The Wire：The complete Series [Blu-ray]

DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:

There are already several reviews written about The Wire that I recommend as to why this show is the greatest show of all time. This review is for the Blu Ray. There were many that were dismayed by the fact that HBO wanted to do the HD widescreen treatment to The Wire despite the original creator’s intent, to frame the show in the standard definition ratio of 4:3 for atmosphere, to show the claustrophobic environment that these characters exist in, among other reasons. Many argued that the widescreen edition would not be cropped correctly. There is some truth to this although I doubt that anyone whose first viewing of The Wire is the widescreen edition is going to notice. Having viewed The Wire in standard definition several times and now the Blu Rays once the wider frames almost seem to exude a documentary feel to me. I think my mind’s eye tends to naturally crop the few scenes that don’t seem to work as well for me. Many, including myself, were thrilled that HBO let David Simon do his best to ensure that the HD version would not be terribly jarring to all of us that love the SD version. On the plus side the video and audio is the best I’ve ever seen and heard from The Wire on my home theater. Overall I highly recommend The Wire on Blu Ray although I won’t be getting rid of my Wire dvd’s anytime soon.-DWG

This is the ultimate crime (and sociological) drama series — its main characters are three-dimensional, intelligent, and (each in his/her own way) sympathetic.

–> Several first-rank colleges and universities use it as the main “literature” for a course about the utter dysfunction of modern society;
–> Over the course of five INCREDIBLY written, acted, and directed seasons, it tells how institutions and people are corrupted and fail everyone (but especially children) when assaulted or drawn by the tsunami of money generated by illegal drug trade and human trafficking;
–> Like all great stories, this tale gets to the epic by way of the particular: it is told truthfully, perceptively, with wit and humor, in the lives of individuals: police administrators, corner-boys, junkies, plutocrats, volume dope-dealers, and urban pirates — corner-boys to heavy-drinking beat cops, to teachers, to international businessmen.

An absolute tour de force; an absolute MUST for any consequential video library.

– Science_Geek

DVD Wholesale Main Features:

Actors: Various
Directors: Various
Format: Blu-ray, AC-3, Box set, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Widescreen, NTSC, Subtitled
Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Subtitles: English, French, Dutch, German, Spanish
Region: Region A/1 (Read more about DVD/Blu-ray formats.)
Number of discs: 20
Rated: Unrated Not Rated
Studio: HBO
DVD Release Date: June 2, 2015
Run Time: 3645 minutes
ASIN: B00UCOXZLU