We need more SD on Blu-ray (hold the pitchforks for the end)  

Myself i don't have any Problems with this, in case of prices it's actually a great opportunity, too! In my collection there is "Batman - the animated series" and "murder she wrote" as SD in BR... Especially "murder she wrote" was great in this way for me to get! I missed the DVDs who where also splitted in two boxes of every season over here. Now i have could paid 20€ (23$) for every of this 24 boxes on a secondary market, but got a 12-BR-box for 50€ (55$)... And now it's one of my gems!!! Great Video, thank you!!!

Intriguing topic. I did even know this was being done. Larger disc capacity means better quality, if mastered correctly of course. I’m in.

I would love every TV show that wasn't shot on film or digital HD to be released as SD on BD so that we don't have to swap so many discs.

You are correct here. With SD on HD episodes don't have to be so compressed and the ability to have higher quality audio tracks.

I bought a couple SD on BD shows, like Robocop, the TV series, and Sliders in a German digibook. But I still prefer separate season packaging, and especially those beautiful digipacks, like Buffy. I wouldn't want it all be stuffed in one thin box. A long important TV series must take up an appropriate amount of shelf space and look awesome on it! I even transfer BDs into DVD season packaging, when possible, like with Battlestar Galactica, which all was released initially in digipacks, and Charmed, which had a nice large Book for the whole series.

And the case size is smaller that's a benefit to me

I am game for releasing tv shows on Blu Ray in SD. As I mentioned below in another comment, I own the Region 2 Blu Ray pressing of The Real Ghostbusters from Turbine Media of Germany and I really enjoy watching it. Really hope America come around to this trend, since in many countries in the Western portion of Europe having SD on Blu Ray has proven to be quite popular with consumers.

I own a couple SD on blu-ray releases from Germany. I have the complete series of Amazing Stories and the complete series of Malcolm in the Middle.

At this point, we're still lucky to have DVD. 📀 Flexibility is the key now. 📀 Being able to play DVD 📀 in laptops, DVD players, and tablets that play DVD 📀 is our last hope. 📀

I need to check out that Blu Ray!

I agree. SD on Blu-ray would be worth it. I believe Germany has done it with a few releases. I believe they have done The Real Ghostbusters, Parker Lewis Can't Lose and Sliders.

Totally agree. I like music stuff too. You have a concert and/or videos that were shot on video and can't really up cost effectively be 4K but the SOUND can be uncompressed. The Rolling Stones have done this with all of the concerts they have put out.

I was of the mindset years ago that I wanted everything on bluray and then everything on 4K I have transitioned my mindset to accept tv shows may not get a bluray edition so dvd would be acceptable. Having it on a BR disc would be better bc we would see less compression. Personally, I feel every successful tv show or movie should have a bluray, but the issue is if studios think they could make money on it I would be fine with SD copy on a BR disc if we aren't gonna get it in HD

Don't hate your idea. Remember liking Street Sharks and didn't know it had that SD on Blu-Ray release. Not a fan of the price thought at almost $40 if it's standard definition. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Hopefully they do some more like you mentioned. I remember really liking the Godzilla animated show too. Jackie Chan Chronicles would be cool too.

I think there is an important point you missed. The issue with some of these shows is that HD masters literally do not exist. This was very common for animated shows in the 80s and 90s. Once they were put onto SD video for broadcast all the original elements were tossed. I don't know which shows specifically, but if that is not made clear people are still going to be confused about why there is no HD option. Now if you want to talk about something that is possible. AI could be used to clean them up and make them look HD. This is absolutely possible.

I always want any movie or tv show in the best format I can get it in. I will settle for dvd if that is the best I can do, hell I have a dvd coming from amazon today. I just want it to look as good as reasonably possible. I wonder if production costs would maybe even out a little bit since it would take fewer discs for collections. I'm all for it if it means I can get a slightly better looking copy of The Brain That Wouldn't Die or whatever.

I have no problem with releasing some of these TV shows that are only available in SD on BluRay-just as long as it’s not Mill Creek doing it. They really cheap out on the number of discs and packaging leaving the buyer with a really poor quality product. If these shows were released on a fair number of discs “so they have room to breathe,” as you have stated Tim, I would definitely buy it. But thus far, I have seen no indication that Mill Creek will do this. One just has to look at their recent releases to see that they’ll jam as many episodes onto a disc as they can to save on the cost of one of two more BluRay discs. It’s as if using a couple more discs will bankrupt them…😢

What if they still sell them on DVD because half their market doesn’t have a Blu-ray player?

I have tv series on Blu-rays that have been remastered on HD 2K or 4K. Like Battlestar Galactica or Lost In Space. But those are live action. I have Fist Of The North Star tv series on Blu-ray but the package states it's in standard definition not HD. I'm not sure but I think not even Japan has it on HD. Heck I think not even Mazinger-Z is on HD. Do the original elements of these cartoons still exist? I have all the Dragon Ball tv shows on Blu-ray and it says remastered. But is it in HD? I think a perfect example of why some shows are not remastered in HD is Star Trek:The Next Generation. Trekkies were clamoring for it on Blu-ray on HD so a years in the making set was produced. Remastered, special f/x had to be redone, extras, etc. a masterpiece boxed set. But when it came out Trekkies didn't buy it they didn't back it up!🤑 I heard this from a producer interviewed on you tube. And he said that producers and distributors learned a valuable lesson from this. That's why a lot of tv shows are still only on DVD. Interesting topic and cool video Tim!👉🙂👈

Blu-ray is a more stable format than DVD also.

Other countries have been doing it for years. Till today am left wondering why it's not adopted in the USA. Sigh....