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 Great Picture, Sound Quibbles Nov 21, 2009
I just got the set and right away, I agree with other reviewers - the picture is great! I never thought it could look so good. I'm constantly pausing the show to enjoy the image.
The stereo sound is another matter. Right during part 2 of the opening, ("Where am I?" "In the Village."), I hear that remastered sound "anomaly" that plagues restored movies. When the Rover bubble comes up, there's a swooshing, swirling, muddy sound like it was played in a revolving cylinder. I noticed it again in "The Chimes Of Big Ben" when Number 6 starts putting the radio speaker into the small fridge. When I went to the mono track, the sound was back to normal. Thank you, A&E, for keeping that option! I'm sticking with mono from now on.
That swirly sound in DVD movies is most often heard during explosions. It bugs the heck out of me. If the sound engineers can't improve a sound, why don't they just leave it alone? I'm only running this through a home stereo, so I don't know if a fancy 3.1 or 5.1 audio setup would correct this.
The only other quibble is why the episode theme is so much louder than the rest of the show. I love the theme music, but why the difference? (I've only watched "The Chimes Of Big Ben" so far).
In summary, it's a great product. Okay, one more quibble. Why did they change the logo? I love the Prisoner typeface, so why remove the eyecatching original? To make it like the remake, I suppose. The same is true of the Mission: Impossible DVDs and the Invaders DVD sets. (I had a hard time finding The Invaders set on the shelf because the title style was so bland).
 EYE popping Blu-RAY editon..... Nov 19, 2009
Hello Folks,
rather that discuss this legendary series , I'm here to report (after release and purchase) that this is a stunning looking Blu-Ray. There was much conversation before the release as to if it was the better UK version or simply a rehash of previous domestic standard DVD and video and its obvious to the eye that this is the best available and actually shockingly terrific looking. If you are a fan upgrade immediately...its 50% off and worth every penny. You can read about the series on many other reviews if you are not familiar with it but I figure most people looking for the BLu-Ray version know the show and are asking...about the quality. Its GREAT!
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Awesome picture and sound, bad subtitles Nov 11, 2009
Let me start by saying this set looks amazing! The quality is a huge improvement over the previous dvd version and the sound is also pretty good although some will be upset that there is no hd audio track. The extras are pretty good although a large amount of them are in standard definition, a bit disappointing for a somewhat pricey blu-ray set. I would have been pretty much completely happy and given the set 5 out of 5 stars had I not discovered the terrible job of subtitling that was done - My wife is from Japan and sometimes has problems understanding accents so she asked that I turn on the subtitles for her. Pretty much every line is paraphrased. With a show this intelligent and considering all the wit and sarcasm that comes from Mcgoohan something is definitely lost in translation. They even paraphrased one of the shows most famous lines: I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered! My life is my own. With as much money as I paid for this you would think they could pay someone to actually translate correctly :(
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Amazing Picture Quality-Like Watching It For The First Time Nov 09, 2009
Other reviewers on this site as well as countless websites and books have discussed the brilliance of this television show, so I will not be discussing the show itself but rather the picture and sound quality of this amazing edition. I have been a long time fan of this show and have the collection on regular DVD and have seen it in various runs on television. Watching the blu-ray edition, however, is almost like watching it for the first time. The picture quality, the colors, the sound are all astonishing. The bright colors are brighter than ever but I also noticed all sorts of little details in the background that I had never noticed before, and you really notice the excellence of the soundtrack (please note my comments on the sound are based on the mono sound not the 5.1). I think the degree of picture detail is why it felt like it was watching a new show. If you are a true fan this is a must have and really if you are a fan it would be worth buying a blu-ray player just to watch these.
5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
DVD bonus disc not working on Panasonic Blu ray player Nov 09, 2009
This set is great with the exception that i have had the same problem with the bonus disc as one of the profesional reviewers who wrote and I quote "Unfortunately, in spite of A & E's friendly printed assurance that "Disc Five is a standard-definition DVD and will play in all standard DVD and Blu-ray players" this reviewer was unable to get the bonus content to play on his Panasonic BD30. The menu would display, but all attempts to view materials caused playback to stop altogether. The disc did play fine in both my PC's DVD drive and a Pioneer DVD player".
I have a Panasonic BD35 Blu Ray player that will not play the bonus disc and I was forced to view it on a standard DVD player.
I dont know how wide spread the problem is but I just wanted to make note of it.
This set is fantastic in all other regards.
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