Knight Rider Season 2 ,3 and 4 DVD Boxsets release dates

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Knight Rider Season 2 ,3 and 4 DVD Boxsets release dates

Post by K.I.T.T_K.A.R.R_K.I.F.T » Fri May 28, 2004 11:28 am

Knight Rider Season Boxsets Due For Release

Universal have comfirmed to Knight Rider NL and Knight Rider Uk that Knight Rider season 2,3 and 4 will get released in the future! a time scale was given as follows



• Knight Rider - Season 2 – release date july 2005
• Knight Rider – Season 3 – release date april 2006
• Knight Rider – Season 4 – release date november 2006



Release dates may change.

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Post by neps » Fri May 28, 2004 11:41 am

Very cool news KnightRiderUk and KnightRider NL!

Lets remember when posting information that has been found on another site first, the good thing to do is give proper link backs to the original articles:

http://knightrider.nl/forum2/viewthread.php?tid=308

http://www.knightrideruk.co.uk/forum/vi ... p?tid=1935

The translation of the original article on Knight Rider NL states that the dates come from the London Universal office by way of the Netherlands Universal office. Since these dates are coming from an international source, I would say that it's safe to say that these dates will be different for the Region 1 market. The original post also mentions that a Region 1 date for Europe hasn't been set, mentioning the possibility of music clearances.

Of course this is all subjective to my babelfish.altavista.com translation.

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Post by Skav » Fri May 28, 2004 12:29 pm

I was going to say, I'd hate to wait until July 2005 for season 2, which would almost be a year from the release of S1.

I'm glad the dates could change.

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Post by imranbecks » Fri May 28, 2004 1:23 pm

Ya... We have to wait for a year for the season 2 set to be released.....no way... I hope it will be faster for region 1. Maybe and hopefully season 2 will be available for region 1 by end of this year...
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Post by 86chvs10 » Fri May 28, 2004 1:24 pm

And i wouldn't wt to wait until 2006 to get the 3rd season.That's just was y way to long for me.I think that universal can go faster then that with the marketing and making the dvd's.

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Post by imranbecks » Fri May 28, 2004 1:32 pm

It normally doesn't take long for a dvd boxset to release another season within the same year the previous season was produced (eg. Star Trek TNG, etc...)....

I'm surprised its happening for the KR dvds..

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Post by KARR Engineer » Fri May 28, 2004 1:32 pm

More than a year to S2?! Now that is bad.

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Post by Skav » Fri May 28, 2004 1:35 pm

You are all talking as if it WILL be a year until season 2 arrives. I very much doubt it.

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Post by 86chvs10 » Fri May 28, 2004 1:50 pm

Well we don't know for sure it did say released dates may change.So they might think it may take them that long to do it but when they get more progress into the dvd's and get most of there work done i'm sure they will release it early then inspected. :D

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Post by krfan1 » Fri May 28, 2004 2:37 pm

I don't know why everyone is complaining. We should at least be happy we'll eventually get our favorite show on DVD. That will never happen for shows such as Miami Vice.

Stop complaining and be glad it'll probably happen,
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Post by K.I.T.T » Fri May 28, 2004 2:44 pm

Indeed you are right! We were told it was going to take so long because of all the music copyright in the rest of the season! And theres alot! But at least they are doing something!

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Post by 86chvs10 » Fri May 28, 2004 4:10 pm

oh ok i see now ok. 8)

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Post by KARR-1 » Fri May 28, 2004 5:16 pm

Neps, your translation is actually quite accurate. Just one little flaw though. The release date for Season 1 hasn't been announced, or at least they can't find it in their schedule.

Otherwise perfect translation. And thanx for the link back to the article.

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Post by GetKittBack » Fri May 28, 2004 6:31 pm

yes lets just hope it will all be realeased in the near future

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Post by Deferranfan1 » Fri May 28, 2004 10:41 pm

So let me get this right, this isn't for the USA right?
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Post by cloudkitt » Fri May 28, 2004 11:48 pm

i hope not, but what are these "regions" everyone keeps talking about?
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Post by Knight Industries 3000 » Sat May 29, 2004 12:44 am

cloudkitt wrote:i hope not, but what are these "regions" everyone keeps talking about?
This page explains what DVD regions are. In a word, they're stupid.

Now that I've finished my Twilight Zone and Babylon 5 DVD collections, I'm ready to take the plunge and buy Knight Rider on DVD. Yeeha!

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Post by KARR-1 » Sat May 29, 2004 3:18 am

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the region thing goes like this I think. Region 1 is meant for the American market, Region 2 is meant for the European market. Region 1 won't play in a Region 2 DVD player, unless it is a regionfree player.

And the message I got from Universal came from their headoffice in London, so I would think that goes for the European market, which is Region 2. I haven't got a clue as to the releasedates for America, are they the same or not? I honestly don't know....

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Post by neps » Sat May 29, 2004 7:46 am

Here is a little map to help illustrate our points:

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Like KI3000 said in one word: Stupid. There is no technical reason that the discs would require Regions. Most DVD players can decode the discs to display the video signal properly so NTSC and PAL really isn't an issue.

Movies sometimes are released in the theaters and make it onto DVD before another Country even has even gotten the movie. Take this for example: Last years movie 28 Days Later was out in England and out on DVD before it even made it to the US theaters. So why would you spend 10 bucks a ticket for 5 of your friends, when you can just pay $20 bucks and have a DVD thats forever yours?

That's the main reason for it. Studios don't have the man power required to release a movie everywhere on the same day. So most discs will say on the back, what region it's encoded to, pick up any DVD and you'll most likely see it. Some discs come Region Free, meaning they can play anywhere regardless of the DVD players Region, these discs are usually old old films, porn or informational discs.

As KARR-1 and I have said, the information is from the International office. By all looks of it, the American office has no idea of these release dates. Which in itself is interesting, cause the International division is a subsidiary of the American NBC Universal.

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Post by sarfraz » Sun May 30, 2004 12:22 pm

....so we know when the Region 1 KR season 1 boxset is coming, and the region 2 seasons 2,3 and 4......but no info on region 2 season 1 or region 1 seasons 2,3 or 4???? :?

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Post by Knight of Sweden » Sun May 30, 2004 12:32 pm

yeah
thats pretty strange i think
as neps said.. because US-unversail are the one that decides

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Post by neps » Wed Jun 02, 2004 10:04 pm

I just got word from a contact at Universal about these release dates in general and specifically in regards to a Region 1 timeframe. I was told that he had "no idea where they got those dates," and to "not take them seriously." It would be safe to ignore these dates for Region 1 viewers.

Sarfraz: I believe the dates K.I.T.T and KARR-1 posted were for the Region 2 sets, since the info is said to have come from a Universal International office.

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Post by The Real Michael Knight » Thu Jun 03, 2004 4:33 am

Well hey, maybe season 2 will be available to us Yanks by this Christmas...maybe..

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Post by imranbecks » Thu Jun 03, 2004 7:25 am

I hope so...

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Post by sarfraz » Thu Jun 03, 2004 3:26 pm

neps wrote:Sarfraz: I believe the dates K.I.T.T and KARR-1 posted were for the Region 2 sets, since the info is said to have come from a Universal International office.
Yeah I understand that, I just find it really odd that although theres news of region 2 season 2,3 and 4 we haven't heard anything of region 2: season 1. You would have thought, thats the first thing to be announced, not the last.

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