jeremy223

I don't think WB did the remastering just for CMT. Knowing how tight Warners is with money, I have to believe they have other plans for these new prints. Plus, I really don't think CMT could or would have invested the money for new prints of their own. Warners probably offered the new prints to CMT since they are the ones who last aired the series and are now gauging the reaction to see if its viable for them to release blu rays. Just my guess. Also just my guess about the Double Sting scene, as I understand it, when making new HD prints you have to go back to the original film elements. In this case before the color grading was applied. Someone didn't know or forgot to properly grade that scene. This will come up again in other episodes. It will be interesting to see if WB fixes it on any later release. I doubt it. I wonder if WB made any full frame HD prints. I would really think twice about buying cropped episodes. Anyone know if there's any precedent for a company to sell cropped AND uncropped seasons on blu ray? Is a cropped picture a deal breaker for you?

Just watching "Double Sting" tonight, there is an obvious difference from the dvd at the very beginning where the Dukes are run off the road. On the dvd, this scene looks like it takes place at dusk and both cars are using their headlights to see. On the hd print, this scene is much brighter and looks like it was filmed in broad daylight. Its funny seeing the cars with headlights on in the middle of the day. We rarely got to see night scenes. I guess in Hazzard, sometimes when its night its still day.

I just noticed that CMT showed the wrong opening credits for One Armed Bandits. Ben Jones was in the credits but he wasn't added until Mary Kaye's Baby.

Yeah, not liking the cropping, however we are getting a little more picture on the sides than the dvds show. What I'd like to know is who did the cropping. Was this CMT's idea or did Warner Bros crop the picture when they did the new HD masters?

I just checked zap2it's listings. It shows the marathon running sunday and the first 5 episodes airing the following mon-fri. However, the following mon and tues, Dukes is NOT airing. So far the schedule only goes up through Jan. 14, so I can't check beyond that. Surely CMT wouldn't go to the trouble of getting HD versions to air for just one week. Or would they?