It seems Universal prefers people in the US and Europe to download the ripped blurays instead from various torrent sites. Weird, they really have to blame themselves for missed income!
Thank you for posting this. - Fitting that it comes in a cigar box! - Did not know that there is a music & sound effects only option. Nice. - I had heard that the picture quality is great, but I'm astounded to see that your screen *through* your camera looks better than my DVD. Glad I've only invested in the first season on regular DVD so far. Cheers.
caleb wheeler Many thanks for watching the video. I've heard rumours Mill Creek may be releasing a complete Columbo Blu Ray set in the near future so hopefully this will be available to everyone at a reasonable price.
I bought it from Amazon Japan too. Looks and sounds great! I'm in Canada, and someone at Amazon Japan's customers service said they wouldn't be able to ship it to Canada. Frustrated, I thought I'd try to order it anyway, and sure enough the order went through, and it was sent!
Glad you got your boxset! Since posting my video a few years back I'm now on my 2nd rewatch of it all! So glad I invested in it as here in the UK I doubt now we will ever see a complete blu ray release so it was worth every penny!
Looks fantastic and a good price for the whole series. Anything shot on film will look great on Blu-ray if the original camera negative or a high quality interpositive is used for the film to video transfer via telecine. The majority of U.S. single camera drama series produced since the late 1950s were shot on 35mm film. Film is the highest resolution visual medium, Digital video has in the last few years started to catch up. It's generally accepted wisdom that a frame of 35mm film negative contains about 4K (4096x2160) of information in digital terms. 35mm camera elements are generally scanned at the much lower resolution of 2K (2048x1080) as this is just 4% higher then Blu-ray's 1920x1080, the results are still excellent. Even programmes shot on the more economical 16mm & super 16mm film gauges will produce a solid, detailed 2K scan. Check out shows such as The Sweeney, The Professionals and Doctor Who's Spearhead from Space (1969) The only Classic Who that was completely shot on film. One other point, and I hope I'm wrong here. I couldn't help noticing on the label on the back of the box and at the bottom of the back cover of the first volume You showed us, the letters SD. This indicates Standard Definition content. It's followed by 1080 in brackets. According to the back of the box this applies to discs 1-23. Be aware that some distributors upscale existing NTSC 768x480ior PAL 768x576i to 1080. The U.K. Blu-ray releases of Life On Mars and series 1-4 of Doctor Who (all shot in SD Video 768x576i). The German Koch Media release of Universal's Buck Rogers in The 21st Century is another case in point. I recommend always checking the specs before buying. If you see SD, check to see if it is referring to older bonus features footage or does it mean the main programme? If the programme was shot on SD analogue or digital video (the bulk of BBC and a fair chunk of ITV content produced before 2007) just buy the DVD and let your HDMI connected player, set to 1080p output upscale it for you.
Defanged Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa. After some further research and a expert reply from a insider. I am happy to report I am wrong in my assumption that discs 1-23 might be standard definition upscaled content. The SD on the packaging would appear to be a mistake. Apologies if I gave any owners of this very cool set, palpitations, but i do think it is important for my fellow consumers to be aware of the danger of assuming that just because content is released on Blu-ray it is necessarily a 1920x1080 presentation from a original 2K (2048x1080) 0r 4K (4096x2160) scan and not a NTSC (768x480) or PAL (768x576) source upscaled to 1920x1080. I recommend always checking the packaging details, before purchasing and in my case getting a young whippersnapper with great vision to read the ridiculously tiny print on many releases. Once again apologies for my error (Skulks off, back into the shadows). Enjoy.
Defanged Hi.Thanks for watching the video and enjoyed reading your info on what quality we get from video and film for HD.I do also have some of those sets you mentioned..The Professionals and Spearhead From Space blu rays are paticular favourites of mine too. I strangely never noticed that SD on the back and glad it's a mistake by the publishers of the set! I did own the dvds and can safely say this set is head and shoulders above them for picture quality.I think I read somewhere the dvds were sourced from HD masters so they were good for dvd quality but blu ray just takes them that bit further.I still haven't finished this set yet by the way..got 6 more episodes to go then it's all watched..then will probably do it all again! That's the great thing about Columbo..its endlessly re-watchable! Thanks again for for your comments on the video :)
@@jeffzest8393 Hi Jeff. It could be a cock up. It happens. I remember Warner's original R4 DVD release of Thelma and Louise stating that the aspect ratio was 1:85:1. The film, like the bulk of Sir Ridley Scott's films was shot in anamorphic widescreen with a ratio of 2:35:1. That release did present the film in the correct 2:35:1 ratio. The proof checking failed and put me off. I looked around for info about this release of Columbo and I was informed by a professional with contacts at Universal's Digital Video Services that the entire series was remastered via a 4K telecine with colour correction done in HD. The Australian company Madman released Columbo's first two seasons on Blu-ray using these HD masters. They look great. Sadly, low sales numbers meant that no further BD releases were financially viable. The rest of the remastered release schedule was DVD only. If you want Columbo on BD, this set is the only way to go.
@@defanged9630 Thanks for great info. Can only assume that Universal does not believe enough interest in Columbo in USA to issue a Blu-Ray release in the States. But I would think that the USA would be a better market than Japan. Any ideas regarding Universal's logic?
I really don't understand why it's taking Universal so long to release Columbo on Blu-ray in the US and Europe.... considering it's fan base is largely in the US and Europe... Seems a Season 2 was released in Australia last year strangely. Japan for some reason must have paid a huge amount of money to release this collection...
Because they're morons. When it comes to shows that are long ago ended, they release just one season to test the sales, ignoring the fact that people would want a complete series box set. So no one buys the one season and they never release a complete series. Completely backwards to how they did it on DVD. Pretty much every older-than-DVD show that existed came out on DVD as a series instead of by season. And then you have a foreign box set like this that is completely ass-backwards. 1080i60 for 24fps film content? Idiots. 448 kbps stereo DD? Most episodes were mono. They could have gone with 16-bit mono PCM (768 kbps). Would have even made sense for the stereo episodes. Just get rid of the nonsense like TWO 448 kbps Japanese audio tracks and another 448 kbps commentary track here and there. If I was watching something foreign, I'd rather have the audio match their mouths and just read subtitles instead. If commentaries are really necessary, use like 192 kbps DD. Idiots seem to be in charge of making Blu-ray discs. There is no excuse for using 1080i60 for film. There is no excuse to not have a PCM audio track with stereo or mono sources. There are no Dolby or DTS royalties to be paid for PCM. The white collar world seems to decide what gets released on disc, totally ignoring the blue collar world and their tastes.
Hi There, I like your clip but I'm just wondering what your colour setting was on as it looked very colourful. I have the Australian Blu ray of season one and have my Panasonic (42 inch FHD) colour setting on 45
Hi. Glad you enjoyed the video. My TV unfortunately doesn't have a number to indicate it's colour level but I tend to have it set just under the middle level of the range but it really depends on what I'm watching. With these Columbo films I find it works great at that setting. The early Columbo films really did make great use of colour and the blu ray really brings that out in its playback.
Thanks for watching and your kind comments.I haven't got the Knight Rider set yet..waiting for the price to come down a bit more.It is getting cheaper so will hopefully have it soon in my collection!
This is a classic AMERICAN show! Why does Japan get this and not us (for a lot less money)? It seems that every country in the world has the new remastered version EXCEPT the US.
Hi. Thanks for watching the video. As far as I'm aware the episodes are as broadcast but the major difference is the episodes from the 2nd era of the show (1988 onwards) are in widescreen 16:9 as apposed to 4:3. You actually see more of the image as its not just zoomed in as a lot of 4:3 material is when shown in 16:9. But other than that the episodes are complete and all in high-definition!
You can override the 4:3 picture by using your zoom button on your tv. .but for me I'm glad they kept to the original format for the 70's episodes as that's how they were originally made.But I understand your feelings regarding this.Thanks for watching the video :)
It seems Universal prefers people in the US and Europe to download the ripped blurays instead from various torrent sites. Weird, they really have to blame themselves for missed income!
Thank you for posting this.
- Fitting that it comes in a cigar box!
- Did not know that there is a music & sound effects only option. Nice.
- I had heard that the picture quality is great, but I'm astounded to see that your screen *through* your camera looks better than my DVD. Glad I've only invested in the first season on regular DVD so far.
Cheers.
caleb wheeler Many thanks for watching the video. I've heard rumours Mill Creek may be releasing a complete Columbo Blu Ray set in the near future so hopefully this will be available to everyone at a reasonable price.
I bought it from Amazon Japan too. Looks and sounds great! I'm in Canada, and someone at Amazon Japan's customers service said they wouldn't be able to ship it to Canada. Frustrated, I thought I'd try to order it anyway, and sure enough the order went through, and it was sent!
Glad you got your boxset! Since posting my video a few years back I'm now on my 2nd rewatch of it all! So glad I invested in it as here in the UK I doubt now we will ever see a complete blu ray release so it was worth every penny!
Cracking video of the Columbo blu-ray box-set :) will have to watch out for it :)
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video!
Looks fantastic and a good price for the whole series. Anything shot on film will look great on Blu-ray if the original camera negative or a high quality interpositive is used for the film to video transfer via telecine. The majority of U.S. single camera drama series produced since the late 1950s were shot on 35mm film. Film is the highest resolution visual medium, Digital video has in the last few years started to catch up. It's generally accepted wisdom that a frame of 35mm film negative contains about 4K (4096x2160) of information in digital terms. 35mm camera elements are generally scanned at the much lower resolution of 2K (2048x1080) as this is just 4% higher then Blu-ray's 1920x1080, the results are still excellent. Even programmes shot on the more economical 16mm & super 16mm film gauges will produce a solid, detailed 2K scan. Check out shows such as The Sweeney, The Professionals and Doctor Who's Spearhead from Space (1969) The only Classic Who that was completely shot on film. One other point, and I hope I'm wrong here. I couldn't help noticing on the label on the back of the box and at the bottom of the back cover of the first volume You showed us, the letters SD. This indicates Standard Definition content. It's followed by 1080 in brackets. According to the back of the box this applies to discs 1-23. Be aware that some distributors upscale existing NTSC 768x480ior PAL 768x576i to 1080. The U.K. Blu-ray releases of Life On Mars and series 1-4 of Doctor Who (all shot in SD Video 768x576i). The German Koch Media release of Universal's Buck Rogers in The 21st Century is another case in point. I recommend always checking the specs before buying. If you see SD, check to see if it is referring to older bonus features footage or does it mean the main programme? If the programme was shot on SD analogue or digital video (the bulk of BBC and a fair chunk of ITV content produced before 2007) just buy the DVD and let your HDMI connected player, set to 1080p output upscale it for you.
Defanged Mea Culpa, Mea Culpa.
After some further research and a expert reply from a insider. I am happy to report I am wrong in my assumption that discs 1-23 might be standard definition upscaled content. The SD on the packaging would appear to be a mistake. Apologies if I gave any owners of this very cool set, palpitations, but i do think it is important for my fellow consumers to be aware of the danger of assuming that just because content is released on Blu-ray it is necessarily a 1920x1080 presentation from a original 2K (2048x1080) 0r 4K (4096x2160) scan and not a NTSC (768x480) or PAL (768x576) source upscaled to 1920x1080. I recommend always checking the packaging details, before purchasing and in my case getting a young whippersnapper with great vision to read the ridiculously tiny print on many releases. Once again apologies for my error (Skulks off, back into the shadows). Enjoy.
Defanged Hi.Thanks for watching the video and enjoyed reading your info on what quality we get from video and film for HD.I do also have some of those sets you mentioned..The Professionals and Spearhead From Space blu rays are paticular favourites of mine too. I strangely never noticed that SD on the back and glad it's a mistake by the publishers of the set! I did own the dvds and can safely say this set is head and shoulders above them for picture quality.I think I read somewhere the dvds were sourced from HD masters so they were good for dvd quality but blu ray just takes them that bit further.I still haven't finished this set yet by the way..got 6 more episodes to go then it's all watched..then will probably do it all again! That's the great thing about Columbo..its endlessly re-watchable! Thanks again for for your comments on the video :)
@@defanged9630 The packaging actually says SD for episodes 1-23? Why would they do that:?!
@@jeffzest8393 Hi Jeff. It could be a cock up. It happens. I remember Warner's original R4 DVD release of Thelma and Louise stating that the aspect ratio was 1:85:1. The film, like the bulk of Sir Ridley Scott's films was shot in anamorphic widescreen with a ratio of 2:35:1. That release did present the film in the correct 2:35:1 ratio. The proof checking failed and put me off. I looked around for info about this release of Columbo and I was informed by a professional with contacts at Universal's Digital Video Services that the entire series was remastered via a 4K telecine with colour correction done in HD. The Australian company Madman released Columbo's first two seasons on Blu-ray using these HD masters. They look great. Sadly, low sales numbers meant that no further BD releases were financially viable. The rest of the remastered release schedule was DVD only.
If you want Columbo on BD, this set is the only way to go.
@@defanged9630 Thanks for great info. Can only assume that Universal does not believe enough interest in Columbo in USA to issue a Blu-Ray release in the States. But I would think that the USA would be a better market than Japan. Any ideas regarding Universal's logic?
Thank you for the upload.
Thanks for watching.Glad you enjoyed the video. :)
thanks for that on my list to pick up
I really don't understand why it's taking Universal so long to release Columbo on Blu-ray in the US and Europe.... considering it's fan base is largely in the US and Europe... Seems a Season 2 was released in Australia last year strangely. Japan for some reason must have paid a huge amount of money to release this collection...
Because they're morons. When it comes to shows that are long ago ended, they release just one season to test the sales, ignoring the fact that people would want a complete series box set. So no one buys the one season and they never release a complete series. Completely backwards to how they did it on DVD. Pretty much every older-than-DVD show that existed came out on DVD as a series instead of by season. And then you have a foreign box set like this that is completely ass-backwards. 1080i60 for 24fps film content? Idiots. 448 kbps stereo DD? Most episodes were mono. They could have gone with 16-bit mono PCM (768 kbps). Would have even made sense for the stereo episodes. Just get rid of the nonsense like TWO 448 kbps Japanese audio tracks and another 448 kbps commentary track here and there. If I was watching something foreign, I'd rather have the audio match their mouths and just read subtitles instead. If commentaries are really necessary, use like 192 kbps DD. Idiots seem to be in charge of making Blu-ray discs. There is no excuse for using 1080i60 for film. There is no excuse to not have a PCM audio track with stereo or mono sources. There are no Dolby or DTS royalties to be paid for PCM. The white collar world seems to decide what gets released on disc, totally ignoring the blue collar world and their tastes.
Hopefully this will get a western release
Thanks a lot for sharing, it looks frankly awesome. A shame that in US or Europe Columbo is more appreciated than in Japan!
I got this as a gift! Love it!
Could you show what the English subtitles are like please? Are they clear and of a good size, plus are they accurate to the spoken dialogue? Thanks!
Hi There, I like your clip but I'm just wondering what your colour setting was on as it looked very colourful. I have the Australian Blu ray of season one and have my Panasonic (42 inch FHD) colour setting on 45
Hi. Glad you enjoyed the video. My TV unfortunately doesn't have a number to indicate it's colour level but I tend to have it set just under the middle level of the range but it really depends on what I'm watching. With these Columbo films I find it works great at that setting. The early Columbo films really did make great use of colour and the blu ray really brings that out in its playback.
Excellent video, thanks for uploading! Did you manage to get hold of the Knight Rider blu from Japan?
Thanks for watching and your kind comments.I haven't got the Knight Rider set yet..waiting for the price to come down a bit more.It is getting cheaper so will hopefully have it soon in my collection!
I look forward to the review!
+waynebartman I don't have the KR bluray set myself, but it looks like it's £170 quid from Amazon Japan at the moment ((31320 Yen).
+Arch Stanton ar..arg Stanton?
+First Last I beg your pardon? :)
This is a classic AMERICAN show! Why does Japan get this and not us (for a lot less money)? It seems that every country in the world has the new remastered version EXCEPT the US.
Is this same content as USA or more content or less content
Hi. Thanks for watching the video. As far as I'm aware the episodes are as broadcast but the major difference is the episodes from the 2nd era of the show (1988 onwards) are in widescreen 16:9 as apposed to 4:3. You actually see more of the image as its not just zoomed in as a lot of 4:3 material is when shown in 16:9. But other than that the episodes are complete and all in high-definition!
That would put me off, with it not filling the whole screen
You can override the 4:3 picture by using your zoom button on your tv. .but for me I'm glad they kept to the original format for the 70's episodes as that's how they were originally made.But I understand your feelings regarding this.Thanks for watching the video :)
waynebartman ok. thanks.