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Warner Bros. | 2024 | 480 min | Rated TV-MA | Nov 19, 2024

House of the Dragon: The Complete Second Season 4K (Blu-ray Movie)

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Movie rating

8
 / 10

Blu-ray rating

Users0.0 of 50.0
Reviewer3.5 of 53.5
Overall3.5 of 53.5

Overview

House of the Dragon: The Complete Second Season 4K (2024)

Following King Aegon II’s coronation and the death of Queen Rhaenyra’s son, House Targaryen is divided in two. Civil war looms as both sides seek support from the great houses of Westeros, ultimately amassing armies. And dragons.

Starring: Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Emma D'Arcy, Rhys Ifans, Steve Toussaint
Director: Miguel Sapochnik, Greg Yaitanes, Clare Kilner, Geeta Vasant Patel, Alan Taylor

Action100%
Adventure96%
Fantasy67%
Epic46%
DramaInsignificant

Specifications

  • Video

    Video codec: HEVC / H.265
    Video resolution: 4K (2160p)
    Aspect ratio: 2.00:1
    Original aspect ratio: 2.00:1

  • Audio

    English: Dolby Atmos
    English: Dolby TrueHD 7.1 (48kHz, 24-bit)
    French: Dolby Digital 5.1
    German: Dolby Digital 5.1
    Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1

  • Subtitles

    English SDH, French, German SDH, Spanish, Dutch

  • Discs

    Blu-ray Disc
    Four-disc set (4 BDs)
    4K Ultra HD

  • Playback

    Region A (B, C untested)

Review

Rating summary

Movie3.0 of 53.0
Video0.0 of 50.0
Audio5.0 of 55.0
Extras5.0 of 55.0
Overall3.5 of 53.5

House of the Dragon: The Complete Second Season 4K Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman November 20, 2024

In what has become something of a tradition for both Game of Thrones and this series, HBO and Warner Brothers Home Entertainment are offering some alternate packaging choices, in this case a nicely designed SteelBook. The disc contents match the House of the Dragon: The Complete Second Season 4K wide release. Interestingly, this SteelBook also offers the bonus "character cards", but unlike both the wide 4K release and HBO's 1080 release of the second season, there's no oversized slipcover over both the keepcase and cards that quite probably will arrive bent (see my reviews of the wide releases for more details about the packaging choices).


For my thoughts on this second season (which include some "thoughts" from George R.R. Martin himself), please head over to my House of the Dragon: The Complete Second Season 4K Blu-ray review.


House of the Dragon: The Complete Second Season 4K Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality  n/a of 5

Video quality is assessed in the above linked review.


House of the Dragon: The Complete Second Season 4K Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality  5.0 of 5

Audio quality is assessed in the above linked review.


House of the Dragon: The Complete Second Season 4K Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras  5.0 of 5

The bounteous on disc supplements are detailed in the above linked review. This SteelBook fits right in with the many previous SteelBooks offered during the "reign" of both Game of Thrones and now this series. A nice matte finish offers dragons in the form of a sigil on the front panel and a salient quote on the back panel (a quote which is also repeated on the packet holding the character cards). Sparks igniting a perhaps imminent conflagration fill the bottom part of both the outside panels. The inside panels feature a picture of some of the principal cast. The art cards and their packet were simply stacked on top of the SteelBook when my copy arrived, so finding a place to store them may be a bit of a challenge.


House of the Dragon: The Complete Second Season 4K Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation  3.5 of 5

I was pretty spectacularly surprised at how much of a letdown the second season of this series turned out to be, but on the plus side, technical merits are first rate, the supplements many in number (if often quite short), and this SteelBook design evocative and perfectly in line with the many other SteelBooks of this particular franchise (including Game of Thrones), for anyone who may be considering making a purchase.