A couple of weeks ago we had
the heads-up about Universal's plans to release
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit - The 8th Year on DVD early in 2009. This morning the studio has officially announced the title to retailers, who confirm that the release date we had deduced,
February 17th, was right on the button!
Our retailer contacts also verify that this will be a collection of 22 episodes on 5 DVDs, costing $59.98 SRP. Video will be widescreen, audio in English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, and there will be English and Spanish subtitles as well. No bonus material was indicated in this morning's information. While retailers didn't receive any package art yet to specifically go with this morning's announcement, we still have the trade ad-sourced picture which we brought you last time. Here's a more closely-cropped look at it:
