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The Outer Limits: Did the sound quality improve on subsequent releases?

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9/10/09 at 4:54am
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I just re-visited my OUTER LIMITS DVDs (the original release from 2002).  My gosh, what lousy audio!  I'd forgotten how muted and thin-sounded most of the episodes sound.  Just awful.  No better than the old VHS releases -- maybe worse.

Did MGM fix the sound on the various other releases?  Or is a Blu-ray set our only hope of getting it done right?
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9/10/09 at 8:15am
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The sound quality is indeed substandard on the "Outer Limits" set and as I recall "The Sixth Finger" was especially poor.  Alas, all subsequent releases featured the same A/V quality. 

A nicely remastered OL-63 (with some extras this time) on Blu-ray sure would be welcome!
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9/10/09 at 8:28am
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Originally Posted by michael_ks View Post

The sound quality is indeed substandard on the "Outer Limits" set and as I recall "The Sixth Finger" was especially poor.  Alas, all subsequent releases featured the same A/V quality. 

A nicely remastered OL-63 (with some extras this time) on Blu-ray sure would be welcome!
 

Michael,

Unfortunately, you're right about The Sixth Finger.  And what's more frustrating about that particular episode is that McCallum's playing of Bach (or rather, Glenn Gould's) suffers as a result.  Still, an intriguing episode filled with some wonderful special effects and great music.
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9/10/09 at 1:22pm
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 The original Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone are two classic shows I would love to see on BD. The BW photography, especially Conrad Hall's work, would be gorgeous in HD! 
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