Girls: The Complete Third Season

The image on HBO's 1080p, AVC-encoded Blu-rays for Season Three of Girls is comparable to that of Seasons One and Two, which is to say that it shares the same smooth, detailed look provided by digital photography, and provides the same excellent black levels and contrast. The color palette for this season is somewhat more varied, which probably results from the new places where the stories took the show, some of which involved actual locations and some of which had to be created on soundstages. As with previous seasons of Girls, I watched Season Three during its initial broadcast, and the image on Blu-ray is noticeably superior to the HDTV picture on Time Warner Cable, with better detail, less noise and superior stability overall.