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Originally posted by everyworldspinnin:
It's been like a million years since I posted here. Good to see plenty of the originals still here. :)

Anyway, I'm sure this has to have been covered before, but I couldn't find it. What's going on with Firefly coming to Blu-Ray? I keep seeing it is on Amazon, but nothing ever happens with it.
http://www.amazon.com/Firefly-The-Complete-Series-Blu-Ray/dp/B000Y5JFJ
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Does this call for a bit of petitioning like we did (unsuccessfully) in the old days? Seriously, I think we could actually win this one.

Stay Shiny!

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Originally posted by FearTheMullet:
I look forward to when the final format of blu-ray is in. I hear that blu-ray 2 is going to be the final version so stave the interest to buy a blu-ray player. Instead purchase a ps3, it handles both formats and is much more accessable, however, the blu-ray controls are impossible. I find it difficult to easily browse the dvd.

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Originally posted by SimonWho:
Well, it was only filmed on film which has then been upconverted to HD. It may need extensive work to reach 1080p quality.

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Originally posted by NewOldBrownCoat:
in the news today, on CNN.com, Wal_Mart has announced that it is going to stock Blu-Ray, and sell out regular DVD.

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Originally posted by cdm22:

I thought film has a MUCH higher resolution than 1080p though?

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Originally posted by SimonWho:
I think he meant sell out HD DVD. DVD is 50 times (literally) bigger than Blu-ray at the moment and will probably remain a far bigger seller.

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Originally posted by cdm22:

I thought film has a MUCH higher resolution than 1080p though?

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Well, most film does but there's also all the special effects and such like. If they need to be re-done, it'll cost a fortune but if they don't, those shots will look ropey by comparison to the rest of the show. We may just have to settle for a slightly imperfect series.

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Originally posted by Storymark:
It'll happen eventually, but it's a bit early in the life of the format for them to be filling some of the smaller niches in the market - and like it or not, we're a niche. Very few series sets have come out on BR yet (compared to DVD). They still don't have a lot of the current hit shows on BR, so a much-beloved, but sadly cult-level show, is probably not a high priority.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

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Originally posted by SimonWho:

*warning: technical geek stuff ahead*

I'm afraid it's not quite as simple as that.

First up, there's no set standard for HD. The three most common are 720p, 1080i and 1080p. Firefly is broadcast on Universal HD which airs exclusively in 1080i - i.e. 1080 lines of picture information, interlaced. Blu-ray (and HD DVD) discs are almost exclusively 1080p (no interlacing).

Now it may be that they think the quality of the masters is good enough that they can use the original film but source material not originally aimed at HD + CGI from 6 years ago =/= a good recipe for picture quality.

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