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Everything ever made on DVD?
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I know there are consumers out there for everything, but does every T.V. show need to be released on DVD?

On a recent visit to the video store, I wondered if anyone actually bought Three's Company:Season 1 or any other T.V. show from the seventies season collection. Or from the 80s like TJ Hooker with Shatner.

And does anyone buy these just to have them in their collection and not watch them or just watch them once?
How many times are you going to watch Family Ties?
Sure I watched these shows when I was a kid, but chances are that if I watch them now, they won't have the same luster, for lack of a better word. Don't get me wrong, an occassional episode on T.V. of Gilligan's Island may be funny, but it gets out of hand to buy Season collections.

Anyone else share my thoughts?


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Rapmon #140526 06/04/06 03:30 AM
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Share your thoughts?

Absolutely! Word for word!!

My Wife is a collector: She collects bells she never rings.

She collects salt shakers that have never seen salt.

She collects glasses in pretty colors that have never held fluids.

And she collects DVDs, that have never seen a laser in battle.

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Rapmon #140527 06/04/06 07:22 AM
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Dvd is pretty much the only way I watch tv anymore.I just can't sit through commercials anymore.I don't have cable, never have,which means there's lots of good shows I don't/didn't see originally. In the 70's all the cool shows were on abc- we didn't get an abc station till '83 or so. Then fox came along and all the cool shows were there- we got a fox station a yr or so ago. UPN,WB, more cool shows I've never seen.
Last fall I read a review on tvshowsondvd.com of a show called Charmed- I'd never seen it but it sounded like fun so I bought it blind- its now in my top 5 favorite shows of all freaking time. Yes, I intend to watch it more than once, much more.
I have about 50 season sets at the moment, I buy in spurts so there's a few I havn't watched- yet.
Then there's the time factor- I can start,pause,or stop anytime I want. I can watch an episode of Charmed or Firefly in 44 min. Emergency and other 70's shows run 50 or a little more. I can watch an entire season in order in a few days if I get engrossed. I watched the first season of Emergency in a weekend- just couldn't stop.
There is the cost- most hour long shows can be had for $30-$45 online- roughly $2.00 per clock hour. Compare that to a movie- $20-$30 for a 1.5-2 hr film and the season set looks cheap.
I don't plan on buying TJ Hooker or Dallas but some will- more power to em,everyone's different.There are lots of older shows that you'll never see broadcast again, dvd is the only way you'll see them.

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duckman #140528 06/04/06 07:14 PM
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You bring up some very good points Duckman. Cable prices are out of control now. Back in the seventies we only got 3 stations so we had to watch whatever was on. Now there are too many choices and 90 percent of it is garbage. I just don't know how many times I would watch a season collection. I'm cutting down on T.V. also, on account of too many commercials.


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Rapmon #140529 06/04/06 07:56 PM
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I know what you mean, rapmon. There's lots of dreck out there on DVD, and it's only getting worse. Oh well, there's bound to be someone that's got to have Petticoat Junction, but dang if it ain't me. Although from my verbage, you might suspect it wuz.

I only have the Simpsons on DVD because they're just that good. I am not watching them much now because new episodes are still coming out, but it's nice to know that I own the DVDs for later use. Plus, f107 was right, the collector bug is a strong one.

An option that I haven't explored myself is watching the DVDs via Netflix. I belong to Netflix, but use it in the traditional way, for movies and the occasional concert DVD. A friend, though, just watched all 5 years of Six Feet Under (great show, very psychologically rich) in the last couple of months. Even at Costco, those DVDs would have cost $400, and Netflix is only $20 per month, or so.

And I know what you mean about commercials; since I got my DirecTV with Tivo, life has been a lot more swell.


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I own two collections :

Stargate SG-1 -- because I missed the early episodes and had no clue what the show was about, just that it looked interesting...

Sledge Hammer -- because it never got played on TV except 20-odd years ago.

When is Petticoat Junction coming out on DVD ?

Just kidding...


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I'm waiting for Green Acres


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The Simpsons may be the exception. Some seasons are better than others. I remember the first time it was on and during the intro when Maggie is driving the car, that was the funniest thing. I laughed so hard. The show has had so many great characters and extremly funny moments. How about that for a new thread? Funniest Simpson moment.


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Rapmon #140533 06/05/06 03:25 AM
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OO OO OO! Star Trek the Next Generation!! We used to set aside the hour everyday when it went into syndication and was run in sequence from first to last!! We Never Missed an Episode!!

It was great!!

It's still presented that way today, but the extra commercials tossed in screw up the flow.

We really need that series on DVD!!
Rich.

......so many other good shows play better in memory though.

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F107plus5 #140534 06/05/06 06:28 AM
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It is on DVD. It just costs a small fortune. Although it's started to come down. Last time I looked on Amazon, seasons 1-3 were $70-80. Seasons 4-7 were still $125. And that's a great big "%&*! you" to the fan from Paramount!


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