I’d love to watch it (I only caught a few episodes when it was first on TV), but I haven’t been able to find a cheapy DVD boxed set nor a useable copy on the dodgy streaming sites :-/
Here. If you want it legally, at least. Believe it or not, Pirate Bay has the fandom-produced 1080p upscale. It looks really good, whoever did the render really put some love into it.
Yes, the new bluray version is the one to get. It is based on the original analog film which is high definition (heard it was closer to 2k ish). This is the same as the version that was available on HBO a few years back.
The old DVD version was a cropped (and stretched) version of the tv broadcast version which was cropped from the original source. Anything based on that will look pretty bad.
The only thing that is lower resolution in the bluray version are the scenes where actors and CGI are mixed. They lost the original 3d models so there were no cheap and easy way to fix those.
I can also recommend the Lurkers Guide viewing order. There are also some tips on episodes that can potentially be skipped.
Thanks, unfortunately the shipping on a boxed set from the US would be brutal :-/ (and the last thing I bought direct from the US got “lost” at customs)
I’m not able to torrent stuff because I live in the middle of nowhere and use my phone for internet … the dodgy streaming sites have been a godsend TBH, since I can nibble lower res copies of things one episode at a time without the expectation of seeding :-)
I’d love to watch it (I only caught a few episodes when it was first on TV), but I haven’t been able to find a cheapy DVD boxed set nor a useable copy on the dodgy streaming sites :-/
It’s available for free with ads, though thankfully the ad breaks are where they are supposed to be, on Tubi
Thanks for the tip, unfortunately tubi isn’t available in my country and when I’ve tried going through a proxy I’ve run into problems :-(
They say piracy is an access/service problem, not a price problem.
https://www.amazon.com/Babylon-5-Season-1/dp/B000I5SYHS
Here. If you want it legally, at least. Believe it or not, Pirate Bay has the fandom-produced 1080p upscale. It looks really good, whoever did the render really put some love into it.
It looks like there is an official 1080p Blu-ray. Is the fandom version better, or is it just that it came first?
Blu-ray is way better. I checked.
Yes, the new bluray version is the one to get. It is based on the original analog film which is high definition (heard it was closer to 2k ish). This is the same as the version that was available on HBO a few years back. The old DVD version was a cropped (and stretched) version of the tv broadcast version which was cropped from the original source. Anything based on that will look pretty bad.
The only thing that is lower resolution in the bluray version are the scenes where actors and CGI are mixed. They lost the original 3d models so there were no cheap and easy way to fix those.
I can also recommend the Lurkers Guide viewing order. There are also some tips on episodes that can potentially be skipped.
https://babylon5.fandom.com/wiki/Viewing_Order#lurkers
Thanks, unfortunately the shipping on a boxed set from the US would be brutal :-/ (and the last thing I bought direct from the US got “lost” at customs)
I’m not able to torrent stuff because I live in the middle of nowhere and use my phone for internet … the dodgy streaming sites have been a godsend TBH, since I can nibble lower res copies of things one episode at a time without the expectation of seeding :-)