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04-03-2004, 02:27 PM
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Buying DVDs of shows you've never seen
Do you ever buy DVD releases of shows you've never seen? So far, my collection (a small one at that) includes my all-time favorites, like Simpsons, Married... with Children, and Family Guy, but recently, other shows that I never watched but wish I could have are coming out on DVD. There are many shows that looked good but I never had time for, or were simply before I started watching TV, that I'd be interested in picking up... However with the price of season sets, it makes me wonder if that's such a sane thing to do. Seems more like a gamble.
What's your take on it?
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04-03-2004, 02:40 PM
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If you're not sure about a particular title, then the best way to go is to rent it from Netflix or similar by-mail operation (Blockbuster would be too expensive). Watch the first disc and if you don't like it, it hasn't really cost you much; if you do like it, you could then rent the rest; if you really like it, you could then buy the set. TV sets are too expensive for blind buys in my opinion.
Dana
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04-03-2004, 02:42 PM
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I've done this a couple of times, I did this with King of Queens and What's Happening. What's Happening only cost me $20 so it wasn't that big of a risk, and King of Queens was also priced pretty cheap. I ended up really liking King of Queens and loving What's Happening.
I wouldn't have done this with those shows if they were priced differently, like say if they were in the range of the Friends sets $45 it wouldn't have happened.
Other wise, I buy what I've seen, and take the same stance on TV shows that I take on movies. If I read a review and it sounds like something that fits my taste then I'll think about picking it up, and actually that's been real successful for me.
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04-03-2004, 03:20 PM
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I did for Roswell...lucky I liked it! Figured it might be worth it, seeing the reviews looked good for the series and the picture/audio quality (can't really judge the original music issue since I never saw the show on tv). I like the premise, and there were only three seasons; not only that, but the series is supposed to have a pretty good finale.
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04-03-2004, 04:28 PM
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I did this for Firefly ... and also XENA: Warrior Princess Seasons 2 and 3.
So far, I've been very pleased with these purchases. (Firefly, in particular, was an astoundingly good show. I can't imagine how it could have been canceled so prematurely.)
Now, Firefly just cost me $35, while the two XENA boxes were $45 each. If these had cost around $100/box (like the recent 15 episode Star Trek: Voyager Season One release) then there's *no way* they would ever have been purchased.
EDIT: By the way, Star Trek: Voyager Season One is now up to $139.95 at all the B&M stores near me. I wish them luck in trying to get that price out of even a hard core Star Trek fan, much less a casual Sci-Fi fan who may just be cruising the store shelves looking for some decent science fiction to add to his collection. It's a quality show with excellent production values, but it's not worth $139.95 for 15 episodes!
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04-03-2004, 06:51 PM
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I make blind buys for TV Shows all the time:
Queer as Folk
SportsNight
Penn & Teller's Bullshit
Firefly
Six Feet Under
Stargate SG-1 (Season 1 was my first ever TV Season Set purchase)
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04-03-2004, 07:52 PM
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I've made a lot of blind buys:24,Angel,Alias,Buffy,The Critic,Dilbert,Firefly,Mr. Bean,Punk'd,and Starsky and Hutch.I do it all the time but I usually do a little research on tvshowsondvd.com before buying one.
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04-03-2004, 08:32 PM
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I do it all the time: Buffy, Angel, Stargate, Sopranos, Sex & The City, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Coupling (BBC)...
In all these cases, these are shows that I never watched but which picked up a lot of buzz and I started regretting missing. Haven't been disappointed yet.
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04-03-2004, 09:00 PM
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I've made a ton of blind buys on tv shows. I borrowed my friend's copy of Sopranos S1...after finishing it in a wekeend I was hooked. Up until season 5, I've never seen a single episode on tv.
I also blind bought OZ, The Office, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Chappelle's Show, South Park (only seen season 1), and Sports Night.
I've yet to make a bad decision.
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04-03-2004, 09:17 PM
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I hadn't seen anything from Simpsons season 1 except the first episode, and I knew that it wasn't supposed to be that great. I enjoy all the episodes, but of the three current sets, it's the one I watch the least.
That's the closest I'll come to a blind buy; episodes that I've never seen of a show I like.
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