The Avengers International Fan Forum

Richard73 · Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 7:29 am Post subject: The New Avengers DVD

After Series 6 has been relased next year are there any plans to re-release The New Avengers on DVD?

darren · Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 9:00 am Post subject:

The New Avengers as yet hasn't received any restoration and Optimum's plans to release The Avengers on DVD didn't include it.

Hopefully some day we will see a beautifully restored boxset of those episode. they would look stunning I'm sure.

mousemeat · Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 10:43 am Post subject:

Alan · Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:16 pm Post subject:

Nothing wrong with the source materials, I would imagine. The film transfers used for the home video releases around the world are old and technically very poor. A modern transfer from the negs would yield results of a far higher standard.
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Mr S · Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 12:48 pm Post subject:

It would be great to have these restored - especially The Eagle's Nest which was a shaky mess on the last box set.

jakester65 · White Dwarf Joined: 11 Oct 2011 Posts: 1

The differences between New and "old" have been well covered elsewhere, but forgetting the Avengers connection for a moment, The Persuaders! (another British buddy action series of the 70s) has been enthusiastically received following a thorough re-mastering.

Richy · Posted: Fri Sep 12, 2014 9:38 am Post subject:

If it does get a re release I hope they include the screentests of Joanna and Gareth that were on the french dvd release!

cyberrich · Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2015 1:45 pm Post subject:

Well, after years of waiting for TNA to get a digitally restored release, I've finally given up waiting and bought the Studio canal box set. Seeing as it's the same company who remastered the original show, I can't understand why TNA didn't get the same treatment. I've watched 2 episodes so far, and they're no better, no worse than I expected. Pretty much the same quality as my old VHS copies. They're pretty OK to watch actually, not shabby, but not pristine. No extras which is a shame. I guess now that I've bought this set, Studio canal will suddenly announce the restored release Exclamation

Rich.

johnnybear · Thingumajig Joined: 01 Feb 2021 Posts: 62

I had both the US and UK sets for a short time and found the UK Optimum discs too hard to release from the clamps! In the end I was so fed up trying to get them out I decided to keep my region 1 sets and ditch the others!
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Allard · Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 1:54 pm Post subject:

I very much hope for a remastered release of TNA, but I would like to say this: I have the Contender set and am very happy with it (even though disc five has cracked).

We're so lucky to have DVD release available. I lived through the days of VHS taping, what an improvement DVD is. My brother is a fan of Murder, She Wrote and the Dutch release has the last series (and that one only) with French titles. I understand he was and is pissed about that, as was I about the same thing when it happened to series four of The Avengers.

But even despite that, DVD is such a blessing for fans, I'm more peeved about some TV not being published at all than not having it in the right way. What we enjoy now in tv technology would have been unimaginable when The Avengers was in production.