Heroes - Season 1 (2006)

 Awsome.....
Well...it's a pitty the HD-DVD format is dead but I strongly recommend this HD box. The episodes are awsome for anybody who's into sci-fi.


I am looking forward to season 2 in blueray. May 6, 2008

 HEROES Seasons One and Two Coming to BLU RAY in August! Buy the
Just a reminder to those who are not aware: HEROES is coming to Blu Ray in August, so it doesn't make any sense to buy HD-DVD anymore, now that HD-DVD is officially DEAD. I can't wait to buy all the Seasons on Blu Ray! April 19, 2008

 Awesome
I own Lost (season 3) on bluray and also did buy Heroes on HD DVD, as you know both formats are the new gen one, but let me tell you a secret, the quality of image in heroes goes beyond lost, it's great, i don't know why but to my eye it was a great experience. The extra material is good and the sound like me a lot of too. You are going to be very happy since the first chapter if you buy it, no doubt. It is paid by itself in the very moment you see Claire in HD ;) April 10, 2008

 good video quality, but not great
I'd like to say first that this is without a doubt the best presentation of Heroes season 1 available. The video quality of these discs is far superior to the NBC broadcasts, but still leaves something to be desired.

The disc come packaged in a handsome box set, smartly packaged on their boards instead of being stacked. The visual quality of each episode seems to vary greatly. As is often the case with material shot on high def, lighter scenes tend to look great, while very dark scenes are plagued by grain and other video noise. Make no mistake, these episodes all look great. Colors are vivid, contrast is sharp, and there are few instances of compression artifacting (commonplace when dealing with highly compressed digital video).

This set also boasts some nice special features. The commentary tracks often include several cast members along with the standard writer director combination. This seems to keep the commentaries from ever growing stale or too technical, as the cast brings more a lay persons reading to the tracks. The other bonuses, e.g. which superhero are you, are okay, but nothing special. When HDDVD was still a valid format, one of the few advantages it had over BLU-ray was it's support of web-enabled content as well as support for multiple video streams. Take a look at the fast and the furious HDDVD special features; you can customize a car with your remote, apply the changes to a specific scene, and watch your car cruise around seamlessly integrated into the movie. That was amazing. On these discs the potential of the HDDVD's bonus content capabilities are largely overlooked. Specifically the online content is really nothing more than a slow webpage.

For me these discs weren't great, merely "good enough". These are clearly a step up in terms of visual quality from the HD broadcasts, but they don't really wow me the way other HDDVD releases did. To reiterate good, but not great. Worth buying if you are a heroes fan and don't want to wait for the blu-ray releases. March 26, 2008

 very nice
This is a compelling first season of a so far great TV series. The HD image quality is a mixed bag. The problem is not the film grain which is normal and supposed to be there for a TV series shot on film and presented in HD, but the strong edge enhancement that was often applied to the transfer. It gives the film based images a harsh and unnecessary video look with haloes. Bad call. Lay it off for the next seasons, please. No digital sharpening! February 13, 2008

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