The Tudors: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Review & Comments

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Reviewed by Simon Crust, 7th October 2008
Creator/writer Michael Hirst has brought history to life like no one before him with a thoroughly engaging and entertaining series. This is far more than the Henry VIII of the history books, the very nature of the man and the time in which he reigned is examined and whilst some is no doubt fanciful the mixing of fact and fiction has never before been so accomplished. The cast is universally excellent as is the set design and overall look is beyond reproach, making for a series that is eminently watchable and appealing. The series works on many levels be it historical drama, intrigue, political or just plane sexual with such strong story lines bringing you back for more. And if it inspires you to look further into the characters and history itself then so much the better.

As a Blu-ray set Sony have really delivered the goods with the stunning picture, this is how the format should always look, sound is very good, if not exceptional, but the extras department is rather lacking. However the series is of a calibre that this can be overlooked and enjoyed for what it is.
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Any idea of the framerate of this seeing as it was made for TV - 1080p25 or 1080p23.98? Presume if shown on BBC HD it has been 1080i50 which is pretty hard to get to from 1080p23.98....
 
Any idea of the framerate of this seeing as it was made for TV - 1080p25 or 1080p23.98? Presume if shown on BBC HD it has been 1080i50 which is pretty hard to get to from 1080p23.98....

Hi scumball. :)
Shot @ 1080p/25 :smashin: so will be on the disc @ 1080i/50.
All the best.
 
Review states "Widescreen 1.78:1 1080p / AVC MEPG-4" so presumably on at 1080p25?

Not sure mate :( i always thought it had to be stored @ 1080i/50 on the disc.
I could be wrong of coures. :)
 
Any idea of the framerate of this seeing as it was made for TV - 1080p25 or 1080p23.98? Presume if shown on BBC HD it has been 1080i50 which is pretty hard to get to from 1080p23.98....

I am in the process of finding out exactly and will report back when I know for sure

Regards

Simon
 
Any idea of the framerate of this seeing as it was made for TV - 1080p25 or 1080p23.98? Presume if shown on BBC HD it has been 1080i50 which is pretty hard to get to from 1080p23.98....

Season One was [email protected] (or 1080p@24) on Blu-ray. Presumably Season 2 will be no different.
 
After testing this disc we can confirm that it is 1920x1080, 1080p, 23.98 fps.

Regards

Simon
 
After testing this disc we can confirm that it is 1920x1080, 1080p, 23.98 fps.

Regards

Simon

I'm surprised to be honest - not having seen this in HD on BBC I wonder whether anyone noticed any frame jumping or other adverse effects. It's pretty hard to get a good 23.98 to 25 conversion....without speedup.
 

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