Scrubs: The Complete Eighth Season Blu-ray

Scrubs: The Complete Eighth Season

 (TV) (2009)

Comedy



Enjoy every surreal moment of Scrubs' hilarious eighth season as television's celebrated sitcom delivers "much more loopy, creative humor that fans have come to know and love," raves Chicago Tribune. It's a different world for attending physicians J.D., Turk and Elliot as they have their own interns to confuse and bewilder, and a major shakeup in the hospital staff might be enough to finally unite Dr. Kelso and Dr. Cox. Get a big shot of comedy as your favorite characters, and some exciting guest stars (including Courteney Cox), return for a hilarious new year at Sacred Heart.

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Scrubs: The Complete Eighth Season Blu-ray, Video Quality

 


After debuting on DVD earlier this year, Scrubs: The Complete Eighth Season finally meanders onto Blu-ray with a decent 1080p/AVC-encoded transfer that, consistency issues aside, offers fans a fairly faithful representation of its source. Skintones are natural and convincing, daydream cutaways boast some dazzling primaries, and black levels are suitably resolved. Detail flatlines on occasion -- soft pickup shots and hazy backgrounds are frequent offenders -- but clarity is generally revealing and close-ups benefit from a variety of semi-sharp textures. Likewise, contrast is too murky for my tastes, but manages to impress whenever Lawrence's cameras drift beyond Sacred Heart's oh-so-clinical hallways and poorly lit waiting rooms. Thankfully, Disney's technical presentation is commendable. While I noticed some exceedingly minor artifacting in a few episodes (particularly during some of J.D.'s flashier delusions), I didn't catch sight of any serious blocking, banding, ringing, or unintentional noise. And though grain is visible from time to time, it never interferes with the picture's integrity or the overall experience. It's certainly not the best television transfer I've had the pleasure of diagnosing, but it should appeal to anyone familiar with the series' ever-shifting visual aesthetic.

Scrubs: The Complete Eighth Season Blu-ray, Audio Quality

 


Disney's DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 surround track doesn't suffer from any debilitating issues, but its predominately front-heavy sonics aren't exactly built to impress. Dialogue is clean and clear from episode to episode, prioritization is spot on, and the interns' yips and yowls are crisp and stable. The series' narration and lively score subtly bleed into every channel as well, allowing J.D.'s dream sequences to envelop the listener and draw them into his increasingly bizarre visions. Still, the vast majority of Scrubs' scenes center around pithy conversations and barbed one-liners, hardly the sort of meat a growing receiver craves. Moreover, rear speaker activity is strained, acoustics and ambience take a small but notable hit (despite the relative realism featured in many of Sacred Heart's wards and offices), and directionality isn't quite as involving as it could be. That's not to say the studio's technical efforts are a misfire, just that the show's original sound design is rather two-dimensional. As it stands, series diehards won't bat an eye whilst partaking of such a faithful track, but most everyone else will long for a more exciting mix.

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