ozzfan84

I've been checking it from time to time in hopes of good news. I'm glad to see it's going to be like that.

slop101

DVD-Beaver review

No commentaries and really skimpy extras compared to other seasons.

acdcrocks1980

I wonder if they will rerelease it, when the other seasons catch up

mzupeman2

I picked this up early yesterday, and was surprised they actually sold it to me even though they had to do a price change for what was advertised in their next weeks ad, lol. Anyhoo, it does look really good. The older 'SD' episodes actually look pretty fantastic, and the HD episodes are pretty flawless. I was worried how the entire season would look on two discs but, this is a good set picture quality wise. But yeah, I was highly disappointed with how there's pretty much nothing in the way of extras.

LorenzoL

I'll definitely wait until there's a sale in order to purchase this set. Loved the image but I'm very disappointed about the lack of extras especially about the lack of commentaries.

PhantomStranger

All studios seem to be getting cheap and cheaper on actual disc allocation. Fox squeezing this much material on only two BD-50's sets up low expectations for future sets. As every studio is getting stingier with disc allocation per multi-disc set, the costs of pressing BDs must still be some significantly non-negligible difference with dvd. I would have liked to see the season spread over 3 BDs personally.

SexualPudding

I hope I am dead wrong, but I could easily see them continuing to release these seasons sans commentary tracks and extras. The above poster is quite correct about how much studios are skimping on disc counts and what not lately. I have been noticing it much more with both Blu-ray and standard DVD releases of tv shows, even down to the packaging. With shelf space seeming to be at such a premium, I can only see it continuing-especially if this release's sales numbers are in line with the past season releases.

My Other Self

This was a rushed release to commemorate the 20th anniversary episode airing tomorrow night.

I wouldn't count out the other seasons being devoid of extras.

Alan Smithee

So being an obsessive collector, is there any reason to get both the BD and standard DVD versions of this?

SexualPudding

Trust me, I hope that is indeed the case. If this sells in line with the other releases (which I see no real reason it wouldn't), I just can easily see them deciding to half ass the future releases, thinking it won't matter.

Rusty Nail

According to David Silverman the commentaries for season 13 have already been recorded.

My Other Self

Yes I'm wondering as well. I buy anything with the Simpsons on it.

terrible chong

Jan. 12 release date on amazon.com! that's tomorrow

darkside

Fox has gotten really skimpy lately so I'm not surprised to see Simpsons have this happen. Would have loved a couple of commentaries talking about the change to widescreen HD or reflecting on the 20 years. I still want this, but $20 will be my max. I'll have to wait out a deal.

El Kabong

2 discs isn't bad for the length/number of episodes. Disc One is 9 episodes, Disc two 12, and the episodes are less than 22 minutes. So the longest is around 260 minutes. Star Trek had 5 shows/disc, and were between 55 (Season 1) & 51 (3) minutes each. So they would be between 275-255. Plus there were some extras on each disc.

slop101

the packaging for the SDdvd version seemed nicer.

Gizmo

Is the BD just standard BD case?

SexualPudding

Si.

story

No commentaries?! No sale!

Bluelitespecial

Although the episodes look incredible on bluray, it kind of sucks without the extras. This feels like it will get a re-release at some point with commentaries and all the usual extras.

Alan Smithee

Having listened to every commentary on the previous DVDs, I don't know what's left for them to say that hasn't already been said!

bunkaroo

First Simpsons season set I have not purchased. S13 with commentaries, please.

My Other Self

I couldn't justify buying it yesterday. And I've bought every season on release day thus far.

This just doesn't seem like a real release to me. If anything I'll wait for some $12.99 sale in a few months.

slop101

I should add that the SDdvd also has a nice booklet with episode summaries, compared to the cheap leaflet that came with the blu-ray which just states the episode titles. What kind of cheap ass shit is this?

mzupeman2

This would be an SD-DVD dealbreaker for me though... does the SD version come in crappy cardboard packaging again?