Credit subject to status, UK residents only, Entertainment Magpie Limited t/a Music Magpie acts as a broker and offers finance from a restricted range of finance providers, PayPal Credit is a trading name of PayPal (Europe) S. By the time Season Four arrived, Arri was well established and fully-digital workflows were far more common. Some were closer than others, but they’d all been through this taxing ordeal together, and since the Special was shot during their final season, everyone is a bit wistful about it coming to an end. All seventy-three episodes are included on thirty 4K Ultra HD discs, which actually do include significant special features too. Aside from that, it does appear that all of the previous wide-release Blu-ray extras have carried over.

Game Of Thrones - Seasons 1-8 - JB Hi-Fi Game Of Thrones - Seasons 1-8 - JB Hi-Fi

Each episode was larger and more epic, but the series’ writing team had successfully cracked that ten-episode narrative pacing.The first three seasons were shot in 10-bit 4:4:4 at 1920x1080 resolution using then prototype ARRI Alexa cameras (save for a bit of footage in the first episode that was actually shot on 35 mm film, left over from HBO’s original failed pilot).

Game of Thrones Blu-ray Box Set Limited Collectors Edition

As betrayal, lust, intrigue and supernatural forces shake the four corners of the Kingdoms, their bloody struggle for the Iron Throne will have unforeseen and far-reaching consequences. Initially, the company includes Sean Bean ( The Lord of the Rings), Mark Addy ( The Full Monty), Lena Headey ( Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Emilia Clarke ( Solo), Kit Harington ( Spooks aka MI5), Peter Dinklage ( The Station Agent), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau ( Nightwatch), Charles Dance ( Alien 3), and many more.Season 8 episodes are: 'Winterfell', 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms', 'The Long Night', 'The Last of the Starks', 'The Bells' and 'The Iron Throne'. HDCAM SR has an HQ recording mode that provides an 880 Mbps video data rate with low compression, so the detail visible in the Ultra HD image is improved a bit; it’s rock solid, tighter-looking, and much less noisy than the previous Blu-ray presentation. The DTS mixes were also a bit more biased to the forward portions of the soundstage, but the Atmos sounds smoother and more balanced.

Game of Thrones: The Complete Series [Blu-ray] [2019]

All 73 episodes from all eight seasons of the HBO medieval fantasy drama based on the bestselling novel series 'A Song of Ice and Fire' by George R. He's the creator and author of Collider's "How the MCU Was Made" series and has interviewed Bill Hader about every single episode of Barry. The final seasons of the series were finished in 4K to begin with, while the earlier seasons were upsampled to create new 4K DIs. Packaged in a visually striking wooden shadow box case (complete with knife cuts here and there for good measure), the individual seasons are actually panels that make up a beautiful scene inside crafted by Robert Ball, with each season focused on a different moment from the show. Season 3 episodes are: 'Valar Dohaeris', 'Dark Wings, Dark Words', 'Walk of Punishment', 'And Now His Watch Is Ended', 'Kissed By Fire', 'The Climb', 'The Bear and the Maiden Fair', 'Second Sons', 'The Rains of Castamere' and 'Mhysa'.We use cookies to give you the best possible experience on our site, provide personalised content and advertising, analyse our traffic, and ensure you see more of what you love. First, as mentioned above, Thrones is based on a series of novels, but material from those novels ran out in Season Five. It’s easy to forget now, but Game of Thrones was the first hour-long HBO drama to be captured entirely digitally.

Game of Thrones: The Complete Collection (4K UHD Review) Game of Thrones: The Complete Collection (4K UHD Review)

Another problem was that Season Seven was just seven episodes, rather than the usual ten, and Season Eight was only six. So if you want that scene as originally broadcast, you’ll want to hang onto that first Blu-ray set in particular.

There’s no doubt whatsoever that every single episode of this series looks better in 4K than it did on Blu-ray, and the later seasons are significantly improved. Then I ended up watching all ten episodes in a single sitting, and became a loyal viewer for the remainder of the series’ run. It’s a restrained grade, but one that makes the colors richer and more nuanced, while deepening the shadows and adding a more natural luminance to the highlights.