The problem with subtitles is not with the regular subtitle options available on English language dialogue, the problem is in the occasional scenes and episodes where the original dialogue was in, say, Russian (The Host) or Cantonese (Hell Money) or various other languages that were originally hard-subbed in English, but Netflix removed the hard subs on those parts and has no available subs, making some scenes, in which the viewer was intended to have subs to read, incomprehensible unless one speaks the original language that section happens to be in. This problem seems to be related to the even worse problem of Netflix's version (which Netflix claims is the only version Fox provided to them) lacking all other forms of on-screen text as well, such as taglines and time, date and place stamps. It should be noted that the DVDs have none of these issues, and present the show as it was meant to be seen. Netflix SD versions are artistically compromised (and sometimes very hard to follow) due to the lack of on screen text, and the new HD versions that correct this issue are highly compromised (and sometimes ugly) due to the awkward cropping to the unintended ratio of 16:9. The way to watch season one to four as they were originally composed and filmed, is on the DVDs or on sources that provide the same 4:3 version (or ideally an HD restoration of it) that is on the DVDs. Carter has said he still hopes there will be a Bluray AND it will provide a restored HD presentation of the 4:3 in the first four seasons, not 16:9. For purely commercial reasons, Carter's hope is highly unlikely to be fulfilled. Many people with knowledge of the industry have speculated that Fox has decided not to release any more Blurays at all (for all its TV properties, not just X-Files) seeing it as an unprofitable format that never really took off enough to justify people buying them when streaming is available- Fox may also have reached lucrative and exclusive streaming deals that specifically ban them from releasing physical formats that would compete with the streaming (that's just speculation- but it's a possibility). And at nine seasons, the inevitable full season set (even if most XF fans would prefer only to own the earlier better years) is going to be very bulky, deterring retailers from stocking it and customers from purchasing it (shipping costs would also be higher). Due to the lack of fan enthusiasm for the latter half of the series, selling a very high priced full series Bluray set in a market in which fans can stream episodes whenever they want, would be very difficult. It would be much easier to sell, say, the complete seasons one to seven, or seasons one to five (not that they would ever offer these options- but most fans would prefer them!) however, in that case, it would be unprofitable to produce the season six, seven, eight and nine Blurays at all, since few would buy those. Yet any fan would recognize there are certain episodes even in the later years that deserve release- and therefore all the seasons will need to be released. That costs a lot, and the only way to make back the price with profit is to set a very high price for the whole set- a price that may end up being too high to generate enough sales to justify releasing the set in the first place. Would you pay well over $300 for the complete X-Files on Bluray? Super-hardcore fans may, but it isn't a workable price, given the terrible reputation of almost half those seasons among the general public (a reputation that is partly well deserved). Yet the price may need to be that high, by Fox's calculations. Let's consider that, with less than one quarter of The X-Files running time- even including its movie, extras and extended length episodes- the recent Twin Peaks Bluray (not from Fox) still had an MSRP of $150. And apparently it sold okay but not all that well- even with amazing extras. Bluray is not a format a lot of people use. The decision to introduce Bluray just as hardware manufacturers were moving away from physical formats in favor of streaming (even laptops rarely include BD capability- let alone iPads) was, in retrospect, a disastrous mistake. It may now be the physical medium of choice, but even so, many more people continue to use DVDs for their preferred physical medium- mostly because people are increasingly encouraged (and are choosing) not to use physical media at all, and in the cases where they do have to use physical media, DVDs are simply more convenient and universally-supported. You can rest assured anyone owns a DVD player with which to play a disc. Bluray, not so much. Cinephiles and collectors have them, rich people who have always aspired to own the latest tech have them. But a lot of people don't have them, both ordinary people who don't see the point when streaming is available, and sophisticated tech first-adopters who also don't see the point because they too have moved beyond physical media, which is no longer convenient to their life.

$250 is the lowest price I can imagine for a whole XF set, and $250 for an unpopular format of a show whose entire second half is unpopular (and considered weak by critics) is probably a hard sell. And more likely it would be $300, or even higher.

It's therefore unlikely a BD will ever be released. And it's extremely unlikely that we will ever see 4:3 Blurays presenting the show's first four seasons as they were meant to be seen.

For better or worse, the DVDs remain the most accurate reflection of the show as it was meant to be seen. It is a shame nobody at Fox cared to respect the artists and restore their original vision.