Smallville: Buy Now Or Wait

I've enjoyed this series from the beginning but haven't picked up the dvds yet, I would like to but I have a question. The season sets aren't as expensive as they were but with the last 2 seasons being put out on blu-ray I was wondering if anybody has heard about seasons 1-5 being re-released on blu?

So I guess I'm wondering should I wait for just get the releases that are out now.

Re: Smallville: Buy Now Or Wait

I have no inside info but I'd say that it's just a matter of how long you want to wait. At most, they'll probably release two sets a year and one of those will be the most current season so that'll slow down the releases of the earlier seasons even more.

Re: Smallville: Buy Now Or Wait

By the time you wait for your favorites to all come out in blu, they'll be another format on the horizon teasing you to wait all over again (okay maybe a bit of a stretch but I hope you see my point). There will always be something better in development; it just depends on how long you're willing to wait and how bad you want to see them now.

My personal opinion is, get them and enjoy them.. Life is too short to wait for something. I enjoy watching my FUGITIVE VHS tapes almost as much as I would the DVDs. You just have to let yourself enjoy it. That's what it's about, at some point. And SMALLVILLE seasons are available at really good prices--why not enjoy them now?

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There are so many quality shows to check out on DVD that you've probably missed (unless you're a voracious TV viewer--I am, but there're still a few HBO & F/X dramas I haven't seen yet, plus Weeds on Showtime and way too many potentially great network shows to name). I would say, rent or blind-buy some of those to get into and get through first, unless you really need to own Smallville now.

I like to go through my favorite shows on DVD again too, but I try to wait a bit from the time the seasons or entire show ended (and yeah, I guess it's been a long while since the early Smallville seasons) to when I watch them again. There's so much out there to enjoy, and that's not counting all the other forms of entertainment vying for your attention aside from TV.

If you can wait, I'd say maybe a Complete Smallville Series set on Blu-Ray will be in the pipeline in a couple years (assuming Blu-Ray continues to succeed and lasts). I figure if Season 8 is the end, they'll have the DVDs for it out by December 2009 at the latest, maybe a Complete DVD set to go along with that, and maybe have it complete on Blu-Ray by late 2010.

Are there any "complete series" Blu-Ray releases yet ? If not, someone's gonna need to break the ice on that the way Fox did with The X-Files and HBO with Sex & The City being the first seasons of TV-on-DVD (the animated HBO Spawn series might've been out around the same time too back in 2000, I forget). Of course, it's more of a sure thing nowadays, less of a risk, unless they aren't able to get fans to bite because most of those fans already own it all on DVD and aren't willing to pay again (this is why I'm waiting for a lot of shows--in case the Blu-Ray releases absolutely rock).

Edited to add: I was just reading about TV seasons on Blu Ray in the BCI thread and one of BCI's guys said that only Lost and Weeds have done well on Blu-Ray, everything else has done poorly so far. So if most seasons haven't been selling well in the format so far, maybe I shouldn't be so optimistic about seeing complete show collections yet.

Re: Smallville: Buy Now Or Wait

Firefly.

I think there's a chance that the first true series set on Blu Ray will be Lost and that won't happen until fall 2010 at the earliest. And the only reason I think it'll be Lost is because the studios will release the sets individually before releasing a series set and Lost is probably one of the furthest along so far (and there's only two releases) and the most popular.

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I forgot about Firefly, despite being a huge fan and being more than willing to double dip for the Blu-Ray (but not until I get a PS3 and I'm still waiting on that). And Serenity's.

Yeah, I have a feeling Lost will be the first Blu-Ray too. And I won't be surprised if it sells huge.

Re: Smallville: Buy Now Or Wait

Thanks for the opinions. I've decided to start buying them now (just picked up season 1) and get the seasons on blu-ray when they become available.