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In Reply to: RE: Game of Thrones posted by Victor Khomenko on September 20, 2015 at 15:32:56

Have been since S1. Have never seen a lick of the series, nor do I like the fantasy genre that much. And yet it still sounded good to me those years ago...

But I'm waiting until it's over, and will buy the complete BD set then. I do not have the means to otherwise view this series in its supposed A/V glory. And I've felt really burned buying TV series BDs season-by-season, it's like they often charge as much for the two halves of the final season as for the whole series sets (at least they do here). No respect for the long-time viewers/buyers who got them there. Yes, I buy *a lot* of BDs, I insist on the best-available PQ at home, and I'm "cheap". :)

And I've been told I'll want to watch the whole thing, in order, from start to finish (so far).

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We've seen ever episode and intend to do the same as you, buy the BD series after the show is done. What a - Road Warrior 16:25:01 09/22/15 (2)
glorious viewing experience that will be. It's gorgeous enuf in cable HD, in BD it should be reference quality. We've done the same with the Breaking Bad however, the BRD isn't an upgrade over cable quality, the dvd set would have easily sufficed.
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- RE: We've seen ever episode and intend to do the same as you, buy the BD series after the show is done. What a - cfraser 17:17:04 09/22/15 (1)
  Hmm, I've sometimes been surprised just how much better the BDs are than the HD OTA experience (not for GoT obviously), never mind the DVDs. OTOH there have been a few instances when the BDs are not significantly better than the DVDs, in general, but in certain scenes the BDs "clearly" rule. I regretted the DVD-> BD "upgrade" in those rare cases, but these days BDs and DVDs cost almost the same, and I've never encountered a TV BD being *worse* than a TV DVD, so may as well go BD.
  Here, OTA is far superior to cable, which is usually downscaled to 720p. 1080-> 720 doesn't look nearly as bad as going the other way, probably obviously, but it's still clearly not (to me) 1080. Since I'm watching on a 1080 display, I get the joys of 1080-> 720 by cable provider then 720-> 1080 by the display = awful. Thus the BDs for me for TV series. I am disappointed that many series I like have stopped issuing BDs, DVDs only.
  I have heard nothing but praise for the GoT production quality. I want to see and *hear* it, something that cable can't do for me. Perhaps obviously since I'm here, I actually get more excited by a good audio experience than a video one. That excitement is much rarer (on TV/movie BD) than I think it should be, but then sound is real second-fiddle to video these days.
  Edit: I was told in this forum that the cable provider I'd have to get HBO from does 720-> 1080 regularly for their other "channels", but I don't know if in fact they do it for their HBO offerings. You wouldn't get "full-HD" audio regardless.
  
  Edits: 09/22/15
  - The BDs are stunning. (nt) - Jack G 04:06:38 09/23/15 (0)
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