What? No "Inside the Writers' Room" exclusive featurette?
News Season One hitting DVD/Blu-Ray in November
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My guess it was shot in 2k/1080p. If shot on film they can be rescanned at 4k (though 4k in of itself is overkill for home theaters), but if it's 100% digital then they're at an impasse, the resolution can only be stretched so far before issues become visible to any untrained eye.
An increase in resolution from 1080p to 2160p won't exhibit any such issues, since it's an integer scaling factor.
We know the shows are shot at 2.8K. They likely used a 2K DI in post; any 4K release would be an upscale of that and wouldn't go back to the 2.8K source.
That said, an Ultra HD Blu-ray release would still be worthwhile for the enhanced color space and HDR. (We know from the international release that they are doing an HDR grade.)
I knew about the Amazon deal, but there was no way I was going to wait til now to get Star Trek Dvds, plus with a subscription to Netflix, owning the Dvds is nice, but not a must.
So if you watch the series in Dolby Vision on an Xbox or LG television, it's not actually 4K but 2.8K?
I don't really get why a series would have a 7.2 surround track but not go all the way with the post production, even if the live action footage is shot 2.8K and upscaled to 4K for post-production.
I also thought only shows mastered in 4K HDR could be called Dolby Vision series, but guessing that's not the case!
They're not a Dolby Vision series, just standard HDR. We already went over this.
If it was a Dolby Vision series the icon would say VISION not HDR.
Talk down to yourself, thanks.
If you watch Netflix on a Dolby Vision system, it will stream the Dolby Vision version of an episode. If not, it'll air Netflix's own codec version. Both are upscaled 4K HDR presentations. If you have a compatible audio system, it'll also do Dolby Atmos.
Now onto something I want answered, what exactly is your problem?
Only if it supports it.
Netflix info page will have an icon that says 'VISION' if it supports Dolby Vision.
Edit: Turns out it is Vision, must have been a temporary error on the site.
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Interesting that CBS aren't releasing it themselves. Does this mean that the contents might be slightly different? Also I wonder if the US discs will be region free or locked.
But there will be a European release sometime right........? God I hope so....
Well I meant CBS/Paramount to be more precise. Does Paramount Home Entertainment still distribute CBS content? The TNG blu-rays for instance had both CBS and Paramount logos.
Universal Studios distributes CBS stuff in the UK now, I think.
Almost like the days when CIC Video (Owned jointly by Paramount and Universal) distributed their content.
I wonder if Netflix gets any say in home media distribution of Discovery internationally. Could CBS have agreed to hold off any releases to not impact Netflix's subscriptions, the series is billed as a Netflix original in the UK for instance.
Did Netflix end up with the DVD/Blu-ray rights too or does their deal only cover streaming?
But you can see it on Netflix. DVDs are only required for Americans, so we don't have to suffer CBS All Access.
Just heard about the DVD release, it's good news, now I know I just need to be patient and I can get new Star Trek thru Netflix too. Netflix DVD service. The way things are going for CBS, they'll probably have a new parent company time time next year. Maybe we'll get Star Trek through Apple or Amazon then. Would be nice if Netflix could afford to buy them but I feel like they are badly overextended as it is.
Nobody really needs rights to DVDs. You buy the DVDs and distribute them, which is what Netflix does. Only streaming has the exclusive thing because it's the future of distribution and nobody cares about DVDs since physical media is dwindling.
For me? Just wanna rent it and watch the show, without worrying about the streaming service being designed crappy, or sputtering because it isn't optimized for my crappy internet, or having ads when they said they wouldn't, or making it hard for me to cancel when I'm done binge-watching the season over a weekend.
If this sucker were on Netflix, I would have watched it by now. CBS All Access is not going to go the distance anyway. I just wish they would sweep away the legal crap and let Amazon buy CBS and Viacom right now. It's what's going to happen, it's so boring having to wait. Amazon is not noticeably more horrible than Netflix so that would be okay.
That's irrelevant. Blu-ray is superior quality to Netflix, unless you're like watching 4K / HDR. Also Netflix doesn't really do special features in the UK.
Also a Blu-ray release will probably mean secondary streaming rights or on-demand on things like Sky Box Sets and Amazon Video.
What about people who like the special features and non-stream quality image?
