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Rome Season 1 release date, Stargate SG-1 masters?
- Thread starter Substance
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Season 4 is available in HD now. I won’t purchase it until the issues are resolved on the first 3 seasons.
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Stargate SG-1 (Season 4)
The Stargate team battles with new enemies and helps the Russians with their own Stargate program. Sci-Fi, Action, Adventure. Starring Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Michael Shanks, and Christopher Judge. Purchase and download today in Blu-ray quality.
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It’s been about a month. Is there any updates on this?
It has been about 3 months. Any update on these? I understand these are many TV episodes and can take a while to process all. I would like an update whether this is in the works. Thanks.
Sorry I missed your earlier query! It is still being worked on. We identified some issues with the way the content was encoded and have found improvements for those. There's still an issue being investigated, however. Long story short, the video is a slightly odd size (presumably a non-square pixel thing). That's what's causing the player to show it as HD even though it is actually SD. I'm not sure if that's going to require another transcoding change or if it will be addressed in kOS.
I appreciate the update. Looking forward to the corrected versions. Do you know if Season 4 is suffering similar issues? I was hesitant buying it after the first 3 seasons.
I purchased and watched the first few minutes of SG-1 Season 4. So far it looks very good.
The audio is DTS HD-MA 5.1 and PCM 2.0 which are marked improvements from the DVD and Blu-ray releases.
Do you know if the later seasons will be added to the store in the future?
Excellent news! Thanks for the update!
Is there any plans to add other SG shows to the store? Atlantis and/or SG-U?
SG-U is underrated for sure. I was so upset when they cancelled it after its second season.
Transepoch
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Particularly irksome since Season 1 came out on BD, but Season 2 is only available in HD as part of the complete series...
I own the Season 1 only. I didn’t buy the complete series. The initial release Season 1 has lossless soundtrack whereas the complete series has lossy Dolby Digital 5.1. From what I read, they also messed up the 5.1 mixing on the complete series. Maybe there will be a German or UK release for Season 2 with better merits.
Transepoch
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Amazon, Vudu, and Apple all have them available (ironically not Peacock,) so would have to figure the EST assets are out there if K ever thinks they are worth the time to mux.
I noticed the LD-S9 in your signature. I have a few LD players. Love the format. There is only one SG-1 release on LD which has the pilot episode. It looks and sounds very good.
LaserDisc Database - Stargate SG-1 [ID4319OR]
LDDb.com - The LaserDisc Database - Collections, Wishlists, Marketplace of obsolete and niche video formats (LD/CED/VHD/D-VHS/HD DVD)
It was a great format indeed. That one I missed. But newer saw the series until now when I bought in K. 5 episodes I believe I've seen so far.I noticed the LD-S9 in your signature. I have a few LD players. Love the format. There is only one SG-1 release on LD which has the pilot episode. It looks and sounds very good.
LaserDisc Database - Stargate SG-1 [ID4319OR]
LDDb.com - The LaserDisc Database - Collections, Wishlists, Marketplace of obsolete and niche video formats (LD/CED/VHD/D-VHS/HD DVD)www.lddb.com
I have the deluxe edition of the movie Stargate which was the uncut version. $60 for 9 minutes longer movie but bought in release anyway. Those were the expensive days buying movies.
LaserDisc Database - Stargate: Deluxe Edition [LD 60213]
LDDb.com - The LaserDisc Database - Collections, Wishlists, Marketplace of obsolete and niche video formats (LD/CED/VHD/D-VHS/HD DVD)
There was also this for 25k yen, approx. $200 in 1995 dollars.
People say Kaleidescape is expensive. No format will dethrone Hi-Vision Laserdiscs in premium pricing. $8k for the player, $2k for the Muse decoder, and $200-$300 for each disc back in 1992. Hey, that gets you Stargate in HD, two decades earlier than any home…only if you lived in Japan as this was a Japan only format
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People say Kaleidescape is expensive. No format will dethrone Hi-Vision Laserdiscs in premium pricing. $8k for the player, $2k for the Muse decoder, and $200-$300 for each disc back in 1992. Hey, that gets you Stargate in HD, two decades earlier than any home…only if you lived in Japan as this was a Japan only format
LaserDisc Database - Stargate [PILH-1008]
LDDb.com - The LaserDisc Database - Collections, Wishlists, Marketplace of obsolete and niche video formats (LD/CED/VHD/D-VHS/HD DVD)
There was also this for 25k yen, approx. $200 in 1995 dollars.
People say Kaleidescape is expensive. No format will dethrone Hi-Vision Laserdiscs in premium pricing. $8k for the player, $2k for the Muse decoder, and $200-$300 for each disc back in 1992. Hey, that gets you Stargate in HD, two decades earlier than any home…only if you lived in Japan as this was a Japan only format
LaserDisc Database - Stargate [PILH-1008]
LDDb.com - The LaserDisc Database - Collections, Wishlists, Marketplace of obsolete and niche video formats (LD/CED/VHD/D-VHS/HD DVD)
I was thinking about a HLD-X0 or HLD-X9 to be able to play these Hi-Vision discs when I bought my LD-S9 back in 2005. But the movies as you say they were expensive and still expensive in 2005. I just not could justify the extra cost for the small amount of movies released on the Hi-Vision format.
I did buy the Japanese release of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. I think it's still the only release of the theatrical version.
Sorry for the off topic.