voyage to the bottom of the sea. (2 Viewers)

[paul pisano]

i am wondering if we will see the series on Blu-ray? My other question is will they re release the series on single sided discs.

 

[Capt D McMars]

i am wondering if we will see the series on Blu-ray? My other question is will they re release the series on single sided discs.

 

[B-ROLL]

I'm pretty sure when the MouseHouse bought the owner of the series - those hopes were pretty much sunk .

 

[BobO'Link]

Highly unlikely - because it's Fox who was purchased by Disney. Disney typically ignores TV content completely. Fox never recognized the issues with their DS releases so those never got corrected. Your only hope is to pick up a R2 version. The complete series released in R2 is on SS discs.

 

[ScottRE]

Highly unlikely - because it's Fox who was purchased by Disney. Disney typically ignores TV content completely. Fox never recognized the issues with their DS releases so those never got corrected. Your only hope is to pick up a R2 version. The complete series released in R2 is on SS discs.

Exactly. We're kinda out of hope since Disney bought Fox. The R2 sets are from the identical prints. They're just suffering from PAL speedup. However, they seem to have pitch corrected at least the color episodes since they don't sound that different from the US release.

Also they are in production number order, but they do have a Play All feature which is great.

This thread may interest you.

When are We going to see a Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Blu-ray Release?!

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[paul pisano]

unless disney decides to come out with a new series.

 

[ScottRE]

Unfortunately, unless it's Star Wars, Marvel or one of Disney's own, there won't be much movement. With both Kevin Burns and Sheila Allen gone, there really isn't anyone banging the drum for the Irwin Allen properties. We got the Lost in Space revival just before we lost Burns and Fox. And Fox wasn't too enthusiastic about them either. Their releases were far from ideal in the states.

Don't get me wrong, a Voyage blu ray release would be my last remaining must buy. But I would be happy with a US repressing on single sided discs.

 

[Richard Kaufman]

My original release double-sided DVDs look amazing. I wouldn't shell out more for new discs, whether single side or blu-ray.

 

[Capt D McMars]

If Sea Quest go the BD Box set...why not V2TBOTS?

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[BobO'Link]

My S1 sets now have issues on a couple of discs with episodes that just won't play all the way through (stutter and/or hang/freeze). It's all due to the style of discs - one reason I'd purchase a new SS set in a heart beat and one reason I've never replaced them with new DS sets as I expect the same issue to recur. I had to return my original S1V1 set twice before I got one that'd work and play all the episodes without issues - and this was about a year after the original release. It's possible those issues were corrected but Fox never admitted they existed. I had the same issue with my original complete series set of Land of the Giants, also on problematic DS discs, and, fortunately, was able to get it replaced with one that worked.

 

[RJ992]

Series? I don't think they've even yet released the original movie on Blu-ray.

 

[84lion]

I have the VTTBOTS Region 2 release from Revelation. I can thoroughly recommend it. I am in the US and have not observed any PAL speedup issues, but then again I use MakeMKV and play the individual files via Plex, not sure if that makes a difference vs. using a DVD or BR player. I can say that the picture is very very good. If you really look hard you can see some specks and so forth but any imperfections are very minimal – it’s not “remastered” or “restored” but it sure looks good. The PAL format provides a little extra detail to the picture. Actually, what I do is run the MKV files through VEAI software to upscale it 200% - the resultant picture is effectively HD and looks excellent on my 70” 4K display. DVDs are dual layer, single sided. Packaging is nothing to write home about – seasons 1 and 2 are in one DVD case while seasons 3 and 4 are in another, with both cases in a cardboard case – but it gets the job done. There are quite a few “extras” including the pilot episode in color. This DVD set is available on Amazon and Ebay. Well worth it IMHO.

 

[84lion]

Series? I don't think they've even yet released the original movie on Blu-ray.

The movie was released on Blu Ray and is available at Amazon and probably elsewhere. It ain't cheap but the picture looks quite good.

 

[BobO'Link]

Series? I don't think they've even yet released the original movie on Blu-ray.

They did - and it's long OOP:
See on Amazon

 

[Lecagr]

My original release double-sided DVDs look amazing. I wouldn't shell out more for new discs, whether single side or blu-ray.

I'm not fond of double sided DVD's but I haven't had any issues with Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea from Fox studios, the episodes play fine without any problems.

 

[Randy Korstick]

I would upgrade this series to Blu Ray in a heartbeat. But I would never replace my DVD's with more DVD's. All of mine play fine and always have so no reason to replace them. I have never had an issue with a flipper disc. Some players definitely have problems with these discs though. A friend of mine had issues with a couple flippers and after he upgraded his player he tried those discs again and no issues.

 

[paul pisano]

I did contact Disney and asked about voyage, and they told me they would let me know if voyage is coming to Blu-ray.

 

[jayembee]

If Sea Quest go the BD Box set...why not V2TBOTS?

SeaQuest DSV: The Complete Series

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Different companies, different priorities.

 

[ScottRE]

I have the VTTBOTS Region 2 release from Revelation. I can thoroughly recommend it. I am in the US and have not observed any PAL speedup issues, but then again

The UK episodes run 49 minutes on average and the US versions clock in around 51. There's only a slight speed up in the color episodes which I assume is due to the pitch correction. I have some episodes converted from PAL video tape and they are much higher in pitch but run the same length. The first season sounds higher to me than the colors.

I transferred all of my NTSC tapes to MKV as well. Plex, though, tends to look washed out when I use it. Like a lot of DNR is in place and I can't seem to do anything about it. When I plug the drive directly to my TV or Blu Ray player, it looks great. However, it may be the Roku doing it. I had the drive attached to my Roku and used they media player for a while and the images were much like what I'm getting through the Plex via Roku. Anyone else have this issue?

 

[Peter Apruzzese]

Anyone else have this issue?

Yes, in the brief time I used a Roku 3 to play back my SD mkv files, whether through the Roku Plex app or just by the Roku Media Player, the result was not good. Playing them via Plex or Infuse on an AppleTV is far superior.