UK UFO DVD's Officially Announced!

Hi All,

Carlton has officially anounced the first 4 volumes of the UFO DVD's to
be released in England. These will contain the first 13 episodes, and
will be released on March 18th & May 13th.

Read more about it here:

http://www.r2-dvd.org/article.jsp?sectionId=2&articleId=3255

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Aha. Right date for Easter presents.

Will they be available in shops or only via Internet? Any idea,anyone? (And
will they be in Belgian shops...)

CU

Lieve

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More importantly, will they be released in the US?

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anyone catch the mistake in the press release??? they have two episodes with
the same description

Bruce
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Lieve wrote:
> Aha. Right date for Easter presents.
>
> Will they be available in shops or only via Internet? Any idea,
> anyone? (And will they be in Belgian shops...)
>

Hi Lieve,

I would think that they'll be in the shops - all the previous
Anderson DVD releases have been available in HMV, Virgin and so
on. But I'm just guessing, and it's true that UFO is not as
well-known or popular as Thunderbirds or Captain Scarlet.

One thing that worries me slightly is the possibility that if the
first set doesn't do that well in the shops, the second set might
not get released.

More optimistically, sales of DVD players have been rocketing in
the last few months in the UK apparently so that bodes well for
DVD releases over here in general. I still have a few favourite
films and TV series that have yet to make it to DVD.

I wonder if there'll be a rash of UFO VHS tapes on Ebay now?

James

>More importantly, will they be released in the US?

Supposedly, A&E will begin to release UFO in July,
however, this has not been announced officially,
nor will it be for several months.  

Also, if you look at the USA releases of Thunderbirds
& Space:1999, they haven't had as many extras as
the UK releases, so if the extras are important
to you, you're going to have to buy a multi-region
DVD player and buy the UK DVDs. I for one want
to see those extras (Ed Bishop commentary! alternate
opening sequence!), so I'll be buying the UK
DVDs.  

Of course, I'll be buying the USA DVDs as
well, and I'll probably keep my Japanese LDs
too... :-)

Marc

I hope I hope I hope we can find a multi-region dvd player when we have
the money to buy one. I already have several dvds that I can't play
because I have no dvd player. <sigh>

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HI James, Hi all,



>I would think that they'll be in the shops - all the previous
>Anderson DVD releases have been available in HMV, Virgin and so
>on. But I'm just guessing, and it's true that UFO is not as
>well-known or popular as Thunderbirds or Captain Scarlet.

Oh good. Isn't there a Virgin store in Antwerp? I rather thought there was,
I'll have to check it out


>One thing that worries me slightly is the possibility that if the
>first set doesn't do that well in the shops, the second set might
>not get released.

You're right - there goes my plan to wait to order until the second set was
available...
How do the UFO DVDs compare in price to DVDs with films on them, or other
series?


>More optimistically, sales of DVD players have been rocketing in
>the last few months in the UK apparently so that bodes well for
>DVD releases over here in general.

Maybe people are waiting for DVD writers to become affordable. Latest price
I saw was some 890 € (DVD writer for a computer, I mean) in a shop nearby.
I don't have a use for a DVD player that can't record off TV, I'm sure I'm
not the only one who feels that way. And what's the point of buying a DVD
player (even if one has the UFO DVD set) if one has to buy a DVD writer in
the foreseeable future? Then there are the regional differences. Absolutely
ridiculous, those different standards. Just a thing to boost sales, I'm
sure :-)

CU

Lieve

Col. Lieve Peten, Commander MarsBase - Mailto:[hidden email]

"That's what life is all about, I guess - The things we never say."
Cmdr. Ed Straker, UFO Series, Subsmash episode.

SHADO/UFO pages : http://shado.simplenet.com/aspects
MarsBase/UFO: http://shado.iwarp.com

--- Marc wrote:
>
> Carlton has officially anounced the first 4 volumes of
> the UFO DVD's to be released in England.
> These will contain the first 13 episodes, and
> will be released on March 18th & May 13th.

Marc,

I took a look at www.play247.com and found the first box set of
UFO at 42.99 pounds delivered (at least to Europe and GB) instead of
49.99 pounds. Release date March 18th. I pre-ordered it but will keep
my eyes open for a better offer (which I can't imagine :-)

If anyone knows of a better offer please tell us!

Thanks!
Christian

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Marc,
Do you know why A&E is skimping out on the extras? The Thunderbirds stuff
from the UK sets is great, and I was very disappointed they were left out on
the US sets. I've also heard the transfers are better in the UK.
Compromises on either of these seems very odd since the masters have already
been produced by Carlton. They probably had to spend money to remove the
information on the A&E boxes, which is the biggest mystery to me.
Anyone know more about this, and A&E's logic?

Ken






>Also, if you look at the USA releases of Thunderbirds
& Space:1999, they haven't had as many extras as
the UK releases, so if the extras are important
to you, you're going to have to buy a multi-region
DVD player and buy the UK DVDs. I for one want
to see those extras (Ed Bishop commentary! alternate
opening sequence!), so I'll be buying the UK
DVDs<

>Do you know why A&E is skimping out on the extras? The Thunderbirds stuff
>from the UK sets is great, and I was very disappointed they were left out on
>the US sets. I've also heard the transfers are better in the UK.
>Compromises on either of these seems very odd since the masters have already
>been produced by Carlton. They probably had to spend money to remove the
>information on the A&E boxes, which is the biggest mystery to me.
>Anyone know more about this, and A&E's logic?

It *does* seem odd that the UK and USA DVDs are so different from
each other for the Anderson titles. After all, I'd think that in a
perfect world, they'd be identical. However, it's not a perfect
world, and there are different staffs working at Carlton Video and
A&E, and they have their own opinions about how to do things, and as
a result, the final products are different. You need to remember
that Carlton Video and A&E are both licensees of titles owned by
Carlton International, and each company is on it's own to come up
with extras, cover art, etc. Carlton International merely supplies
the episodes to Carlton Video and A&E.

I think A&E truly believes that people in the USA don't care about
most of these sorts of extras, or that the TV series are too obscure
to justify the cost of obtain extra materials. Also, in the past,
the working relationship between A&E and Carlton Video has not been
good, so there is no cooperation among the companies.

Whatever the reason, I don't think things are going to be different
for UFO than they were for Thunderbirds & Space:1999, so the hardcore
UFO fan in America will probably end up buying both sets -- the UK
set for the extras, and the USA set for the best picture quality on
American TV sets -- and the correct running speed (episode length 50
minutes instead of 48)

Perhaps it's a good time to to start e-mailing A&E to complain about
the inequality of extras on Thunderbirds & Space:1999 between the UK
and USA releases, which may encourage them to do something about it
before UFO comes out?

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P.S. On the flip side, A&E rejected the masters of Space:1999 Year
Two episodes that Carlton Video has already released in the UK, so
they were remastered solely for the A&E release!

> I took a look at www.play247.com and found the first box set of
>UFO at 42.99 pounds delivered (at least to Europe and GB) instead of
>49.99 pounds. Release date March 18th. I pre-ordered it but will keep
>my eyes open for a better offer (which I can't imagine :-)

Historically, Blackstar has also offered a discount on pre-orders,
and sometimes even throws in a T-shirt! Amazon.co.uk also offers
discounts. So I imagine that all the retailers will be offering
similar discounted prices.

Unless you've already seen from past releases that play247 offers
steeper discounts than Blackstar or Amazon?

Marc

Me again. Play do offer better discounts than Blackstar - and don't 'delete'
the discounts when the discs are released. Plus postage is free, which is
not the case with Blackstar (and negates any saving you make on the discs, I
think).



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Go to your nearest Sam's Club and check out the Daewoo
DVD player. Can't remember the model number, but you
can do a search on Daewoo DVD and probably come up
with the info. It has a secret menu which allows you
to change regions. And it's only $99!!

JF

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>Go to your nearest Sam's Club and check out the Daewoo
>DVD player. Can't remember the model number, but you
>can do a search on Daewoo DVD and probably come up
>with the info. It has a secret menu which allows you
>to change regions. And it's only $99!!

Yes, but does it convert PAL video to NTSC video? You
need to have more than just a region-free DVD player
if you want to play a UK DVD on an American TV set.
You need to also have a PAL-NTSC converter in it!

Marc

Well, if you've got a hot enough computer, Hival has a DVDRom for about
60.00. When I loaded my first DVD in the thing, it asked which region - so I
am assuming my DVDRom is multi-region. The DVDrom replaced by CDrom which
died.
Deborah

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I hope I hope I hope we can find a multi-region dvd player when we have
the money to buy one. I already have several dvds that I can't play
because I have no dvd player. <sigh>

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> Yes, but does it convert PAL video to NTSC video?
> You
> need to have more than just a region-free DVD player
> if you want to play a UK DVD on an American TV set.
> You need to also have a PAL-NTSC converter in it!
>
> Marc

Yes, I believe it does. You Brits can't have all the fun.

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>Yes, I believe it does. You Brits can't have all the fun.

Hey, I'm not British!

Although, since I run a website and a mailing list for
a British TV series, I guess it makes sense that people
think I'm British. But I'm not -- I'm an American,
living in the USA!

Or was that a general comment, not intended for me
specifically? :-)

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> Or was that a general comment, not intended for me
> specifically? :-)
>

Just general. Don't be paranoid. Thank God UFO wasn't
a French series...

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Absolutely right. A & E wants to keep the cost of such
DVDs at a reasonable retail price to move inventory.
"Space: 1999" had a much larger presence in the U.S.
and its mostly a nostalgic purchase for consumers;
anyone under 30 probably never heard of it and would
think it's too dull.

I'm curious to see how the sales of "Space: 1999" have
been in the US.

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