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Battlestar Galactica: Season 4.5 (Blu-ray, 2009)
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Like many BSG Re-imagined fans, part of my growing-up was watching the original TV series (1978-79) as that story line developed, lurched around, rresumed (1980), and then came to a grinding halt; never fully satisfied with the end game. Initially, the BSG Miniseries (2003) and then Season 1 (2004) seemed just weird and unfaithful to the original, but with repeated showings on SciFi (now SyFy) it became an acquired taste, and then eventually an addiction. Friday Nights became planned around BSG airings. Eventually Seasons 1 through 4.0 became available on DVD editions as the only available near-HD format for collecting - until Season 4.5 became available. This presented a bit of an irritating dilemma for Season 4.5: buy it in DVD format to physically match the previous seasons, or buy it in Blu Ray to get the latest HiDef version. I chose the Blu Ray edition. Unfortunately the packaging for the Blu-Ray BSG discs is rather bizarre. The DVDs came in nice, orderly, single-disc individual cases packaged in a boxed set, around 5 discs cases per box - nice and organized. The 4.5 Blu-Ray discs came in a single folding case with 3 discs mounted on spindles, and Disc 3 is sort of offset but underneath Disc 2, so you have to remove Disc 2 and set it aside to get to Disc 3. It gets my vote for Worst Packaging Ever - very inconvenient to use, at least relative to the orderly DVD box sets. It makes me wish i had chosen the DVD version of 4.5, which (presumably) nicely matches in style and packaging format with the other DVDs. The Blu-Ray discs play just fine, meeting all expectations of the HD Blu Ray format. The previous season DVDs also play very nicely on a high quality Blu Ray player which does the proper upscaling. I do not see any significant and compelling advantages in replacing previous BSG DVDs with Blu Ray versions. Again - I am 50-50 on purchasing Season 4.5 as a stand-alone Blu Ray edition. I would have been much happier if the disc packaging had matched the form and convenience of the DVD sets. If I had not been purchasing the DVDs all along in previous seasons, I might have held off and gotten all of them in the Blu Ray format when that became an option after Season 4.5. As far as content - if you were happy with the re-imagined BSG series and finale, then you will be happy with either the DVDs or the Blu Ray discs themselves. Mix and Matching though (as I did) is not very optimal, and I strongly prefer the convenience of the original DVD set packaging over the complexity and inconvenience of the newer Season 4.5 Blu Ray disc packaging. How hard would it have been to match? Nitpicking at the inconvenient packaging aside, the re-imagined BSG series is epic, and the Blu ray edition is crystal clear (notwithstanding the production itself, which was always notable for sometimes grainy, shifty camera angles and such for a dynamic, "live" effect), and occasionally stunning, particularly when watching massive explosions and such frame-by-frame in "war scenes".Read full review
What a fantastic series and what a remarkable deal I got. This looks brand new and after watching the entire season can now say there are no skips and the discs are in perfect condition. The best thing about a series like this is that it ends on a hopeful note and there is closure on each and every featured character which I find quite satisfying.
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I gave you a bad rating I was wrong I have four DVD players it wouldn’t play on any of them then I tried blue-ray DVD’s i had just played they wouldn’t play so I have a problem but it is not yours I am sorry I’ll check closer next time
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The case was slightly damaged luckily the discs where ok.
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The director added grain to most screens to which gave the effect of 480 P. Would be better off just watching off HULA for better quality picture
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