Dick
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Well, I have now watched the first two episodes of this set and I'm less than impressed. I've been anxiously awaiting this for many months, since the announcement was first made. I've read interviews with Sara Karloff and others who promised we THRILLER fans were gonna love this set.
Perhaps I'm premature here -- the remaining episodes might look better than the two I have watched -- but these look like laser disc transfers. They are soft, have apparent DNR (there is no grain in the first episode, which looks a bit like some of the Fox Blu-rays, and there is a lot of dirt across the image for several seconds toward the end), and have video noise across the frame.
I was hoping for TWILIGHT ZONE: THE COMPLETE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION kind of quality, with crisp, sharp-as-a-tack images and excellent contrast, but the THRILLER release is many steps down from that excellent set.
Sorry to be the harbinger of bad news, but...
On the other hand, we finally have (watchable) episodes of a series many of us thought would never surface on video in any format. For that I am of course grateful. But, although the cost per episode for this set is very low, the price of the box is substantial enough so that it seems we should have been given a more meticulous release.
Flame barrier up.
Perhaps I'm premature here -- the remaining episodes might look better than the two I have watched -- but these look like laser disc transfers. They are soft, have apparent DNR (there is no grain in the first episode, which looks a bit like some of the Fox Blu-rays, and there is a lot of dirt across the image for several seconds toward the end), and have video noise across the frame.
I was hoping for TWILIGHT ZONE: THE COMPLETE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION kind of quality, with crisp, sharp-as-a-tack images and excellent contrast, but the THRILLER release is many steps down from that excellent set.
Sorry to be the harbinger of bad news, but...
On the other hand, we finally have (watchable) episodes of a series many of us thought would never surface on video in any format. For that I am of course grateful. But, although the cost per episode for this set is very low, the price of the box is substantial enough so that it seems we should have been given a more meticulous release.
Flame barrier up.