2024/11/23
In 2025 Sliders turns 30! It is unbelievable how fast time goes by. Anyway, I think I've watched the first 3.5 seasons, I've never watched anything more than that. I really liked the premise, but I wasn't all good in my opinion, perhaps one of the reasons I did not continue to watch it. But it is also possible, it did not air for a long time in my country and when it came back, I wasn't aware.
This release, The Complete Series SD on Blu-ray, has been around for quite some time, about 8 years or so. I was aware of it, always in doubt if I should buy it. For a long time I didn't, but last week, I had a weak moment and I just did it, purchased it and the next day I had it in my hands. Yes it is standard DVD quality on Blu-ray. So, it means that a whole season fits on one disc! Because the first two seasons are shorter, they put these together on one disc, the other seasons all have their own disc. I have to admit, I do like the release visually that is, it is a media book, like a book, it has a back, it looks nice.
There is nice art on the discs, 4 main characters are on them, a bit strange I have to say, I miss John Rhys Davis' character on one of the discs. There is also a booklet in it, you cannot take it out, like a book it is bound. It is only in German unfortunately, because it is a German release, but the episode titles are also visible in English and it has some nice pictures in it.
So you must realize, this release will not give a better picture than the DVD sets, perhaps marginally with some upscaling by your Blu-ray player, but that’s it. If you have the DVD set, this set fits a few times in it so it is a shelf space saver. And for folks who never bought the DVD set, well, it saves space, you can binge a whole season without getting from your couch! The set of course has also English audio, but unfortunately not English subtitles. But only 4 discs for 5 seasons, that is pretty great.
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Final Word:
It not likely Sliders will ever get a true HD Blu-ray release, apparently most of the original material is gone, so it would almost impossible to rescan everything, plus, I think Sliders does not have that much of a following that it would make a profit. If there was a time to do it, it is 2025 because of its 30th anniversary, but then I think we already would have learned about it about by now because the anniversary is in March. So this set, it looks nice, it is very compact, a quality product but nothing more than that, DVD quality on Blu-ray, don’t forget that.
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