"I Love Lucy" & "The Andy Griffith Show" Season 1 BD's coming 4/8/14! (1 Viewer)

[lukejosephchung]

Pre-order pages at Amazon.com are already in place...MSRP is $129.99(!), but both are discounted to $74.99 for 32 episodes for each series...both are remastered in 1080p from original 35mm camera negatives...

 

[Mark-P]

The pre-orders were already announced here on the forums two months ago. Where were you?
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/topic/328269-i-love-lucy-the-complete-first-season-blu-ray-available-for-preorder/
http://www.hometheaterforum.com/topic/328268-andy-griffith-show-the-complete-first-season-blu-ray-available-for-preorder/

 

[lukejosephchung]

I don't frequent the TV on DVD/Blu-ray sub-forum so I missed those threads...considering these are both seeing first-time blu-ray releases, I thought it deserved mention HERE as well!!!

 

[Will Krupp]

129 dollars for a single SEASON??? Even discounted to $75 that's too rich for me. The glorious LUCY dvd's will suit me just fine.

 

[Andrew Budgell]

I'm not playing this game again. I already did that with the DVDs. I'll wait for a boxed set of the entire series at a reasonable price.

 

[MatthewA]

What if they never release subsequent seasons due to poor sales?

 

[TravisR]

^ My hope is that they realize that their price is way too rich and they see what happens with a second season carrying an MSRP that is cut nearly in half.

I can understand charging a $130 MSRP for a show with a rabid fanbase like Star Trek or even Twin Peaks but I Love Lucy and The Andy Griffith Show? Even though they're two of the most popular TV shows in the history of the medium, I wish them good luck even selling a thousand copies at that price.

 

[Robert Crawford]

What if they never release subsequent seasons due to poor sales?

Perhaps they should have priced them at a more reasonable price. Frankly, the dvds are good enough for me.

 

[Richard V]

^
This

 

[Steve...O]

+2

 

[Will Krupp]

What if they never release subsequent seasons due to poor sales?

Quite frankly, at that price I don't care. If they think I'm going to spend between $600 and $1000 for the complete series of I LOVE LUCY on blu-ray they've got another thing coming.

SOMETIMES, DVD is good enough!

 

[Phil Crosby]

I got the entire series in that amazing DVD set for less than the cost of the first season -- discounted!

 

[Ethan Riley]

What if they never release subsequent seasons due to poor sales?

They're the ones who overpriced it, so boo hoo. And good luck trying to get B&M retailers to even carry it at that price.

 

[JohnMor]

It's a shame, because I would love to get I Love Lucy on blu-ray, but I can't do it at those prices. One season (at full retail) is nearly what I spent on Amazon to get the COMPLETE Dick Van Dyke Show on blu-ray, all five seasons! Granted, I caught it on a really good sale, but still. Sigh. What a lost opportunity, as I doubt they will ever complete the series.

 

[smithbrad]

It will be interesting to see how this all works out in the end.

The majority of the work has already been done (i.e. the HD re-mastering), so it isn't like with Star Trek where sales from each season may be needed to help fund the work required for the preparation of the next season. These don't have to have great sales for them to finish off the rest of the seasons.

So what is the point of the high price other than maybe to try and recoup the early re-mastering expenses already expended. But you would have to think the DVD sales provided that. And obviously these can't compare to the expense for what is going on with Star Trek. Another reason could be to try and establish a price point going further since they have a high potential of shows for re-release on blu-ray. Maybe they just figure the majority won't double-dip but the biggest fans will bite (like with Star Trek), so if sales are going to already be lower just get the most from those that must have it.

Image's prices were lower. but the kicker is Liongate with Little House on the Prairie on preorder at under $20 for the first season. CBS would have to take notice of that.

I have both on preorder just in case the price actually goes up, but I'm not sure I will go through with it, plenty of time to think about it before it is actually available. If CBS maintains this pricing strategy then at most I might end up with the first season of each. TAGS is the more important overall to me but it might be nice to have just the first season of ILL, if it truly does have more extras.

 

[Ethan Riley]

Yeah, Little House is $20, and they probably had to do a hell of a lot more work, I'm guessing.

 

[Moe Dickstein]

I think one of the best things about HD and Blu are seeing things like this and Dick Van Dyke in a quality that was never even dreamed of upon original airing.So this is the only reason I'd ever consider buying Lucy, in remastered HD. I almost bought the DVDs a bunch of times, but glad I didn't now.However they're smoking something with that price. When it comes down to maybe $30-40 a season, that's reasonable.

 

[MatthewA]

I'm waiting for a steep Amazon discount before I bite the bullet. I am going back to school and don't have time or money for expensive purchases like this.

 

[lukejosephchung]

Got an e-mail notice from Amazon...both of these releases have been delayed 4 weeks...new street date is May 6th...

 

[David Deeb]

Will get TAGS on BD one day, but not at the current price.