some' truth to some aspect of it. I'm guessing here, but aside from people who buy their Blu-rays and DVD's from Amazon, wouldn't the single LARGEST company who buys Blu-ray's and Dvd's be NETFLIX? Netflix may just be THE largest purchaser of DISCS. I'm aware that Netflix has tremendous clout over getting 'deals' from the studios on the prices of their discs when purchased in (it's) extraordinary huge amounts. Netflix charges it's members MORE per month for renting/streaming Blu-ray product, but it's a 'flat-rate', rent One or rent 20, it's the same extra charge to the member. So, WHY would Netflix care if the T.V. Shows were all being released as standard dvd issues. it would be cheaper for Netflix to purchase 'standard' from the studios rather than 'Blu-ray.' I don't know about film releases from the studios though. Here's another thing to add to my theory: Nearly all the BBC / MASTERPIECE dvd's are available in both Blu-ray and Standard, when you look at them for sale at Amazon. But Netflix issues nearly ALL BBC / Masterpiece product in ONLY Standard dvd. Why? Because it's cheaper for them to purchase? I think someone in the homestate of Netflix's headquarters should have that's state's Attorney General look into this and, possibly, file a class-action suit IF it turns out there is 'something afoot'.
And if there's nothing afoot, we'll BLAME CANADA!
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