The Merchandise GuideBlu-ray: UK
Compiled by Martin Willey
The Merchandise Guide
Anderson Entertainment. Announced 18 April 2025 (originally scheduled for July 2025), pre-order 13 September 2025, released "winter" 2025. £29.99
This is a UHD disc ("ultra high definition", also known as 4k). Some Blu-ray players support both Blu-ray and UHD (eg Playstation 5), but note that you need a 4k screen and an HDMI 2 cable. Older "4k" players and screens may not be able to play a recent disc; common symptoms are a blocky picture and muted colours. Unlike DVD/Blu-ray, there is no region coding for UHD discs.
"Steelbook" is the trademarked name for a metal disc case, similar to a standard DVD keep case, used for collector's editions. According to the pre-order, this includes an "O-card" (we have no idea what that is) which animates the cover art (presumably makes the Eagles move?).
This is a new 4k scan of the film prints. The Blu-ray image is 1920x1080 pixels; UHD is 3840x2160 pixels. The improved resolution may not be obvious even on a 4k screen, but would be visible on a high quality projection system. 1970s film stock had a coarse film grain, which may show up at this resolution.
The sound also has a new 5.1 surround mix, in addition to the original mono track.
For a collectors edition, the extras are a little thin (no booklet, no photo galleries, no new audio commentaries, no 16:9 version...).
The original Gerry Anderson audio commentary (from the 2005 Network DVD release) is included
There is a featurette about the 4k restoration
The ITVX documentary Space: 1999 50 Years Out of Orbit is included.