Downton Abbey - The Complete Collection [DVD]

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The original PBS Season One and Two individual releases I have from the US are 1080i/60 at the correct framerate. Enjoy all six seasons of the multi-award winning hit series collected for in full for the first time in this special edition box set, which offers all the highs and lows, joy and sorrow that Downton Abbey viewers across the globe have grown to love. Great Houses with Julian Fellowes”, which is Disc 13 on the PBS set, is NOT included in international sets or this new set. It's funny, I grew up thinking all British TV had the "soap opera" look, from watching shows on PBS as a kid, until I learned that it was merely an artifact of the PAL-NTSC conversion.

From folks that have watched those side by side, the difference is negligible when done properly (unlike the screwed up Downton Season).

Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. In the second series, with the outbreak of World War I, Matthew (Dan Stevens) and Thomas (Rob James-Collier) are off fighting at the Somme, while both Lord Grantham and William (Thomas Howes) feel frustrated at being barred from taking part in the war. When the US boxset came out apparently they reverted to 1080p as they had too many complaints of consumers not able to watch the discs due to incompatibilities with certain equipment. Collector’s Edition presentation book including 26 discs featuring all 52 episodes, plus Christmas Specials, all previously released bonus content plus exclusive new material.

A lot of misinformation out there and I don't know where it's coming from with regards to "edited down versions". In the first series, set before World War I, the Grantham family, long-time custodians of Downton Abbey, face a crisis when the heir to the estate dies on the Titanic.

The difference is that they know so many of the secrets of the family, while the family know so few of theirs. We also share information about your use of our site with our social media, advertising and analytics partners, who may combine it with other information that you’ve provided to them. Splendour and romance, desire and heartbreak, scandal and rumours… Spanning the idyllic pre-war era through the storms of The Great War and beyond to the roaring 1920s, Downton Abbey tells the story of a complicated community. In the fifth series, it's 1924 and the family and staff of Downton Abbey try to adjust as Britain experiences political changes under the new Labour government and the estate's future is put into question. The Monty Python Flying Circus discs were taken from PAL sources up to 1080/50 in UK for the UK discs and 1080/60 in the US -- I have watched a couple of those back to back on Native Rate and couldn't tell the difference at all.