Sunday, July 31, 2016

River City 2016 - Disc 2

The latest from the popular Scottish weekly drama serial.

Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Wayward Pines - Disc 2

Agatha Raisin

After appearing as a Boxing Day special a couple of Christmases ago, Agatha Raisin was developed into an eight episode series. This crime comedy-drama is loosely based on the M.C. Beaton character, with new stories in a modern setting. Starring Ashley Jensen as Agatha with Katy Wix, Mathew Horne and others, including Lucy Liemann who we haven't seen too much in the past few years.


Wentworth - Disc 4

Australian female prison drama Wentworth returned for a fourth series.

Tuesday, July 26, 2016

Ripper Street - Series 4

As you probably know, a fourth series of Ripper Street was produced but was available only by streaming on Amazon Prime. The six episodes were made available back in late January to early February. 
Since then quite a few people have asked me about it.
I have HD .mp4 1280 X 720 recordings of the first five episodes, but they will not convert to .avi files without sending the audio extremely out of sync (beyond repair) with the video.
The 6th episode from the same set contained many glitches of all sorts, but I do have an alternative
recording that is HD .mp4 848 X 480 with synced audio/video, but the video suffers from dropped frames which creates a slightly herky-jerky movement of the action. It was probably recorded with a cheap home DVR that could not process the data fast enough for HD.
I copied the 6 episodes to a USB flash drive and plugged it into a Samsung TV and they played great.
My Mediasonic HomeWorx media player/recorder died a few months ago so I can't plug the USB flash drive into it to see if they play on that, but they should.
Since I can just connect a flash drive or hard drive directly into the TV I have no need to replace the Mediasonic HomeWorx player.
If anyone would like a copy of those files they require two discs.

For those of you still living with DVD players, etc. the series is being released on DVD in about two months. You can pre-order it on Amazon. The DVD is about $30 and the Blue-ray version about $35.
That's Region 1 discs. To date, I'm not aware of any forthcoming availability in Region 2 or 4.
There have also been some reports that the series will air on BBC One sometime in the future. The 2nd and 3rd series were aired in late Autumn, so perhaps in late November? We'll have to wait and see. If so, then some .avi recordings may become available. 
There are also a couple people selling this on iOffer.


Thursday, July 14, 2016

Birds update

A couple people have asked if I knew if Birds of a Feather had been commissioned for another series. It's been reported that it has been slotted for another 8-episode series, but it most likely won't air until 2018. However, in the meantime they will return with an hour long Christmas special later this year.

Tuesday, July 5, 2016

Goodnight Sweetheart

Goodnight Sweetheart is returning for a one-off special. Let's see......when we last saw Gary back in 1999 he was trapped in the year 1945, I believe. So he should now be stuck in the year 1962.