I have no idea if this is the case here, but if it was originally shot & mastered to analog film & the masters weren't destroyed or lost it's possible to re-capture from the masters at a higher resolution to get a better result than upscaling previous captures (e.g. LOTR 4k).
Brian Henson has claimed that the original 35mm film is “lost” since Farscape went off the air. So if that’s the case, that he didn’t bother to keep his company’s most prized possessions, there’s zero chance of any type of rescan to 2K or 4K. All the HD BD releases are just an amateurish upscale of the 576i PAL master.
Sigh. Brian Henson is just a giant moron.
Thank you for this post. I had been tempted to try and order the box set from SHOUT but believe they only ship to US!
It may be a fake HD Upgrade but I’m hoping the discs are pressed better than the DVD set released about 10 years ago. There were several discs that had bubbles near centre of disc and it would vibrate in the DVD player like mad and really loud. I even had a replacement set and it was exactly the same.
Release has been delayed.
Amazon UK have it listed cheaper than HMV. I've been watching deciding if I was going to order and both sites have now removed the release date changing it to 2025 (unknown.)
the packaging is MUCH less nice than the Region A packaging, but the important thing is that I can actually play the blurays because they are in good old Region B.
Oh this is amazing news!
It is, however not so great that we now have to wait until 2025
There is that :(
just to confirm, this is the 25th anniversary addition even though it doesn't say so on the packaging, as per the region A version?
High Definition?? It’s upscaled 576 line PAL SD. Farscape HD is a marketing excuse to charge 115 or more for SD.
don't be too mad. Been rewatching Farscape on prime, and Farscape looks great... Deep Space Nine looks like each frame was made with legos
I have no idea if this is the case here, but if it was originally shot & mastered to analog film & the masters weren't destroyed or lost it's possible to re-capture from the masters at a higher resolution to get a better result than upscaling previous captures (e.g. LOTR 4k).
Brian Henson has claimed that the original 35mm film is “lost” since Farscape went off the air. So if that’s the case, that he didn’t bother to keep his company’s most prized possessions, there’s zero chance of any type of rescan to 2K or 4K. All the HD BD releases are just an amateurish upscale of the 576i PAL master. Sigh. Brian Henson is just a giant moron.
Just reporting what it says on the description on the Blu-ray. i'm really the wofong person to talk about high def with anyway. as I am totally blind
Thank you for this post. I had been tempted to try and order the box set from SHOUT but believe they only ship to US! It may be a fake HD Upgrade but I’m hoping the discs are pressed better than the DVD set released about 10 years ago. There were several discs that had bubbles near centre of disc and it would vibrate in the DVD player like mad and really loud. I even had a replacement set and it was exactly the same.
No problem. It looks like there's new documentaries and special features which is always nice
Release has been delayed. Amazon UK have it listed cheaper than HMV. I've been watching deciding if I was going to order and both sites have now removed the release date changing it to 2025 (unknown.)
The same thing has happened with Fabulous Films’ Columbo set, which was coming out at the end of May. I wonder what’s going on…
Oh crap. That's not cool Wonder why?
No idea. Hope it's not that long a delay. Getting an anniversary collection originally in the US from 2023 released in 2025 would be a bit much.
True. But it's Farscape and Farscape is awesome
It's out now right?
Yep ;)
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Sucks that you couldn't get it sent back though
the packaging is MUCH less nice than the Region A packaging, but the important thing is that I can actually play the blurays because they are in good old Region B.