More episodes on Blue Ray than DVD

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Jester4584

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I was just wondering whether Blue Ray box sets, have less disks than DVD ones.

Say I buy a Lost Blue Ray box set for example, would I have all the episodes in standard definition on just one disk, saving space, or do the manufacturers just use the extra space for extra features and high definition.

At the moment I have a very quiet and small DVD player which I like, but I would also intend to buy things like Lost box set's.

I'm not really bothered about high definition and would only want to move up to Blue Ray if say I could have six disks in one master box set, with every episode of Lost on it.

Having never used Blue Ray, I would be grateful if anyone who has it, or both, could advise me. I don't want to buy them in DVD, only to have to upgrade in the future, i.e. paying twice.
 
To answer your question specifically, you won't get the entire season in SD on a single disc.

But, that said, I think it's a good idea actually.

I doubt it would happen though, because the studio would want you to pay the over-inflated price for the 6 disc set, rather than a smaller price for a single disc.
 
Taking Lost as an example;

Both DVD and Blu Ray for, say, seasons 1 & 2 have 7 discs each, the 7th disk containing special features.

Other than the increased BD visual & sound quality, the main difference between DVD & BD is the packaging. The DVRAB consists of 7 seperate thin cases in a carboard box. The BD disks are all in one case, so it's much slimmer.

Having said that, if I were you I'd wait for the complete series box set which will be due out sometime later this year.

And it depenRAB on the series. Firefly DVD has 4 disks, the BD has 3.
 
The US Lost Bluray of season 3 uses one less disc than the UK set.

I have the US set and my son has the UK one and the only disc with identical contents is the extras disc.

The US set has 5 episodes per disc instead of 4

Don't forsee a market for sd on Bluray.
The extra space is required for the HD video

Although the US Bluray boxset of The Wizard of Oz has used the second Bluray disc for sd extras - hours of them.

Only the menus on disc 2 are HD , not sure if the UK set has a second disc
 
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