'Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles' - High-Def Digest Review

[Attebery]

Ken has reviewed 'The Sarah Connor Chronicles.' He says the series takes a little while to get going, but it finds its voice enough that he was intrigued by the first season and will likely tune in for its follow-up. This Blu-ray features above average video, less impressive audio, and decent supplements. Nothing perfect, but worth a look.

Full review here:
http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/1523...nicles_s1.html

[Eternal Now]

Getting this from Netflix today...can't wait! I saw the first episode on television and thought it was pretty good.

[TheWrathofBambi]

Im gonna get it, since its at a cheap price, but man warner really needs to get on the ball with lossless audio... pretty much EVERY other tv show thats released on blu has lossless audio tracks as standard that i know of.... So why cant warner do the same? if freakin masters of horror and lost can get PCM audio then terminator should damn well get it too.

[Smilin Jack Ross]

Originally Posted by TheWrathofBambi

Im gonna get it, since its at a cheap price, but man warner really needs to get on the ball with lossless audio... pretty much EVERY other tv show thats released on blu has lossless audio tracks as standard that i know of.... So why cant warner do the same? if freakin masters of horror and lost can get PCM audio then terminator should damn well get it too.

Maybe it's cheaper price tag is because they didn't include the lossless audio. It's just a guess, but maybe they saw an opportunity to lower the pricetag by not putting as much resources into the audio quality. Fine with me, picture quality makes more of an impact than audio quality, and the 5.1 mix will likely be fine for me.

[Super-VHS]

Originally Posted by Smilin Jack Ross

Maybe it's cheaper price tag is because they didn't include the lossless audio. It's just a guess, but maybe they saw an opportunity to lower the pricetag by not putting as much resources into the audio quality. Fine with me, picture quality makes more of an impact than audio quality, for me.

Pushing Daisies is (most likely) going to have TrueHD and it's the same price as Sarah Connor Chronicles.

[TheWrathofBambi]

and the masters of horror volumes are 19.99 at stores and they have PCM audio

[Smilin Jack Ross]

Well, it was just a guess.

That being the case...CURSE YOU WARNER!!!!

CURSE YOU!!!!!

[briandarroch]

In the review it says that Terminator 3 was ignored. The series starts between T2 and T3 and then jumps forward 10 years. It hasn't ignored it, it just used time travel to skip around the events of T3. I wish I could and get those 2 hours of my life back

[Matt865]

3.5 for the Video Quality seems a little unfair to me. It's the same score as Heroes: Season One received and the frequently distracting amount of grain and occasional lack of detail in that put it below Terminator:TSCC in my opinion. The video transfers share the same flaws, with hot whites and softness creeping in in some shots, but the overwhelming amounts of grain in parts of Heroes make a 3.5 fair... I think this is a little better.

[ecosvaldo]

Originally Posted by Smilin Jack Ross

Maybe it's cheaper price tag is because they didn't include the lossless audio. It's just a guess, but maybe they saw an opportunity to lower the pricetag by not putting as much resources into the audio quality. Fine with me, picture quality makes more of an impact than audio quality, and the 5.1 mix will likely be fine for me.

Honestly, the reason why the price tag is lower is probably the first season only has nine episodes. A regular season usually consists of roughly 13 episodes (TV shows most found on the USA network) or 20-24 episodes (regular syndicated television stations like NBC or ABC).

[RichGardner]

Originally Posted by TheWrathofBambi

and the masters of horror volumes are 19.99 at stores and they have PCM audio

Yeah, but that is not the whole season. It is 3-4 episodes.

[needo]

I don't agree that the beginning of this series lagged at all. I thought it was a strong showing from start to finish. I got this Blu Ray last week and have really been enjoying rewatching this series. Unfortunately they had to leave a couple minor storylines incomplete I believe due to the writers strike but I really really enjoy this show.

[poof2124]

I was surprised - I thought this show was going to be a stinker, but it made a lot of headway especially after Brian Austin Green joined the show. I won't be bothering with the Blu-rays since I watched the first season in HD already. Can't wait for S2!

[Ken Brown]

Originally Posted by briandarroch

In the review it says that Terminator 3 was ignored. The series starts between T2 and T3 and then jumps forward 10 years. It hasn't ignored it, it just used time travel to skip around the events of T3. I wish I could and get those 2 hours of my life back

An excellent point, sir.

[utl768]

Originally Posted by TheWrathofBambi

Im gonna get it, since its at a cheap price, but man warner really needs to get on the ball with lossless audio... pretty much EVERY other tv show thats released on blu has lossless audio tracks as standard that i know of.... So why cant warner do the same? if freakin masters of horror and lost can get PCM audio then terminator should damn well get it too.

hd audio is severly overrated as long as u dont have a budget tv (olevia westinghouse insignia etc...) audio is compareable from tv speakers