Game of Thrones: Complete Series (Blu-ray)

Game of Thrones Blu-ray setI purchased this set to replace my Season 1-6 and Season 7 and Season 8 DVD sets. In what follows please accept my apology if I have recalled something incorrectly. I found the set excellent and worth the price of admission, but I’d like to describe some “interesting” features of the set.Realize that it is a huge set that includes 33 discs. When my set arrived I found that at least one-third (yes, about a dozen) of the discs were loose in their cases. I don’t know if this occurrence is a comment on the less secure Blu-ray cases (to me, they seem less so than DVD cases), a poor packaging for shipping job, or unusually rough handling during shipping. One corner of the slipcase cover was slightly “accordioned” but not very noticeable. All discs looked fine on inspection and all episodes (I viewed them all) plus all features (that I have viewed this far) have played without error.Obviously the video and audio quality far exceeds the DVD set that I have and that alone (plus having all eight seasons in one enclosed package) was worth the purchase. But read on, if you wish…The weirwood tree animation at boot up of each disc is cute though it sometimes doesn’t get a chance to actually animate each time (your mileage may vary depending on your equipment.) But the momentary static “languages available” image at the start of each disc seems a bit unnecessary and maybe even a little irritating, but perhaps some may need it.Drop down “house banner” menus are neat but they are translucent and so is the text on them so they are not easy to read over the moving video montage that is presented behind them. Also, not a big deal, but they retract after 60 seconds if not acted upon. Of course, you can open a banner again, but don’t be surprised if it disappears after you return from grabbing refreshment.All the original DVD extra bonus features provided are present along with several new features. Most are indeed “behind the scenes” video features, but some are text and still animation images, some are voiced-over by the characters (not sure these were provided by the actors or not) and some are just text you walk through and read. Nice extras but not as good as the bonus video features provided.The extra 3-disc bonus set is excellent with a two-part “Game of Thrones Reunion” feature, Anatomy of a Scene” (for Seasons 4,5,6,7), “Behind the Scenes” (for Seasons 1, 2, 4, 5), “Inside the Visual Effects” (for Seasons 1-7) and “Season 7 Deleted Scenes”. There are similar features scattered throughout the sets and I have not viewed them all…yet.The “Conquest & Rebellion” feature on disc 3 of the Bonus Features set is long (ten chapters) and yet quite interesting, though consisting of slightly animation-enhanced high quality static images and character voice-overs. (Again, perhaps not done by the actors.) Note that once you select a chapter the history continues to play through the following chapters unless you interrupt it (that is, you can’t play “one and done”.) I found it useful to have subtitles on during the feature. It gives a fairly thorough overview of the 300-400 years of history before the Game of Thrones timeline began.Starting with Season 4 and after “Dolby Atmos” audio support is available, although I don’t have the equipment to determine the difference. But the enhanced audio is certainly available. The Bonus Features set does not support Dolby Atmos (who cares?)The ability to walk through the Episodes menu and select any episode from the entire season then be prompted to insert the correct disk if the selected episode is not on the current one is a nice little feature. It is not available on the Season 7 and 8 sets for some reason.I am sure you will enjoy this entire Blu-ray set of Game of Thrones!

Great gift for my sons birthday.

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Good!

Arrived in perfect condition and having the whole collection meant I was able to catch up on all the missed episodes in my leisure.

I was concerned because some people complained about certain discs not working. I'm in the fourth season and so far, so good. I have to admit I don't care for the way the disc works as far as remembering where I left off, etc. It is cumbersome to me compared to others I have had. It also offers a number to choose from on the disc menu, and since it doesn't start where you left off, you choose an episode, and it comes up with "insert next disc". What a waste of time, if it's not on that disc, don't offer it. Just a lot of work with this specific game of thrones series. But the discs play fine so far once you start viewing the episodes.

Great for binging on cold nights.

Packaging of this 4K UltraHD set is the worst. As you can see on the attached images - each spindle has 2 disks laying on top of each other- back to front. This is terrible- especially for high density laser disks. See, unlike DVD’s the data on UHD blu-ray disks is stored not beneath the lens, but on the very top layer. This is why manufacturers apply anti-scratch protection on the blu-rays. Any scratch can kill your movie- especially the radial scratch that can occur when you store 2 disks on the same spindle back-to-front!Upon opening these disks and seeing how poor the design of these cases is I went to carefully check if any of the disks are scratched. Sure enough- I found at least 2 disks with radial scratches. One disk was still playable but another one was not. Season 6 episodes 8 and 9 are not watchable! On a brand-new 4k collection set, that was purchased brand-new, straight from Amazon.See the scratches for yourself! It was not easy to take proper pics with my phone, but I was able to capture the important points, I think. I stopped checking after confirming that Season 6 Disk 3 is unplayable on my LG UP875 4K Blu Ray Player. Buy at your own risk, you’ve been warned! I’m returning mine!