If you are without Syfy Channel on your television — or just eager to own a clean, high-quality copy of Stargate Universe on your PC — this news is for you. The iTunes Store in the U.S. is now pre-selling Season Pass subscriptions to the first season of the new series.
Standard definition episodes are available for $35.99 for the whole season, or $1.99 per individual episode starting October 3. You can also subscribe to SGU in high definition, at $53.99. Individual HD episodes should be $2.99 when the show begins airing.
The first season will be comprised of 20 episodes, with new additions showing up on Saturdays following the Friday night premiere. That’s about $1.80 per episode for Season Pass subscribers ($2.70 per episode for HD).
There is no word yet on whether MGM will also make the show available for online viewing at Hulu.com. Stargate Atlantis and SG-1 episodes are available there now, but were not released weekly during the show’s original run.
iTunes also currently has the full-length SGU trailer from Comic-Con available as a free download.
Stargate Universe premiers on Friday, October 2 in the U.S., with the 2-hour “Air” at 9 p.m. E/P on Syfy. Look for it at the same time on SPACE in Canada; October 6 on Sky1 in the U.K.; and October 9 on SCI FI Channel in Australia.
While you wait, learn more about the anticipated new show in GateWorld’s exclusive SGU Launch Center!
Download them in HD? YES FINALY!
Hope its available in Europe though .. i fear the worst. If its also available outside the US though let me go get myself iTunes!
It probably will be available in Europe on iTunes, about 2 months after it finishes on Sky One.
SG-1 (season 8-10) and Atlantis (season 1-3) were not available on iTunes untill about 2 months after they finished their run on Sky One so the same will probaly hold true for Stargate Universe.
Until they get a deal with Universal/MGM/whoever to get a significant discount on the DVD release, I’m not spending $50 to download something that I already pay to watch on TV. Especially not when there will be extra bonus stuff on the physical release after a few months.
well maybe not you, but i am :D
I hope MGM puts it on Hulu otherwise I will be watching until it comes out on dvd or bluray.
I mean ‘waiting’ not watching :-)
Yeah, that’s pricey. And what exactly are standard and HD? Are they the same as DVD and BluRay? When you can buy the DVD season for less than $25.00 plus it has bonus content, plus you can rip it and watch it any way you like, it’s hard to see the iTunes option as appealing.