Transformers DVD/BR release details for Australia

[philby]

I asked Madman on twitter about any blu ray release for the remastered G1 series, but no response yet after a week. Seems to be a trend!

[DELTAprime]

I asked Madman on twitter about any blu ray release for the remastered G1 series, but no response yet after a week. Seems to be a trend!

There will be no Blu-ray release for G1, Japanese G1, BW, BM, RID or Unicron Trilogy. All those shows were mastered in 480i AKA Standard Definition.

There are some SD TV shows that are coming out on Blu-ray like Star Trek The Next Generation. But in order for SD TV shows to be converted to 1080p the show needed to be shot on film like a movie and then painstakingly remastered from that original film negative.

When Hasbro "remastered" G1 they basically just took the original 2.0 audio and put it on Rhino's previously remastered video and fixed up some of the more obvious, (but not all of them) animation errors.

TFA, Prime and Rescue Bots are all mastered in HD so Blu-ray is possible for them.

[KaRNiV8L PRiME]

May-21 Madman Transformers Animated Season Three Collection Sci-Fi / Fantasy G 325 mins MMA5397
May-21 Madman Transformers Cybertron Collection Two sic-Fi / Fantasy G 625 mins MMA5395

[Autocon]

Ooh so a box set of animated?

[DELTAprime]

Ooh so a box set of animated?

I'm still holding out for that Blu-ray copy of Animated since it was made in HD.

[philby]

There will be no Blu-ray release for G1, Japanese G1, BW, BM, RID or Unicron Trilogy. All those shows were mastered in 480i AKA Standard Definition.

There are some SD TV shows that are coming out on Blu-ray like Star Trek The Next Generation. But in order for SD TV shows to be converted to 1080p the show needed to be shot on film like a movie and then painstakingly remastered from that original film negative.

When Hasbro "remastered" G1 they basically just took the original 2.0 audio and put it on Rhino's previously remastered video and fixed up some of the more obvious, (but not all of them) animation errors.

TFA, Prime and Rescue Bots are all mastered in HD so Blu-ray is possible for them.

ah ok thanks for the info

[Paulbot]

Not exciting news, unless you're a fan that's anxious to see Ironhide and Kicker again(!), but Energon volume one is indeed out at the shops this week. Saw it tonight at JB HiFi for the $45 or so price.

[KaRNiV8L PRiME]

Jun-04 Madman Transformers: Prime (Season 3, Volume 1) - Battle for Darkmount Family PG 88 mins MMA4600

Jun-04 Madman Transformers: Prime Season 2 Boxset

[TAAUBlaster]

I've always wondered, is the newer Madman re-mastered G1 set the same as the Shout set released in the US?
I wouldn't mind getting the Madman set, but I refuse to buy it if it still has those lame "updated" sound effects from their first release.

[griffin]

Apparently they are the same as the new Shout Factory ones, but I don't have either to be sure.



Details of the full Season 2 TFPrime DVD set and the first single volume Season 3 DVD - both 4th of June, with just four episodes on the Season 3 Volume 1 DVD (they are really stretching out the last season if that is true, as previous volumes have 5 or 6 episodes).