Highlander, Xena and Hercules: the Legendary Journeys on Blu-Ray?

[marycrawford]

TVShowsonDVD has the news that Davis-Panzer will release all seasons of Highlander on Blu-Ray dvd discs, and that other series will follow, including Hercules: the Legendary Journeys.

They're already taking online pre-orders for the first season of Highlander at $39.95.

I'm a little dubious about this, to say the least, even apart from my feelings about the usual let's-squeeze-the-fans-for-maximum-moolah approach. ("Buy now and get your BONUS Duncan Katana Mini-Sword!" Poor Duncan.)

I'm happy to have my ordinary Hercules DVDs, but they are not exactly pristine in quality (especially towards the later seasons - some scenes turned out to be unusable for vidding purposes because another episode was 'leaking through' in the background). Are the episodes suddenly going to look diamond-sharp, pristine and beautiful thanks to the wonders of Blu-Ray? I don't know enough about the high definition process, or about the way Hercules was filmed, to have the answer, and I'm quite a long way away from owning a Blu-Ray player, let alone a high-definition TV, but if anyone else has more information or a DVD review once they come out, I'm interested.

Comments

[ivy03.livejournal.com]

Um...Highlander looks kind of crap on regular DVD. I don't think Blu-Ray will enhance it.

I have to say, I love my Highlander DVDs, though. They have the most extensive (and candid) extras I've seen.

[marycrawford.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I love the extras on the HtLJ dvds too. They did a good job with those. I have the same doubts you do - I just wish I knew what the advantage of Blu-Ray for these series is. If they just blow the originals up to a huge size without improving picture quality, that would be a total waste of money.