Little House on the Prairie: building the best possible collection (1 Viewer)

[Ken1958]

Im sorry for any confussion . Upon comparison to my Season 6 Blu ray the discs appear the same( IE Pressed) I looked at a batch of blank blu rays and the color on the surface isn't silver. , it is much darker . Are MOD blu rays silver or a different color? Any help thanks Ken

 

[Ken1958]

Hi here's a phot of Season 7 Blu ray Discs Ken

 

[Wayne_j]

My season 7 blu's just arrived!

 

[Steve...O]

Do the season 7 BDs come with English subtitles? Not sure if those are possible with MOD. Thanks!

 

[Wayne_j]

English SDH.

 

[Steve...O]

Thank you, Wayne!

 

[turtledove]

Initial reports are saying no HD audio at all ,significantly lower video bitrates and inferior menus with no bookmark feature so it looks like we've paid a lot more money for an inferior product but at least the discs are pressed

 

[Mike Frezon]

Oh no...


That would be a shame.

 

[jcroy]

Does the season 7 bluray at least look better than the Lionsgate season 7 dvd version?

 

[LeoA]

Are they squeezing things into a 25 gig single layered disc instead of a dual layer version?

 

[Mr. Handley]

Does the season 7 bluray at least look better than the Lionsgate season 7 dvd version?

Inquiring minds want to know...

 

[Bob_S.]

Great. That's what I get for pre-ordering and being a loyal customer. Should have waited for reviews. Doesn't make sense, I'm paying $7 more for worse picture quality?

 

[Bryan^H]

I got this Thursday, but didn't get a chance to check it out until this morning.

I can confirm there is no HD audio. Also, no animated menus, no cardboard slipcover for the case
(I'm really miss that). The plus side is the discs are-as noted by Ken earlier-pressed, not burned which is a relief.


The video quality looks great, and my PS4 doesn't map bit rates so I couldn't tell you the difference between previous releases, and season 7.

I'm not going to jinx this, and complain about what isn't on this set. I'm pleased that season 7 was even released on Blu-Ray. To my eye the picture is just as good as the earlier seasons, and that is most important to me. I will continue to support all future releases on Blu-Ray.

 

[smithbrad]

Someone on another forum that examined the disk content matched the first episodes from both season 6 and season 7 and came back with the following findings, and the differences don't appear to be as big as some are making out. I'm not sure I would even be able to spot and video or hear any audio differences.


Season 7: A New Beginning:
File Size: 8.2GB
Media Info:
General
ID : 0 (0x0)
Complete name : 00002.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 7.65 GiB
Duration : 48mn 43s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 22.5 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 48.0 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 3 frames
Codec ID : 27
Duration : 48mn 42s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 20.2 Mbps
Maximum bit rate : 30.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) fps
Standard : NTSC
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.407
Stream size : 6.88 GiB (90%)
Color range : Limited
Color primaries : BT.709
Transfer characteristics : BT.709
Matrix coefficients : BT.709

Audio #1
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Codec ID : 129
Duration : 48mn 42s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 448 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Frame rate : 31.250 fps (1536 spf)
Compression mode : Lossy
Stream size : 156 MiB (2%)


Season 6: Annabelle:
File Size: 9.3GB
Media Info:
General
ID : 0 (0x0)
Complete name : 00279.m2ts
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 8.67 GiB
Duration : 48mn 48s
Overall bit rate mode : Variable
Overall bit rate : 25.4 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 48.0 Mbps

Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : [email protected]
Format settings, CABAC : Yes
Format settings, ReFrames : 4 frames
Codec ID : 27
Duration : 48mn 47s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Maximum bit rate : 37.0 Mbps
Width : 1 920 pixels
Height : 1 080 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 23.976 (24000/1001) fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive

Audio #1
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : DTS
Format/Info : Digital Theater Systems
Format profile : MA / Core
Mode : 16
Format settings, Endianness : Big
Muxing mode : Stream extension
Codec ID : 134
Duration : 48mn 47s
Bit rate mode : Variable / Constant
Bit rate : Unknown / 1 509 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Frame rate : 93.750 fps (512 spf)
Bit depth : 24 bits
Compression mode : Lossless / Lossy

 

[turtledove]

I think there's no doubt this season 7 Bluray is losing out in a few places compared to the earlier releases but the key ingredients of having superior pictures and sound over the dvd seem to be still in place and that's what counts.

No bookmarking might be a tad inconvenient but I couldn't care less about a slipcover.


I can never tell the difference between standard audio and HD audio on a mono track anyway.

 

[GlennH]

Apologies if this has already been posted or is known.


No doubt Blu-ray is the way to go for the serious collector of this series. But just for information for those who don't mind "owning" some of their HD content via streaming video, Vudu.com currently is selling the entire Little House on the Prairie series on HDX 1080p for $19.99. That's the same price as each individual season.


I have a Vudu account and have redeemed plenty of UV codes there for the Blu-rays I've purchased, as a convenient backup to the disc that I can watch when on vacation or whatever. This is the first actual purchase I've made for content I don't already have on disc. I figured at this price it was worth it, as I don't see myself collecting this particular series on disc.

 

[Mr. Handley]

Thanks, guys! Sounds like Blu is the way to go. Hopefully we'll get the rest of the series on Blu.

 

[jcroy]

Someone on another forum that examined the disk content matched the first episodes from both season 6 and season 7 and came back with the following findings, and the differences don't appear to be as big as some are making out. I'm not sure I would even be able to spot and video or hear any audio differences.

Wonder if anyone has done any screen captures comparing the exact same scenes between the season 7 dvd and bluray versions. (I didn't see any on other web sites which have threads covering the Lionsgate LHotP re-releases).


There is some idle speculation (on other message boards) which asserts that the season 7 blurays might be mastered from the streaming hd versions. Though nothing proven definitively (yet),

 

[Wayne_j]

The picture quality is definitely better than DVD.

 

[jcroy]

If Lionsgate has any plans to release a LHotP complete series set on bluray (even if it's just to clear out old inventory), then they would have to eventually release season 8 and 9 on bluray (even if they're just amazon exclusives).


If not, then it doesn't matter what they do.