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<blockquote data-quote="alexpaige" data-source="post: 433384" data-attributes="member: 55379">What seems likely to me is that WB is determined to get everyone who wants to pay for the series (via iTunes etc) to pay for it once in SD and then pay for it again in HD.To do this, they need to first release it in SD, and have it available only in SD for an ongoing period before they then release it in HD and make everyone who wants it buy it again.This may sound cynical but it is something all the majors have done over and over in the past. Universal already had remastered HD versions of its Monster classics (Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolf Man et al) ready to go when it was still re-releasing the old unrestored prints on DVD over and over again. I think Dracula was released 3 or 4 different times in crappy prints on DVD before the restored version was (finally) released on Blu Ray. The restored version was being shown on European HD TV at the same time that the unrestored print was being re-released on US DVD!!!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="alexpaige, post: 433384, member: 55379"] What seems likely to me is that WB is determined to get everyone who wants to pay for the series (via iTunes etc) to pay for it once in SD and then pay for it again in HD. To do this, they need to first release it in SD, and have it available only in SD for an ongoing period before they then release it in HD and make everyone who wants it buy it again. This may sound cynical but it is something all the majors have done over and over in the past. Universal already had remastered HD versions of its Monster classics (Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolf Man et al) ready to go when it was still re-releasing the old unrestored prints on DVD over and over again. I think Dracula was released 3 or 4 different times in crappy prints on DVD before the restored version was (finally) released on Blu Ray. The restored version was being shown on European HD TV at the same time that the unrestored print was being re-released on US DVD!!! [/QUOTE]

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