DVD : Smallville - The Complete Sixth Season [Blu-ray]

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Rating:

- Smallville leaps forward
Living in Australia, we haven't really been able to watch Season 6 constantly. We got up to Arrow and then it was taken off and was recently put back on, and has now been taken off again (Static being the last ep that we will see for a while), I thought I should buy the Blu-ray release. I did get to watch all of Season 6 via downloads, but I must say being able to watch this incredible series at my leisure on Blu-Ray was an awesome experience.

As other people have stated picture quality was good, but it did get grainy in certain shots, but that's nothing to deter from the show itself. Sound was really good.

What I found interesting was the little insert that WB put in the package indicating that the Blu-Ray was manufactured to the highest quality possible, yet it was the same HD-DVD transfer that was used. WB could have done a different encode for the Blu release, but I'm still a happy camper.

Rating:

- SMALLVILLE = AWESOMENESS
i love smallville, and this blu ray is a vast improvement over the hd cable version. the only problem is the dumbed down version that wb gives because they don't want to give blu ray the optimal transfer and simply port the lowest common denominator (hd dvd). there is some digital noise. the lack of uncompressed audio is a dissappointment, but its still great. and i love smallville.

Rating:

- The (young) Man of Steel on Blu-Ray
I'm just going to comment on the Blu-Ray aspects of season 6 of Smallville. The episodes in Blu-Ray look better than when they are broadcast in HD on my local CW station, but not much better. I'd say the Blu-Ray transfer for this product isn't as high grade as on some other Blu-Ray discs I've seen. The sharpness and clarity doesn't extend to the backgrounds much of the time in dark or color packed scenes. But I'm pretty darn sure this season looks MUCH better than my standard DVD versions of seasons 1-5 of Smallville.

And, no matter what, I'm sure Smallville season 6 looks better on Blu-Ray (and is just plain BETTER) than the abysmal movie "Superman Returns."

Rating:

- Menu Mess
When going to a disc menu on the Blue Ray version of the sixth season of Smallville, the only choice is special features of selected scenes. There is no choice to go to a specific episode on a disc.
On the HD version the episode titles are numbered with a time and out of order on at least one of the discs. Titles around 42 minutes are episodes. Titles around 25 minutes are special features. Titles around two minutes are deleted scenes.
On the regular DVD version the disc menus have named episode choices.

Rating:

- Smallville... Finally On Blu-Ray...
Being an avid fan of Smallville, and after owning the series thus far on DVD, and also viewing it on an upconvert player, I decided to purchase the Blu-Ray version, just to see what the differences were between the two formats. After having viewed an episode on blu-ray, I must honestly say that the picture and sound quality was nothing short of amazing. The palette of colors were incredibly vibrant, and the sound in dolby digital 5.1, gave my speakers a definite run for their money. I highly recommend the blu-ray format in favor of the standard edition, provided that those of you who own, or are considering the purchase of a blu-ray player.

The only disappointment that I feel, is that Warner Bros. did not release the other seasons on blu-ray as well. Now I may not be an expert, but I do know about sound and picture quality, and believe me, you will not be disappointed with the hi-def edition of this series.

Bravo Warner Bros... Now please, keep them coming...

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