Farscape Complete Series Megaset: November 2009!!! (R1)

[the fifth man]

Somehow I got the first two parts of S1 before they ran out. Which is when I freaked out and ordered the rest of as fast as I could afford to.

Yeah, that is usually the problem for me. Luckily, I got Seasons 2 and 3 as holiday gifts from various family members.

[McClance]

I wonder how many internal (and external? ) organs I'll have to sell to be able to afford it.

Or, maybe they'll ask for an arm for their scientific research...

[cavalierlwt]

The press release refers to it as a repackaging, I'm holding out hope that they re-encoded it from some some master source material. The ADV release was encoded horribly IMHO. Still, I'm glad it will be available to people again, I'm just sad that Sony didn't make it into a pet project and treat it with the loving care it deserved.

[TheRandomOne]

I honestly hate thin packs. I mean it is ridiculous the amount of thin pack DVDs the Andromeda Box Set has. But then again those DVDs were horribly put together & not even the original box sets comes with 6 Discs Per Season like they normally do

[LoneStar1836]

Somehow I got the first two parts of S1 before they ran out. Which is when I freaked out and ordered the rest of as fast as I could afford to.

I bought the last season 2 Starburst set and then Season 3 a couple of years ago. (Those had my favorite eps) I was stupid enough to think "oh, I'll have time to get Season 1. No rush...." Ha! By the time I ran across an article pointing out that S1 had been discontinued, it was too late. So I lucked out and snapped up the remaining S2 sets as well as all of S4 still at normal prices...$20-$25US per set. I wasn't going to pay an arm and a leg for S1 or buy from unknown sellers....

[DigiFluid]

I honestly hate thin packs. I mean it is ridiculous the amount of thin pack DVDs the Andromeda Box Set has. But then again those DVDs were horribly put together & not even the original box sets comes with 6 Discs Per Season like they normally do

Any particular reason? I don't mind them at all, they take up a heck of a lot less shelf space--and my DVD/HD/BR real estate is pretty limited.

[the fifth man]

The press release refers to it as a repackaging, I'm holding out hope that they re-encoded it from some some master source material. The ADV release was encoded horribly IMHO. Still, I'm glad it will be available to people again, I'm just sad that Sony didn't make it into a pet project and treat it with the loving care it deserved.

Same here. I was very surprised how long they just sat on the rights, doing nothing. I think they will find that they made a big mistake.

[DigiFluid]

The press release refers to it as a repackaging, I'm holding out hope that they re-encoded it from some some master source material. The ADV release was encoded horribly IMHO. Still, I'm glad it will be available to people again, I'm just sad that Sony didn't make it into a pet project and treat it with the loving care it deserved.

Same here. I was very surprised how long they just sat on the rights, doing nothing. I think they will find that they made a big mistake.

Oh damn, that's good to know. I'll have to find some reviews on the quality when it comes out; as much as I want it, I'd be mad if I got it and it was sub-par quality.

[Randy_Watson]

Yeah, I agree with cavalierlwt that the quality isn't that great (not the extras, but the video/audio itself).

[Chricton]

Really? I never really noticed that, it's been a long time since I popped in an ADV disc, the originals at least. I was watching the UK ones on my HD a few months ago as I was getting them and they looked great, season 4 especially.

Despite the repackaging term I doubt they'd just import the same data onto newly pressed discs. That and the release date seems pretty distant to not be doing something other than new artwork.

[Thunderstorm]

I think the Starburst were better than the original release. I saw the show originally from Netflix so I was never sure if the original quality was poor or it was just the dvds had been used alot.

[SpyDude]

I think the Starburst were better than the original release. I saw the show originally from Netflix so I was never sure if the original quality was poor or it was just the dvds had been used alot.

DVDs are not VHS haha, picture & audio quality aren't going to deteriorate.

[SunKrux]

I think the Starburst were better than the original release. I saw the show originally from Netflix so I was never sure if the original quality was poor or it was just the dvds had been used alot.

I have th original run set of DVDs and the quality, imho, really isn't all that bad. Now the menu selection on the S1 set is awful. But S2 - 4 it got better. Considering that ADV at the time (to the best of my knowledge) was primarily a producer of ANIME movies and tv shows, they didn't do too badly with the FS DVDs.

I imagine the A&E versions will be much better, provided they make the DVDs from the master copy of the show.

[Thunderstorm]

DVDs are not VHS haha, picture & audio quality aren't going to deteriorate.

With the condition of some of those Dvd's from Netflix, anything is possible. I've had everything from looking brand new to looking like a dog's well used play toy.

[the fifth man]

With the condition of some of those Dvd's from Netflix, anything is possible. I've had everything from looking brand new to looking like a dog's well used play toy.

Yeah, that is never cool. Very aggravating.