Season 1 on Blu-ray

Released: Oct 30, 2018
Discs: 5
Format NTSC Widescreen
Sound: Dolby Digital, stereo
Subtitles:  English, French, German
Dubbed:  French, German

Extras: None


Season one in full HD quality. Remastered from the original film stock.

I'm very excited about this! It makes me so glad I waited.

I'm totally rewatching this show from beginning to end again once I can my hands on it.

Let me put into perspective just how excited I am. This dwarfs how excited I was with E3 this year... and that was a HUGE deal. I'm probably gonna hold off on the new games I wanted so I can afford this.

Woohoo!!!!

Am I fangirling? I'm fangirling...

All I'll say is: It's about time!

I'm hoping this means that CBS actually does respect their fans, and maybe will treat us accordingly?

I guess it's no coincidence they're remastering both "Charmed" and "MacGyver" right now; 2 beloved shows that have Reboots out, huh?

I wonder if it really took the Original fans being so vocal about it ("Charmed" had a massive social media fan reaction after the announcement this year that a Reboot has been ordered; almost as big as for the MacGyver Reboot back then) that they finally got their butts in gear...

It's always about the money with CBS so maybe they've finally realized how big the fan base is and that they can make some more coin off us.

From a financial standpoint, I assume CBS may have wanted to wait and see how well the reboot did before doing a remaster. I'm not sure how they do a restore like with MacGyver, but the comparison video looked really good! I'm excited to see Mac's glorious mullet in HD.

I think CBS has figured it out by now that if they give us what we want, we'll buy it. XD

Edit: Hopefully this will work, but I did a bunch of caps of the comparison video. I uploaded them to my public share drive. Let me know if it doesn't work for anyone. Also, if anyone wants to take these and upload them a different way, please be my guest.

https://1drv.ms/f/s!AoiQv1NWZHy0mXxAr-3CqNmX6PK8

I might use one or two of these for my blog post next week, if I may?

Absolutely! They're free game for anyone that wants to use them.

Well all that "Can't be done" talk has sure whipped up something of the opposite here. Yes, I am delighted. It will probably cost a fortune like all the other shows on Blu Ray when it gets released but its all good.

In the back of my head I had a hard time thinking they wouldn't. I'm glad I waited though... I mean, it's still streaming on Amazon Prime, so I really had no need to actually buy it on DVD.

But I also know my own luck... anytime I buy something expensive, a better, cheaper version comes out a little bit later. So, I've learned to wait.

Patience is a virtue!

The big question now is will they leave it in it's original 4:3 (square) perspective or will they artificially turn it into 16:9 (wide screen rectangle) perspective?

I hope they leave it in it's original form because going wide screen most commonly means cutting of the top and bottom of the image.

Good news!

I hope they do it right this time. Though I don't have any complaints about my dvd's at all. Maybe just put the two missing scenes from Pilot and Thief of Budapest back and also the original Pilot credit scene with the MacGyver logo in blue letters and the parachute jump.

Maybe some finally behind-the-scene stuff? Creating an episode, the writing, the filming, the bloopers, the outtakes, deleted scenes, interviews. Then again, wouldn't surprise me if they simply just remaster everything and keep it at that.

I guess it depends on how CBS planned to release it. If it's just for their own streaming service CBS All Access, they probably won't bother.

Though I'm not sure if they would pass on an opportunity to make some more money. Maybe they'll put it on CBS All Access for half a year or so to check the demand and to sell internationally and other streaming services like the Reboot (e.g. iTunes or Amazon Prime) - and if the demand is high enough, they might release it on another DVD Box or on Blu Ray.

Considering they released the Reboot S1 DVD without any extras at all in the US, I'm not sure I should hope too much for any extras for the Original one...

There is no doubt there will be a blu ray release. Its expensive to remaster a show and any means of making their money back is an opportunity not to be missed.

I also suspect it will maintain its original 4:3 original perspective as the moment they change it, people will complain because they will just end up cutting things out.

Special features will be nice but i have a feeling they wont.

It looks AMAZING! Renewed my interest in MacGYVER. Not that it ever went away, but seeing it so clearly will be like seeing it for the first time. Can't wait.

I hope they at least bring in all the versions of the theme song. Like the Lost Love version of the episode and back here they aired season 4 and 5 with nearly every episode a slightly adjusted opening with different footage in it.

I just got confirmation from industry sources here in Germany today that CBS/Paramount are in fact planning a world-wide Blu-ray release themselves.

No other details are available at this time, but I guess it won't take too long after the last couple seasons will have been remastered this fall.

As for the 16:9 cropping concerns mentioned above: The few scenes shown in the comparison video in 16:9 are open matte (i.e. the left and right side have been opened to reveal more of the image), not cropped at the top and bottom. So IF it'll end up being in 16:9, it's pretty certain that we will get a wider image with more content (like, for instance, on the HD Gilmore Girls transfer), not a weird cropped one.

Thanks for the update Jano and welcome to the forums!

Thanks! I'm sure I had an account before (yeaaaars back), but I didn't find anything under my usual user names, so I had to create a new one.

That's great news!

I'm all for a bigger resolution with more content. Think of all the stuff we've missed. Though, the HD remaster alone is gonna be nice since things won't be so blurry.

I'm rather excited to get my hands on it... well, whenever it gets released. =P We don't have a date yet, do we?

No. Neither the Blu-ray release nor any VOD release have officially been confirmed yet. The "CBS business partner" site is still the only page that mentions the remastering. But once the last season has been remastered, it probably shouldn't take too long to get an official release date for both the Blu-ray and the iTunes download.

My guess is that it'll probably be Spring of next year, just by what we know so far with having all 7 seasons done by the end of the year, though correct me if I'm wrong.

There's a part of me that keeps thinking it'll be released before the end of the year, but I think that's just wishful thinking on my part. lol

And you're forgetting this is CBS... how many years did it take them to get the full series on DVD again?

Something else to think about is that they could have put extras on the DVD sets in standard quality format but couldn't be bothered AND even the quality of the first box set was pretty average.. no cases, just all the discs loose in a cardboard box.... and even more.... they apparently think US fans don't deserve extras on the reboot DVD... So realistically I'm not expecting anything other than the episodes.

Oh, of course! I'm also expecting them to slap a hefty price tag on the US release as well, without any extras. If they actually have extras and a decent price on this release, I'll be very surprised. I'm just trying to stay optimistic.

It did get me wondering if they're gonna remaster the two movies as well.

Guess we'll have to wait and see...

I'm still miffed at CBS in regards to the reboot DVD release. I was thinking of getting it for a friend who hasn't checked it out yet, but I can't justify it. Hopefully they'll stream it on Netflix... eventually... *cough* probably never...

Releasing before Christmas would be a good opportunity for People to buy it as a gift, but I also doubt it will be released before next year. My guess is they first push People to get a CBS All Access Pass, similarly like they do it with the Reboot.

It is interesting that all the other Shows get a DVD release date for August or September but the Reboot. I think "Blue Bloods" was rather late last year (October or November), but the Reboot was the only Show not being released before February.

My guess is they might do the same with MacGyver and Charmed; use it to get People to sign up for their Streaming Service, then relase it a few months or even half a year later on DVD. If they're planning wisely, they could even schedule the release of the Original remastered Show with the DVD release of their reboot DVDs (Charmed Season 1, MacGyver Season 2). They could even sell it as a package to get People to buy both; e.g. making it a Special prized Combo package or even putting the Pilot Episode of the Reboots as an extra on the Original DVD Box-Set; to get People to watch the reboots as well.

I have no clue about Marketing, but that would be a rather interesting idea. If you watch 100+ episodes of a TV Show, why wouldn't you watch the Pilot Episode of a reboot that came with the DVD box (or the online subscription) for free? It's also an extra that wouldn't cost them anything since it's already HD. Definitely cheaper then sort through old BtS material to add with it.

I'd be okay with a TOS MacGyver and Reboot MacGyver bundles. Like get season 1 as a pack, season 2 as a pack... so on and so on. I do think having the pilot of the reboot as an "extra" with the original HD release is a good idea. Might get people to actually check it out.

I REALLY want my one friend to check out the reboot. He loves H5O, and is interested in the Magnum PI reboot, especially after I said Lenkov was involved. He'll check out MacGyver if it's on Netflix, until then, he refuses to give it a go.

So CBS needs to get their act in gear. I'm not buying their streaming service for ONE show. lol

The whole push to get people to watch MacGyver online seems pretty odd when you consider that the highest demography ratings for the show are in the older age group... as in the ones who don't even record TV to watch let alone know what streaming is, they just watch whatever's on live.

CBS is a bunch of jerks.

I think i will have to draw the line there. Keep them separate. Please.