Heroes - Season 1 [HD DVD]

Buy This Item Heroes - Season 1 [HD DVD] by National Broadcasting Company (NBC)  Available from Amazon  $69.95  on 8-27-2008     Discover the phenomenon that is sweeping audiences everywhere as Heroes: Season 1 comes to DVD! Experience the suspense, mystery, and electrifying twists as this astonishing series follows seemingly unconnected, ordinary people around the globe who discover they have extraordinary powers. As they come to terms with their unique abilities, their risky decisions will affect the futures of everyone around them …and the world. Join their epic journey in this seven-disc set packed with hours of fascinating and revealing bonus features, including the never-before-aired series premiere from show creator Tim Kring. Reader Reviews I'd like to say first that this is without a doubt the best presentation of Heroes season 1 available. The video quality of these discs is far superior to the NBC broadcasts, but still leaves something to be desired. The disc come packaged in a handsome box set, smartly packaged on their boards instead of being stacked. The visual quality of each episode seems to vary greatly. As is often the case with material shot on high def, lighter scenes tend to look great, while very dark scenes are plagued by grain and other video noise. Make no mistake, these episodes all look great. Colors are vivid, contrast is sharp, and there are few instances of compression artifacting (commonplace when dealing with highly compressed digital video). This set also boasts some nice special features. The commentary tracks often include several cast members along with the standard writer director combination. This seems to keep the commentaries from ever growing stale or too technical, as the cast brings more a lay persons reading to the tracks. The other bonuses, e.g. which superhero are you, are okay, but nothing special. When HDDVD was still a valid format, one of the few advantages it had over BLU-ray was it's support of web-enabled content as well as support for multiple video streams. Take a look at the fast and the furious HDDVD special features; you can customize a car with your remote, apply the changes to a specific scene, and watch your car cruise around seamlessly integrated into the movie. That was amazing. On these discs the potential of the HDDVD's bonus content capabilities are largely overlooked. Specifically the online content is really nothing more than a slow webpage. For me these discs weren't great, merely "good enough". These are clearly a step up in terms of visual quality from the HD broadcasts, but they don't really wow me the way other HDDVD releases did. To reiterate good, but not great. Worth buying if you are a heroes fan and don't want to wait for the blu-ray releases.

Heroes - Season 1 [HD DVD] Available from Amazon Price: $69.95 Updated on 8-27-2008.

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