STARGATE Blu-ray Collection Unboxing & DVD Package Comparisons - SG-1, Atlantis, and Universe!
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- We just got our hands on the new Stargate Blu-ray collection from Visual Entertainment Inc.! In this video GateWorld's Darren Sumner will unbox the package and show you what's inside the brand new HD collection of all three Stargate series - SG-1, Atlantis, and Universe.
Then we'll do a comparison of the VEI release with Stargate's previous DVD releases, including a look inside the gold-box Collector's Edition of Stargate SG-1.
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THANKS FOR WATCHING! We're hoping to do more unboxings and other videos like this in the future. Let us know what sort of things you want to see on the channel.
Meanwhile check the links in the description above if you are looking to buy Stargate on Blu-ray, and stay tuned for our DVD / Blu-ray picture comparisons. We're hoping to have another long video ready next week, so you can see what these episodes actually look like with the upscaling on SG-1 Seasons 1-7.
Got in my save for later list may get this next month or the month after.
Hi Darren, you mentioned in the video that no such fatpak of season 9 and 10 of SG1 exist.
We did in fact get them here in Australia, my own OCD refused to buy the slimline 9 and 10 after committing to the larger format dvd release of S1-8.
Just for your own information that yes, such a pack does exist. It sits lovingly in my collection.
@@stuartpaull1540 In Canada, I could only find the slim cases for 9 and 10. Made my eye twitch.
Will they ever add the movies to it?
@@stuartpaull1540 Good to know! Thanks for letting me know. I've been trolling Google Images to see all the different DVD packages for the complete series around the world, but I didn't search individual seasons.
OH MY GOD SG-1 on Blu Ray. I have to get that. I already have atlantis on Blu Ray
Yes and Universe is in Blu-ray now.
plays on Blu Ray, not HD quality sadly.
You got problems, why don't you already have them and why did it take someone else triggering you before you had this idea? Is that all it takes to sucker you into buying something are you really that weak willed?
Upscaled crap
@@jamesmeppler6375 how do you know i don't. in fact I own 2 sets of SG-1 (1 to 8 and 1 to 10 + films) 3 copies of SGA, 2 x dvd and Blu Ray, and 2 full sets of SGU plus the special release Episode.
Shame they couldn't have added the movies also
Dang!
I think that’s what I’m waiting for
Do you mean Ark of Truth and Continuum? They have been available on blu-ray for years. Or do you mean in one package?
@@johncee853 It would have made more sense to have included them in this since Ark of Truth is the actual wrap up of the series.
@@BradLad56 Would have been fine with me.
Oh my ascended Ancients... I felt like i was watching someone unpacking a Holy Grail :) All of Stargate in one box.
Good video, thanks for posting it! I do like the contrast between all the various versions, I've recently taken to changing my packaging for all my various DVDs, and I too have the collector's edition SG-1 box, but I hated the accordion holder for all the reasons you stated plus I found that the cardboard was scratching the discs quite badly after a couple of ins and outs of each disc...
Which is why I kept the cool box, kept the booklet, but ditched the accordions and put all the discs in the set into 32 slimline disc holders (like the 3 in that season 9 set) and made new slipcovers for each case, used the old artwork as well. 32 slimline cases plus the booklet still fit in that same box just fine, much better way to go!
I'm ordering mines next week, right when Christmas ends. I'm glad I watched your video.
Thanks for watching! Glad the video was helpful.
Glad to see Universe finally getting a disc release for the second season.
I am very glad that you did this video I was not aware they brought out Stargate SG-1 on Blu-ray thank you
Its not real hd quality. Nothing is remastered but instead they used dnr to scrub all the film noise and mpeg noise away, downside is that it makes the image looks waxy.
Same next month or the month after I’m buying the box set of all three series
@@schwartzy65 even though they may one remaster it in the future if the fans want it enough. The reason why it’s not a full remastered is not enough fans wanted it so they didn’t do but if enough of us voiced we want a version of Stargate SG-1 series in HD they may do in theory.
@@jedipadwan20 mgm does t have the money, maybe if new series umps the interest but its still big if... Also star trek remastering showed everyone that remastering scifi show isnt worth it unfortunately, it costed 1 mil per episode and didnt sell nowhere near well enough so.
@@schwartzy65 still a possibility by the time it happens we might be dead an a new generation has it. An by that time they may have reboot the original series for a new generation that a feeling that could happen in the future when all the OG watchers of SG-1 are died and buried
I really am super glad that an updated blue ray release has come out. But given the lack luster cover art I'm definitely going to have to hear how you were blown away with the video quality because I've purchased so many versions over the years that spending another $120 on just SG-1 is still a hard sell unless they did a quality job at cleaning everything up.
I really look forward to the next video.
P.S. if you don't think I'm a real Stargate fan my pugs are Daniel Jackson and Jake O'Neill.
Thanks! I am capturing video samples today, and so far I've been pleasantly surprised by what I'm seeing from these earlier seasons.
The purchase made sense for me also because I don't own four of these seasons on physical media at all. And the bundle was a savings over buying them individually.
Actually remember buying the individual disc release as they came out at Hastings as they didn’t Cary the complete box sets anywhere around my area for a couple years
I could watch stargate over and over again, as it old episodes were always rerunning daily in Candada, but I still bought the sets to watch my favourite episodes anytime I wanted haha.
I hear that, and I do! I've watched some episodes over a thousand times by now.
I need to get this. I just really wish it came with the movies as well. Like a complete set.
In case you are not aware, both movies already have been released on blu-ray many years ago.
True ... But it would have been really nice to have had them included in the package. And the “Ark of Truth” is mandatory viewing to wrap up the Seasons 9 and 10 story arcs.
As much as I'd love to have SG-1 on Bluray, the weird artwork is enough to put me off this particular release. I don't mind waiting another 10 years for a more decent set. Probably sooner, seeing as a potential new Stargate is on the horizon to regenerate some hype around the shows.
I hope there’s not another series coming. Modern Hollywood is too woke.
I got a chance to watch some of the SG1 boxset. Not impressed. It's obvious the 1st 7 seasons are upscales. and since we know they have access to the original film elements I thought it was a lazy set. Really does need a Star Trek type makeover.
I actually have 2 sets of the original release DVDs of SG1 in the big boxes (have my Mom's now), along with the extra disk for the extended Threads eps. They definitely were space takers, but looked sooo nice. Here in Canada those came out at $105, but if you risked them not selling it and waited about 6 months they'd drop to $90. Fan that I am...never risked it. A lot of well worth it money and hours and hours of entertainment bound up in those glorious boxes. Honestly i was kinda miffed at the format change for those last couple seasons, cause they just looked wrong, and i couldn't afford to re buy them all. I WILL be getting this set though!!! (Never got to see SGU sadly, it's all my collection is actually missing) Can't wait!! Thanks for sharing to see the nicely designed packaging, minus the art. Lol
I decided to get the SG-1 dvd complete series on DVD even though I had the individual SG-1 DVD's I started to collect 19 years ago as it was much cheaper than buying Boxset's to replace the disc's that weren't playing properly.
Wow I am a big Stargate fan and I am so happy that I can buy the whole collection in Blu-ray. I also would like to get it in german language !
Attention it is possible that the US-import Universe Blu-rays are not region free ! So this complete box of the whole TV show (without movies) is maybe not good for europe.
Cool video very informative,I like the white dvd box very small easy to use
Yes I have the white version as complete SG-1 french dvd box. It's the best stargate package ever! I have also the SG-1 german special limited edition complete box which is very very beautiful from outside. But the dvds are in hard paper what is very very bad ! I puted all the dvds in 2 DVD-Books, they fit perfect inside the box, and the hard paper in thrash...
Thanks for watching!
The budget packaging makes me wonder if the early episodes are just cheap upscaling and not really higher resolution. I look forward to the content review.
They are. They're just upscaled to HD, not even 1080. VEI is a cheap budget release company, like Mill Creek Entertainment.
Thank You! I really need SGU S2 on BR! I loved this show the most ♥
Me too. SGU is the best Stargate
Where I live I bought them all from Future Shop (owned by Best Buy) as it was the only option if you didn't have a Costco card...same price either way. Sooo glad I have them!!
The one thing I don't like about jacket slips is that they can scratch up your discs over time
Yeah, I've seen a number of complaints about scratched discs from those cardboard sleeves inside the DVD Collector's Edition. Mine is relatively unused (I moved from the boxed sets to digital), so fortunately everything is still mint.
I bought two sets of the Gold Edition and moved all the discs to safe DVD albums. Just to be sure. 😁
One thing good about Blu-rays, is they are much much harder to scratch up like a DVD.
I've got 2 complete TV shows Frasier and The King of Queens which have cardboard sleeves and they scratched a lot of disc's so I bought them again with the large plastic cases, which are much better and I'm glad they didn't sell SG-1 in cardboard sleeves in the UK.
I was waiting for this!
My parents still have all 10 sg1 seasons in the big boxes. I can't wait to get this for my own collection.
i have all the big boxes of SG-1 and Atlantis, I have it in storage as i can't bring myself to sell them
Hi guys, I am from Luxembourg (EU), and I saw several times the whole Stargate TV show with DVDs in 2 languages, German and French.
I am disappointed that SG-1 seasons 1-7, the 16mm film reels, were supposedly not rescanned in 4K UHD/1080p and than remastered. Nevertheless, I will try to import this complete Blu-ray Box from the USA and watch Stargate in English language for the first time in my life. I have in german language the SG-1 complete Box Limited Edition, all Atlantis and Universe seasons individually and of course all the movies. Then I have in French language the SG-1 complete box with all movies and the Atlantis complete box.
I watched on Amazon.com and import is not possible for the time being. But that's not the point I wanted to make 😁
I watched SG since I was a kid and I love it, I'm so happy it's available on BluRay now because it's worth it! I watched in German on television and streaming sites and since 7-8 years I watch everything - if possible - in OV and damn it, Stargate in OV is really good. It is how it was meant to be, especially the jokes from Richard Dean Anderson 😉 Long story short: go ahead and watch it in English 😊
Greetings from Germany
@@johannesschiele1513 Thank you. I hope I will enjoy in english like you did. There are maybe other online shops where you can purchase it and import to Germany.
Attention it is possible that the US-import Universe Blu-rays are not region free ! So this coomplete box is maybe not good for europe.
@@daisyduck8593 well, that would suck a lot
@@johannesschiele1513 You can import sg-1 & atlantis from us because they are region free, and universe from uk or autralia because they are region b. At bluray-disc.de you can find the blu-rays with their specs...
Excellent unboxing review brother.
Great Review! I have all 17 seasons of Stargate on dvd plus I have Atlantis on blu ray and the picture quality is excellent. With SG-1 I started to buy it on dvd 19 years ago and I have the first 5 seasons in Boxset's and the rest I bought individual so they give information about each episode which is great compared to the complete series on dvd in the UK which just tells you the name of each episode. But I do hope they release the Stargate collection on Blu-ray as I'm a great fan.
Thanks for watching, Andrew!
I have the DVD set where each season is one of the standard jewel cases (plus one case for Childred of the Gods Final Cut). It will be interesting if it will look much better in upscaled. I'd be more hyped if they had remastered it - but on the other hand, remasters can go horribly wrong (Buffy)...
I just bought mine and it should be here by June 5th! Just got my Battlestar Galactica (2004 Reboot) complete series along with my Star Trek The Next Generation complete series! My next paycheck will include the original Battlestar Galactica series and Star Trek Voyager/Enterprise!
Just what I was looking for to understand why the DVD cases look different from each other on the collection I just bought on Ebay. Thanks! Now I can watch this great show in the comfort of my own home! As Col. O'Neill said to the reporter: "Technology."
Which did you purchase? Mine look nothing like those either yet Iam thoroughly happy with them. They're the white cases, one DVD case per season and nothing so huge or tiny.
@@danieltribley4557 It was a mix of all three -- the original large size for one season, the smaller size for a few, and the white re-releases that you mention for a few seasons. (See 22:15 in the video for an explanation.)
I've always wanted all these shows on Blu-ray thank you for the little video of showing it I might be looking into buying that on tax season LOL that's a decent price for that just to have season I watch that show non-stop the first one Stargate G1 and I've always wanted it on Blu-ray but it never came worth it to buy that tire thing I've never owned anything from Stargate on physical media because I've been waiting for an incomplete set like this what you just showed in your video definitely worth
They have been playing sg1 here on TV in Australia in hd 1080 resolution. Looked really good, hopefully these are the same quality.
I suspect so. Last year we also saw news of nice, upscaled copies airing on an HD channel in the Czech Republic. I suspect MGM might be licensing out either the same version that VEI has, or another upscaling job that is at least 720p.
Just ordered mine yesterday
Watching Universe again on streaming for the umpteenth time and angry with the compression artifacts. Looking forward to picking these up on BR.
Thanks for the post. I'm looking forward to your critique of the content of the blu-ray videos.
Cool! Thanks for sharing!
Nice I remember back in1995 when the show first started I was 11 years old and used to love watching this right now I just recently started watching it again ever since they put it on Netflix
You might be thinking of the movie which was released in 1994, the TV series didn't come out until 1997.
@@aarongreenfield9038 right 97 maybe I was thinking the movie time flies by
@@judeanaya414. Yes it does ;-)
The only physical media I have of Stargate is that gold box. I picked it up on Amazon years ago for only $50. While I'm very excited to watch SG-1 on BD for the first time, I'm actually more excited to own all of SGU in one format.
SGU was a stunning concept. I've been putting hours into interviews with Roger Penrose, who knows more about the universe itself than maybe anyone. The idea of intergalactic travel was years ahead of other series, and still is, though I guess The Expanse is touching on that with the ring gates.
I think the main problem with SGU was how boring the first half of the first season was. I realize now that it was just part of the full serialization of the narrative, but it was a big departure from the way SG1 and Atlantis had been presented and I don’t think audiences had been properly prepared for that. (There was also a backlash from fans at the time due to the abrupt cancellation of the much more popular “Atlantis” series.). Ironically, if these had been released 10 episodes at a time on Netflix the series would probably have been a big hit! (Of course Netflix would probably have cancelled it anyway following the third batch of 10 episodes. So I guess sometimes you just can’t win ...)
I'm a fan of stargate sg1, stargate atlantis and stargate universe, but for some reason in the uk there is 6 dvd's per season's 2 to 9 and 5 dvd's in season's 1 and 10. Because of the wait of each season you could only buy each season after the 6th dvd was released but i was to impatient so after season 5 came out i bought them individually so my sg1 collection is 61 dvd cases wide including the new version of children of the gods. I also have stargate atlantis on dvd and blu-ray and stargate universe on dvd. great review.
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I’d like to have that but I can’t justify spending $219 on it. The first season of MacGyver is available on Blu-ray and it’s absolutely amazing.
Thanks Darren!!
The SG1 DVDs are progressive scan, but the inverse telecine is imperfect so that there are often residual combing artifacts, particularly at scene changes. I gave up early on and just started using a brute force deinterlancing filter to make them watchable (even though most frames aren't interlaced at all). I wonder if these artifacts are transferred to the blu-ray or if they're cleaned up. If they aren't cleaned up, then having them up-scaled will make them impervious to any line-based deinterlacing filters, so you'll be stuck with the artefacts. This is what happened with the Farscape blu-ray release, which I ended up exchanging the for the UK DVDs. If SG1 has the same issue, I might have to stick with my Complete Collectors Edition DVD set.
The Universe blu-rays on the other hand, I am unreservedly excited about and will definitely grab once it is individually available. I've been in a 10 year rage about the missing season 2 blu ray, which looks to be coming to an end.
I still watch the SG-1 DVD's and I use HDR on my TV and I change the picture settings to get a better picture with the early season's and I hope they release the Blu-ray Boxset in the UK soon plus the movies.
For the record, I bought the blu-rays and they've cleaned everything up marvellously. Sure, there's a bit much DNR, but the picture quality is much better than the DVDs.
!!! I've been waiting for this for forever... when're the movies coming as well? Gotta have the whole collection ;). (Here's hoping it'll also come to Australia some time :\)
I’m assuming that since they are already on Blu-Ray they won’t be releasing them unless it’s in a multipack with Ark Of Truth, Continuum (and possibly the original movie). Although I’d also like to see it bundled with the Children Of The Gods Director’s Cut.
I got these blues separately but store them in the sg1 complete season case (I kept the bonus disc from the dvd set though
I have all of the stargate shows on dvd now I just got stargate universe on my birthday November 19th
Yes more unboxing.
I do like how my Stargate SG-1 DVD's have different character artwork on the seasons cover. It changes per season on which characters appear. Got Apophis on some. Jonas etc. I only have half of SG-1 on DVD though. And nothing else. I just stream them. But I do kind of want the Blu-Ray set.
In the UK there was the Stargate SG-1 DVD collection magazine which had two episodes on each magazine and run for I believe 70 issues.
wish someone would scan the DVD magazine and the US Stargate Magazines into PDF's and upload them on the net. The magazines had articles and some short stories to read about the characters. You can't find the stories anywherre except in the magazine which no one has scaned them
Keep the bonus disc from the dvd set those bonus features are still exclusive to that set, I already had Atlantis on blu so just got the sg1 and also universe for the 2nd half on blu and the dvd set box is big enough to hold the sg1 and original Atlantis blu ray plus one extra case with I stored the 4 extra’s disc and a copy of Origins in
As I say in the video, the Blu-ray set looks to have all the bonus features *except* the first Lowdown special.
So yep, my DVD set isn't going anywhere.
Thank you very much for this...makes my decision much easier. I have an odd question...can the three new cases fit in the Gold Collectors box? I have an extra box and LOVE it.
Yep, they should all fit with a little room to spare. You might fit some of the movie Blu-rays in there too!
@@GateWorldDotNet Thank you.
You forgot the most important problem with the DVD complete collection. Those crappy paper accordion disc holders also scratch DVDs. I bought that exact set new and had to get about five or six of my DVDs resurfaced. I bought a nice big disc album to replace it and just left the box a shelf as a showpiece. When I was transferring the dvds to the album noticed the majority of the dvds had scratches but luckily only a few needed repair.
yh in hindsight I should have got this full set, but at the time of release and purchase I had only seen Stargate SG-1, but now I have had to order Atlantis, which is fantastic much better than I was expecting and now having to order Universe separately and import to the UK as well ahhh, so much more expensive and VEI don't ship to the UK, sadness.
Surely there are other "budget" DVD companies that distribute to the UK and EU. I'm not sure why these sets have not shown up there yet. Unless MGM signed a deal that had VEI do all the upscaling and also keep the rights.
@@GateWorldDotNet I got the UK Atlantis release which was fairly good on price, but getting the SG1 set and Universe over here was a lot, SG-1 cost me around £190 and Universe I just got for £70 the other day. For both sets, it was $39 for shipping alone. Meanwhile, the UK Atlantis set was about £50. It's just annoying when I see that on VEI's website Universe is just $35, just £26, but hey, gotta do what you gotta do. I definitely should have got the full three series set hah ha.
@@GateWorldDotNet something I am interested in is: How is the VEI Atlantis blu ray release visually? Is it identical to the MGM release for the UK and the US or is it DNR'd? How's it look? If it did look different and you had both sets a comparison of those would be cool. I still think a DVD vs Bluray comparison for Atlantis and Universe could be good as it could get people to know what they are buying and get people to grab em maybe. For instance, I literally had no idea at all that there was an SG-1 blu ray release until I saw your comparison video last year, even though it is a show that I regularly watched on DVD and would often look for news on a blu ray, it entirely flew under the radar until that video, so I am really grateful for that.
Great unboxing review, thanks for all the info, because of you I got that set. To me, the packaging or cover art is really no big deal, just as long as the discs aren't scratched and the package is in great shape and does not get damaged in transit. Most package these days or movies or shows, looks kinda crappy, especially for new movies on Bluray, the covers look like a photoshop nightmare. I'm happy to have these shows on Bluray in a nice box set. As for the quality of Stargate SG1 o Bluray, it looks good to me, it's not perfect, but I mean even the Star Trek TOS and TNG remasters were not perfect, there's tons of issues with the picture sometimes or the effects. I am a fan of your channel and keep up the great work and providing us with fun and entertaining Stargate content.
Thanks for commenting! I hope you enjoy the set.
Oh damn I have to get these
this is an awesome show SG1and Atlantis
Awesome awhile ago I heard one of star Gate shows are coming back
Creator Brad Wright is sure trying! We have semi-regular updates here on the channel, and at www.gateworld.net/
I was always very happy with the white case DVDs of sg1. Wonder if the quality is any better than those. They weren't the bulky box sets.
Attention for EUROPE !!!! : It is maybe possible that the US-import/verion Universe Blu-rays are not region free ! So this complete box of the whole TV show (without movies) is maybe not good for europe. But you can get Universe Blu-rays from UK with Region B.
I never have understood why the UK got S2 and we didn't. And while it looks like you guys don't get this new set - I'm still jealous of that huge Kommando set. Payback? LOL
@@jeandiatasmith4512 Yeah very strange...
!!!! ATTENTION AGAIN !!!! In the bluray-disc.de database universe from us is region A only. the universe season 2 from uk exists in database but they say in comments that release was canceled... So in europe we can't watch the whole Stargate series in blu-ray. Unless you have a special player who can do that.
Universe Us import s1
bluray-disc.de/blu-ray-us-importe/10875-stargate_sgu_season_10_region_a_us_import_ohne_dt_ton
Universe uk import s1
bluray-disc.de/blu-ray-uk-importe/22253-stargate_sgu_season_1_uk_import_ohne_dt_ton
Universe uk import s2
bluray-disc.de/blu-ray-uk-importe/22277-stargate_sgu_season_2_uk_import_ohne_dt_ton
Attrntion again. As far as I saw in another video 2 US blu-ray version of Universe exists. The first version has only season 1 and spanisch audio and is region locked. The second version is this new version with the 2 seasons and as far as the guy in the vidro says region free ! So the complete blu-ray collection would may be good for import/export to all over the world...
This is what I have been waiting for, wish the SG1 cover art was better, very weird choice. It seems like it should have been easy to find some good pictures of the Gate and have it on there. Considering just making my own Cover for it, when I get it. Though I bet fans have already made better cover art for it already.
My concern is it maybe the censored version.
I'm always joking to my wife that the real reason we have Hulu without commercials is because it has all of the Stargate content. I'll be honest - I haven't used my blu-ray player in years now!
I’ve still got the old uk volume discs
Looks like I have a lot of work to do replacing my SG-1 DVD collection and converting this Blu-Ray version formatted for my HTPC.
I hope the video quality is done well.
I have to imagine these bluray releases must be more reliable than the DVDs, as well. I don't know what it was with those bigger-box seasons, but there was usually one (if not more) episode each season that had a flaw in the disc and would not play all the way through. You could sometimes get around it, by resetting the player and seeking past it, missing a scene or two where the flaw was. It was infuriating. Usually it happened long after I'd bought the set and was well outside the return window. Though I very clearly remember buying Season 4 and watching it immediately, and the season finale "Exodus" froze in the scene where Sam and Jacob describe their plan to blow up the star. I returned the season to Borders where I bought it, and they gave me a new one, only for me to find the exact same error in the exact same scene. Ugh. I gave up and just kept it. Later I found that if I played these DVDs in a PC with a DVD-ROM, the PC would try over and over again to get the scene to keep playing, and eventually it would (though it would skip a few seconds). Guess it required the power of a whole computer to deal with those flaws properly.
Never had an issues with my fat boxes. I actually just watched Exodus with no issues. Doing a full Stargate re watch right now.
Some discs have chemical residue from the factory on the outer edge of the disc. If you angle the the disc in light, you might see it. I had to clean like 4-5 discs total with some wet monitor wipes to watch it all. Both my sg-1 and Atlantis discs were affected.
According to my research, Stargate was shot in HD starting with Season 7 Episode 19 (Ressurection). I don't know whether the masters were already created in HD. Maybe someone can compare Blu-ray with DVD. In any case, from SG-1 Season 8 and Atlantis Season 1 onwards, both were filmed in digital HD and the masters were also created in digital HD. Before that, as far as I know, the first 3 seasons were shot in 16 mm. And seasons 4-7 in 32 mm film. However, as is known, no HD remaster has been produced yet. It could be that the 16/32 mm film rolls have already been digitally scanned in HD because the film gets worse as it ages. But as we already know, no one has done the work to HD remaster season 1-7 yet...
I got the full weekly mag Edition boxes, Bluray Atlantis, Season1 Bluray Universe S2 Dvd need the Bluray season 2 and -1-10 SG1 but I LOVE IT !! ^^ Peace.
I am sure the SyFy channel bonus not being owned by MGM is probably why it's not in it. Might cost more money to get it from NBCUniversal. The artwork could be because of likeness costs for Shanks. Happens sometimes for independent labels like them and Shout/Scream Factory. But I could be wrong on it.
The missing featurette is on the previous DVD release, and this one has all the others that also aired on Syfy. So I'd guess that's not it.
The actors' deals also already have this sort of thing built in for licensing and promotion. The studio can't be put in a position where they need every actor to sign off on packaging 20 years later.
Box art is huge turnoff, but if the material is the high quality offered on Prime, then I would consider it. Looking forward to hearing which Children of the Gods cut is included.
COTG is the original Showtime version (with nudity). On the whole the picture looks noticably better than what is streaming on Prime.
We need this set in uk
I used to think people were dumb for buying new box sets of stargate because it’s readily available to stream, but I noticed watching it on Prime there’s some weird “cuts” and even a few missing scenes.
Prime definitely has the best copies on streaming (16:9, upscaled, without the hard act breaks). But so far I've been impressed by the picture quality on the Blu-rays. Quite a bit better than streaming.
@@GateWorldDotNet Thanks for commenting here on the bluray video quality, which is what this is all about.
Also, there's never any guarantee that a streaming service will have it available forever. I work for a broadcaster who had several Disney channels including a vast on demand library, and they had to pull all of it when Disney+ launched. Also they're constantly having to end stuff when licensing ends. I like the business I work for, but if I like a show or movie, I'm gonna buy it on disc so I can keep it forever.
Prime has cut out a bunch of scenes including many of Carter's lines in Children of the Gods which is why I prefer the Netflix version, picture quality aside. Also all the Stargate shows will be leaving Prime at the end of this week.
@@LaurenceHuntKenora_Ontario I wasn’t saying that the Blu-ray Discs weren’t better quality, in fact I’m basically agreeing by admitting I’m not happy with the “streaming versions”, and I Used to think buying DVD’s in the new age of streaming was unnecessary.
I only own it all on DVD. I had the silver ones that came out in Europe. Never wanted to get rid of them. However, considering this big set will mean I get 10 out of 17 seasons in native HD and the other 7 in a decent upscale, I am really considering importing it and also tracking down Blu Ray copies of TAOT and Continuum. Haven't watched it in a while. Maybe it's time soon. As a kid this was my favorite sci if series next to Star Trek and Babylon 5 and the reimagined Battlestat Galactica
I did a Babylon 5 watch through and just finished a full Stargate watch through. Great stuff. Both of them. I love SG-1 though. Atlantis has some of the best single episodes and 2-parters of any any sci-fi out there. Some really great sci-fi in some of the stand alone episodes.
Yeah, these were all great shows. They hit that sweet spot between imagination and Limitation, where they could imagine so much and were restrained by the available technology which ended up focusing their stories. And at this point it's unimaginable that they did this with 22 episodes a year (or more!).
@@fgdj2000 Isn't it just so sad we only get like 8-10 episodes per season nowadays for really any show?
@@jonny-b4954 Yeah kinda. I also think it's bad for writers. In older shows you had a writing staff and they were there for years on end and younger writers were learning from more experienced ones (ideally) and would go on to (hopefully) become good showrunners themselves even and reach younger writers there. A show could grow and find its voice and when a couple of episodes turned out not good it wasn't that big of a deal at 22 or 26 episodes. And it not only pushed but also encourage new ideas and not repeating oneself. Nowadays it seems staff writers only work in short bursts for any given show and submit maybe 1-2 scripts at most and then the show is done. It's easier not to repeat yourself and therefore doesn't push creativity as much (which might sound contradictory) and when an episode or 2 in a season isn't good, it is already 25+% of the seasons. On the other hand they can take more time to really develop the stories and really make each episode pop. I bet it feels more like developing a movie or maybe in the case of Star Trek Strange New Worlds ten short movies rather than a television series.
Even sitcoms are now adopting this model. How I Met Your Father only has 10 episodes per season and while I don't think the show is Bad it isn't that excellent to warrant this little episodes and it always feels like you're watching half a season or less.
I was watching SG:1 in HD starting with season 3
How ?
@@daisyduck8593 My dad bought a 1080i tv by Toshiba in 2000 and SG1 was in HD on Showtime. He also installed satellite dishes so he had practically every channel you can have except for ppv.
@@daisyduck8593 Plus it's been on the epic channel in HD for at least a year before the blu-ray came out and the first episode is the Final Cut version.
Go read some of the reviews on amazon, especially for the SG-1 set - some good disclaimers from in-depth reviewers, particularly focused on the lack of 5.1 Dolby Digital output from these DVD’s. Aside from that, pretty much lack luster Bluray release. I think I’m going to pick up the SG-1 package regardless, but I wish the company that did this project had put a little more effort into it.
We've summarized a lot of these issues in the review summary on GateWorld.net (linked above). This release really needed more effort.
That said, if you can get past things like the SG-1 box art and the lack of stereo audio (which is a travesty, TBH), these episodes look great. I'm pleasantly surprised so far.
@@GateWorldDotNet I’m with you on that - I’m definitely going to get the SG-1 and Atlantis sets regardless. Thanks for making great content and keep us hungry gate fans fed:-)
@@GateWorldDotNet Thanks for the link. Helpful.
@@GateWorldDotNet Lack of stereo? It's mono? That is pretty disappointing.
Not mono, more like a stereo channel copied and pumped to all five channels. So... you've actually lost audio fidelity over the DVDs. Mine still work great, I think I'll wait until Disney buys this and actually spends the money to do it right lol
I have the Firefly HD upscale. It's... not watchable. Hope the noise reduction works!
active noise reduction is bad !
Objectively, this is probably the best Packaging since the 2016 Hobbit/ Lord of the Rings Bookshelf Box Set. Let me explain: generally, these bockest go for one of two things: efficiency and bombast deluxe feel. The Middle-Earth Collection goes for the latter and probably better than any other boxset I know. The faux-leather books, the wooden shelf, a replica of the red book complete with Alan Lee/ John Howe/ Daniel Reeve Pencis drawings.
This one goes for efficiency. And my, 17 seasons and 354 Episodes in these tiny cases, very secure in those soft sleeves that probably won't scratch at all ever. And still the Discs and booklets have all the info you need to navigate the discs. It's frankly awesome. I'm really honest here. It's a cheap low budget set with efficiency and usability as the only real criterium, but it utterly excels at what it sets out.
I've actually never seen any of these shows with the exception of an episode of SG-1 here and there on Comet. But I'm thinking once I'm done with Babylon 5 I'll dive head first into this, the blu ray set looks pretty good for the most part certainly better than the nightmare of that old dvd box set.
Glad to hear you are ready to jump into Stargate, Alex! I hope the episode guide on GateWorld.net is helpful as you move through the franchise.
I *lived* Babylon 5 in the 90s, and then immediately fell in love with Stargate. Lots of similarities in strong character development, humor, and a rich mythology.
@@GateWorldDotNet I'm about done with season 2 and even though I got 3 seasons left and a few movies I'm excited to watch it all over again with commentary.
The picture quality on Comet is horrible, you're better off watching SG-1 on Netflix if you have it. Amazon Prime had all three Stargate shows but their license expired last month.
@@ilurvemv that's why I hate streaming services, I can lose a show I'm in the middle of watching because a license expires or someone decides the show is offensive.
@@alexakaa.charlesross8919 Netflix should have it for at least a while since it premiered in December but there's drawbacks watching it there too, the picture quality isn't the best. I know Hulu has all three main SG shows but I don't subscribe. I'm mulling buying the first 8 seasons of SG-1 but I have no blu-ray player and watch on my laptop dvd player and I noticed Walmart is selling seasons 1-10 except season 8 pretty cheaply, about $8.99-9.99 per season, they're probably trying to clear them out. At that price range it's probably cheaper to buy it in disc form than subscribe to another streamer but I do think streaming is the most convenient format, the trouble is no streaming service will ever carry the show permanently because licenses expire eventually and aren't always renewed.
Thanks for doing this video but I'm pretty disappointed by the big shortcomings. Some of it seems so low effort. I'm not going to get this but if they fix the obvious issues, it'll be an easy buy for me
On the whole they look very good ... but VEI's cost-cutting measures keep popping up. Quality control being at the top of that list.
These hard plastic cases are great! Does any one know where you can buy empty ones?
I have Stargate Atlantis on bluray already. The original bluray release that I have has much nicer packaging in my opinion
I like the artwork on the discs themselves.
Yes. I want to save shelf space. So I bought the full white sets of SG1 & SGA, the collector's box set, the BD set of SG1 and both the DVD and BD versions of SGU, Ark of Truth, Continuum.....and 3 copies of the original Stargate movie (DVD Collector's, Anniversary and BD). Oh....and the DVD of the cartoon that shan't be mentioned. I maybe, just barely, have enough room for this new set. Although, I'm leaning to getting the individual shows, rather than the box set. I like the idea of the individual sleeves. And nothing beats the collector's gold box visually. (Pro tip: Take a picture of that stargate with a flash....and it look like an actual puddle.) So yeah...save shelf space!! LMAO
Are any of the movies included in this new Blu-Ray box set?
No, unfortunately. This set us just the television series.
@GateWorld How do I get these in Canada, I've tried like ten different options and I can't find this for sale?
Looks like the individual series and the complete Blu-ray collection are currently in stock at Amazon.ca: www.amazon.ca/Stargate-Complete-Seasons-Episodes-Material/dp/B08QW91MHH/
nice!
If you actually didn't point out that the gate was mirrored in on itself, I wouldn't have noticed. And yeah, a more appropriate image of the team should've been displayed.
I know you're not covering this topic but do you know what version of Children of the Gods is on the originally-released season 1 dvds that were first released? And also if those have the full version of Threads? Thanks!
Both the DVD edition and this Blu-ray set have the original Showtime version (16:9, with nudity) -- not the 2009 "Final Cut."
The Blu-ray has the longer version of "Threads" in Season 8 (with a running time around 64 minutes). This was excluded from the original DVD release, after which MGM did a disc replacement program by mail. So on DVD both versions are out there, and I couldn't tell you what version you'll get if you buy it.
@@GateWorldDotNet That's what I thought, thanks for confirming! Walmart (the actual Walmart warehouse, not a third party seller) has the individual original dvds of each season of SG-1 averaging $8.99-9.99 except season 8 which is either on backorder or sold out. I'm in no way a picture/sound snob and I have no blu-ray player so if I wanted to buy the show, I'd probably go with this which seems like a good value for a new or casual fan. The only problem is it looks like I won't know which version of Threads I'd get. :( I wonder if this late in the game MGM would still do a disc replacement if it's the shorter version but somehow I doubt it, they're probably out of discs by now or wouldn't reply. The irritating thing is I've never gotten to watch the full version of Threads because I watched for the first time on streaming and neither Netflix nor Amazon had the full version - I figured I could just pick up the dvds if they're that cheap (once they're back in stock) but now it looks like those are guaranteed not to have the full version either ugh.
Shame they couldn’t squeeze in Stargate origins in there as well.
I personally thought origins sucked so glad it’s not in there
Just go watch any high school drama performance. It's basically the same thing.
garGANtuan - lol. Regardless, I’m a completist. 😄
I really liked Stargate Origins myself. I would of hope it would’ve been in there also.
@@CulturePhilter if we the fans who like origins demand or something then they may release that set with all the series and movies and with a remastered version of SG-1
think I am going to wait for official release from MGM/Amazon
Do you know it is there will be a European Union version with subtitles
I don't know just yet, and VEI has not responded to our inquiries. We'll definitely report on international availability if we can get the answer!
Heeeuuu I actually have the complete collector’s french edition, should I sell ?
im reading reviews that the quality is poor upscaling, I hope not... i was so happy watching this :(
I’m sure it’ll at least be better than the streaming versions especially Netflix’s.
I've been pleasantly surprised by the picture in what I have watched so far. It's not a true HD remastering, so don't expect the quality to match other Blu-ray shows and movies in your library. But it's a big improvement over streaming and SD DVDs.
@@GateWorldDotNet when you do next video, let us know if subtitles are included in the early seasons as i have a deaf member in the family :)
@@therealcobra24 Subtitles essential. Amazon.ca (better price than VEI in Canada, and they sell through VEI) does not indicate if there are subtitles, and the VEI site also seems to be lacking subtitle information.
I heard the audio is a complete hash... they took the 5.1 on the original dvds, copied the left and right channels and copied them into a fake 5.1 stereo channel. I ain't buying it like that!
We can't get this Blu-Ray release in the UK with that I wish I could get them considering these are my childhood with that which my Grandad and I watched it would mean the world to me like my Atlantis Blu-Rays do
Same, I have the Atlantis blu-ray. SGU got the 1st season on blu-ray and that's it. I do hope one day we get all of SG1 and SGU on blu-ray.
Does the SG1 box set not have Ark of Truth and Continuum?
Nope. The movies have always been sold separately. AOT and Continuum do have Blu-ray releases, but unfortunately I think COTG: Final Cut does not.
Atlantis has been on blue ray for a while now
Australia actually had seasons 9 and 10 available in the traditional 5x standard case wide boxset, as well as the slimmer versions. But they were definitely phasing out the wide boxsets by then and the wide S9 and 10 were hard to come by. I had to hunt around for them in order to keep the consistency in my collection. :p
Yep! I bought each season as they released and have 9 and 10 in the larger box sets so can confirm they did exist, at least in Aus.
Curious if they upped the quality on the early seasons compared to what’s on Netflix
A big fan does not watch Stargate on Netflix but only best quality...
These are a thousand times better than what is on Netflix -- which has 4:3 copies in 480p and lots of compression artifacts. If you are streaming (in the U.S.), Amazon Prime is currently the place to go ... although they currently have all three Stargate shows listed as leaving the service at the end of February.
SG-1 is now sold out at the Amazon link but I expect VEI will restock?
I would think so. AFAIK it is still in print, and I would guess it's probably selling well for VEI.
@@GateWorldDotNet If they're going to restock on Amazon, they should do it before the scalpers go truly wild. I've already seen someone advertising the blu-ray set on ebay calling it "rare" and jacking up the price to $400, lol the idiocy.
I didnt think it would ever happen
Is the Threads episode the expanded version or the Syndicated version for Season 8?
Confirmed it's the longer cut, with a running time just over 60 minutes
@@GateWorldDotNet awesome
It's so unfair that this isn't available here in Finland 😭
By the way, funny thing I noticed for anyone balking at the price (not that I'm saying you should buy this) but out of curiosity I checked a few other stores to see if this is available and how much and Walmart is selling the entire series collection for $279 - but is the dvds, not even blu-rays. Talk about a rip-off, seems clear to me Walmart is trying to price-gouge when they're charging $79 more for dvd discs than the $200+ price for the blu-ray discs.
What I would like is a legitimate and legal way of purchasing digital copies that you can download and keep on your own media server like Plex. Having boxed versions is cool from collector's PoV, but from user experience point of view it's awful. Nowadays when you can have a media box in your closet and then access it from any device in your house or even from outside.
Steam did something like this for games. Time to do it for shows and movies and music.
And no, streaming platforms is not the same, as you don't own the data, they just let you peek at it for a limited amount of time, and can take it away at any moment or go out of business. Not the same.
I've also been surprised at how much better these 1080p Blu-rays look over the episodes that Amazon streams. Even with a strong Internet connection, streamers are still going to compress what they are transmitting to you.
@@GateWorldDotNet Of course they will, they are targeting at mass user, and thus they have a cap on bandwidth they can offer. Like for netflix that's what, 5mbps for 1080p stream on average? You need around 10-20mbps for good quality 1080p video, sometimes even more than that. Not even talking about 4K. There's also probably an issue of storage space, they do need to hold all those videos somewhere, and increasing their average bitrate would exponentially grow their storage space requirements. But for a home network it's all fine, almost everyone has 1gbps LAN, so you can easily stream 4K 200mbps videos from your own NAS.