Battlestar Galactica - Season One - December 4th

[MrChaos]

Credit to http://hddvdformat.blogspot.com/

Disappointed and anxious that there was still no news about Battlestar Galactica (2004): Season One HD DVD which was heavily rumored to be released in September?

Universal Studios Home Entertainment has now confirmed that the Battlestar Galactica (2004): Season One will be available on 6-disc HD DVD set from December 4. The high-definition version of this TV series is available to own only on HD DVD. It is a non-combo HD DVD set and has a suggested price tag of $99.98 SRP.

Each episode of the series will be presented in 1080p High Definition Widescreen 1.78:1 video with Dolby TrueHD 5.1 (English) and Dolby Digital-Plus 5.1 (English) audio options. Only English [SDH] and French subtitle options are included.

A breakdown of the bonus materials on each disc:

Disc One:
Encyclopedia Galactica - An interactive guide including ships, characters, colonies and flight training manual (HD DVD-Exclusive)
Picture in Picture - Behind the Scenes of the Mini Series (HD DVD-Exclusive)
Feature Commentary with Director Michael Rymer and Executive Producers David Eick and Ronald D. Moore
Deleted Scenes - Mini Series
Sketches and Art
From Miniseries to Series
Change Is Good, Now They're Babes
The Cylon Centurion
Future/Past Technology
The Doctor Is Out (Of His Mind)
Production
Visual Effects
Epilogue
Disc Two:

Encyclopedia Galactica - An interactive guide including ships, characters, colonies and flight training manual (HD DVD-Exclusive)
Picture in Picture - Behind the Scenes of the Mini Series (HD DVD-Exclusive)
Deleted Scenes
Feature Commentary with Director Michael Rymer and Executive Producers David Eick and Ronald D. Moore
Pilot Commentary with Director Michael Rymer and Executive Producers David Eick and Ronald D. Moore
Disc Three:

Deleted Scenes
Episode 103 "Bastille Day" Commentary with Ronald D. Moore and David Eick
Episode 104 "Act of Contrition" Commentary with Ronald D. Moore and David Eick
Disc Four:

Deleted Scenes
Episode 105 "You Can't Go Home Again" Commentary with Ronald D. Moore and David Eick
Disc Five:

Deleted Scenes
Episode 109 "Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down" Commentary with Executive Producer Ronald D. Moore
Episode 110 "The Hand of God" Commentary with Executive Producer Ronald D. Moore
Disc Six:

Deleted Scenes
Episode 111 "Colonial Day" Commentary with Executive Producer Ronald D. Moore
Episode 112 "Kobol's Last Gleaming" Pt 1 Commentary with Executive Producer Ronald D. Moore
Episode 113 "Kobol's Last Gleaming" Pt. 2 Commentary with Executive Producer Ronald D. Moore

1080p and TrueHD I'm in heaven...

[parabola]

Expensive, but this will be my Christmas present for myself . The new extras and TrueHD are way more than I hoped for.

[Arkadin]

Great news!! Have avoided jumping into "battlestar" while knowing this was on the horizon. No way I can afford this with everything else come Christmas, so I'll unfortunately have to wait till like maybe March.
gotta get the Trek set!
I can hear the groans now.
Sorry, you had to grow up on it to appreciate it.

[Bioevil087]

Is the miniseries across two disks? Because there is a PiP behind the scenes extra on disks one and two for the mini series.

[Space_Butler]

I can't wait. This has been one of my most anticipated titles all year.

[WesleyTech.com]

Originally Posted by Bioevil087

Is the miniseries across two disks? Because there is a PiP behind the scenes extra on disks one and two for the mini series.

It certainly appears that the mini-series will span 2 discs. What is the total run-time for the mini-series?

I'm happy to see this announced. I have not yet watched BSG, but I have a few friends that love the show, so I will probably enjoy it also.

[DrMaustus]

Anyone have a link to the official release? It looks real enough, but I couldn't see anything on the Universal site about it.

I really hope it's true. I'll be buying this for sure. Great series. Wish Firefly had four seasons like this one though

[Overseer]

The DVD version of the mini-series is about 3 hours (183 mins). So with all those extras it makes sense it would be on two discs.

Man, what's up with these pricings nowadays? Are they trying to force people to keeps their DVDs and not upgrade?

As much as I would like to grab this, I already have both the mini-series and season one on DVD. And the extras on this aren't enough for the premium price upgrade.

[BrunoBruin]

Who's glad they bought an HD DVD player? Oh yeah, it's me, baby! Knowing this show and "Heroes" would come to HD DVD sold me on the format.

[imdaly]

Originally Posted by DrMaustus

Anyone have a link to the official release? It looks real enough, but I couldn't see anything on the Universal site about it.

I really hope it's true. I'll be buying this for sure. Great series. Wish Firefly had four seasons like this one though

I don't know where any official announcements are where I can link you to, but I'm a member of their retail site, and just checked, and sure enough, there's the title announcement! This is official.

[BanthaPoodoo]

Originally Posted by Space_Butler

I can't wait. This has been one of my most anticipated titles all year.

Same here... all I have to say is:

YAAAAAYYYYY!!!!

But Dec 4th is soooo far away....

[messin18]

Originally Posted by parabola

Expensive, but this will be my Christmas present for myself . The new extras and TrueHD are way more than I hoped for.

Not all the expensive considering it's the mini-series and the first season. I've watched them all but i wouldn't mind haveing just the min-series in HD.

[Blurry]

Agreed, the value seems very reasonable to me, especially since after discounts it will be a lot closer to the price I paid for Heroes, around $59.

[bland83]

no french language why???? dam, i look the series in french, why they don't put it in. I not going to buy it just for that

[Blurry]

Originally Posted by bland83

no french language why???? dam, i look the series in french, why they don't put it in. I not going to buy it just for that

There may eventually be a French release as well.