Noonan

Well as long as it's still in the "previously on" for like the rest of the season, then I think it's ok. lol

JZ1276

I'm going to borrow the set from my friend & check the audio from more episodes. This is a serious fk up & I can't understand how this mistake could've been made.

Viper187

I'm surprised by the reviews. A lot of the episodes appear to have bad compression artifacts or noisy/blocky grain instead of nice clear grain. Wish we could get the actual 4K transfers.

DVD Josh

My DVDs sound much better than this release. At this point I'm content to just keep them.

DVD Polizei

Yeah, got the DVD series. Was just looking to purchase it soon. Looks like more holding out until things get settled. If Mill Creek was in charge of the audio, well, not surprised. I would find it odd however, if only one guy said the track was mono. I thought The Shield tracks were 2.0.

P.S. It seems somebody ripped the audio from another episode and it does look like a stereo track. In any case, I'm not going to buy something just to confirm it's ok. Additionally, there are comments about the episodes still being compressed (no reason for this other than Mill Creek's infamous touch on it that love to DNR movies).

Another thing to ask is why the fuck was Mill Creek given the job, if this set is around $100. Ok, for $40 I would expect it, but this isn't cheap. Why couldn't another company have done it that is competent and doesn't have a history of flushing content through the shittiest post-processing workflow I've experienced.

OldBoy

does this come with digital copy? if so, anyone want to sell?

JZ1276

I ripped the audio. The Shield is 2.0. There was obviously an error when transcoding to 5.1 on this set.

DVD Polizei

Thanks for the confirmation. Still holding off on buying this set.

DJariya

This set is now $95.05 at Amazon.

I'd like to hold off and hopefully get another 20-25 bucks off before I pull the trigger. I can't imagine that sales for this have been so great to keep it in the $90-100 range. They have to want to move some stock.

I don't have a souped up stereo system like some of you, so the audio channel thing that was mentioned is not a big deal to me.

Why So Blu?

Then save yourself $100 and just watch them all on HULU.

DJariya

It's a new 4K HD transfer and I want a physical copy of it.

Also I want the new cast reunion documentary and the other extras/commentaries. There's a ton of bonus features.

I only have the old Sony DVD set that cost like $25 and I'd like to upgrade that. I've already seen the series as it aired on FX and I'd like to eventually re-visit it with this new transfer.

slop101

Don't forget though, one or two of the episodes in this new blu-ray set are the edited European versions.
Not a huge deal, but not cool for "purists". Shawn Ryan was supposedly looking into the issue, but he's gone silent on it since.

3nthebag

I have been waiting on this to see if it pops up at around $50 on Amazon or Best Buy. No rush since I have it on DVD.
For those who have never watched, hands down the best cop drama to ever grace the small screen.

bunkaroo

3nthebag

I must agree that the Wire was also great. You can't go wrong with either. Bosch is up their too.

DJariya

FX on Hulu just launched today. The Shield is on it in its new 4K remaster.

DJariya

I watched the Pilot last night on Hulu, which I had not seen in maybe 15-16 years.

The last time I saw it was in 4X3 on DVD when I was playing catch up to season 3 airing.

Dramatic difference compared to how the shitty DVD looked. They did a great job cleaning it up. For something that aired almost 20 years ago, it holds up pretty well.

Why So Blu?

Glad you came to your senses about watching it on HULU -- I was just reading some posts back and you were all like "but I want the Blu-ray!"

DJariya

I still do want a physical copy of the complete series, but I’ll wait until it hits like $60.

I was just saying the new transfer looks great and makes footage from almost 20 years ago look pretty good.

bluetoast

The DVDs are far from shitty, since the show was meant to have that 16 mm gritty look. But maybe I’m just used to watching them over and over. But on top of that, I prefer them in their OAR.

Boring background on the release history AR







Though I am intrigued by the new Hulu streams.

Randy Miller III

I am pretty sure some of the later seasons originally released in 4x3 on DVD were later re-released in 16x9, which makes things even more confusing.

bluetoast

That’s true, they were later re-released in 16x9 individually and on the DVD box set.

dex14

$23.66 (+ shipping and tax) at DeepDiscount, along with some other seemingly pricing errors.
https://www.deepdiscount.com/shield-...d/683904633385

clckworang

Nice! I jumped on it. I've been waiting for a good deal on this. I also added 30 Rock complete series for $17.39. 👍

Now I'm just hoping they actually ship!

DVD Josh

Anything in stock has a good chance of shipping. Anything backordered less so.