Batman The Complete Animated Series Blu-ray Review

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This is my exhaustive review of WB's Blu-ray release for Batman The Animated Series. Unfortunately due to decisions, errors and a lack of effort made by the WB studio label what should have been a slam dunk release is VERY infuriating. The set is sadly affected by DNR, poor compression, many glitches and numerous errors. The most obvious issue are the several episodes with COMPLETELY DEFECTIVE audio. None of the errors or defective audio has ever been addressed but apparently WB did quietly fix some of the streaming versions meaning disc buyers are out of luck.

00:00 Introduction and series discussion
17:03 Blu-ray release
17:55 Blu-ray standard release packaging
21:01 Blu-ray extras and legacy DVD extras
28:09 Transfer discussion and picture quality
28:45 DVD maintaining the broadcast look
29:38 DVD vs Blu-ray examples
32:50 An overview of the MANY issues in this set
33:50 Poor compression of the episodes
36:42 DNR unnecessary application
40:46 Gate weave especially in title cards
41:55 Digitized Looking "Catwalk" title card
42:39 Production touch-ups and fixes on the Blu-ray release
43:53 Episodes with completely defective audio
46:46 The other Audio Errors for Opening and End credits
55:46 Credit problems on Adventures of B&R and TNBA
58:38 Video errors
59:16 "Nothing to Fear" Episode 3 end credit disc authoring issue
1:00:53 Be a Clown bad uncolored shot
1:01:49 Original Production Flaws
1:03:59 Riddler's Reform rain scenes SD upscale
1:05:21 Lock Up episode rain scene SD upscale
1:05:42 "Double Talk" episode weird panning shot on Blu-ray
1:06:01 "Old Wounds" episode frame weaving
1:07:21 "Sins of the Father" blue color filter on second half of episode
1:08:00 "The Lion and the Unicorn" soft London fog shots
1:10:28 Discussion of the new HD audio transfer and surround mixing of the show
1:14:07 Bizarre usage of BTAS V4 DVD menu audio for all BD menu audio
1:15:38 The missing Mystery of the Batwoman
1:19:14 Difference in quality between the Blu-ray and original DVD sets packaging
1:23:49 Final Summary