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04-15-2008, 10:43 PM
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Hank
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Is Sony out of the TV DVD business?
I know we read about a year ago about one person leaving and that causing the whole department to be at a standstill. But that's a long time ago and they are still at a standstill. They started all of these shows and left them hanging. They can't even complete All in the Family for crying out loud. Not to mention Family, Police Woman, Here Come the Brides, Partridge Family, Flying Nun and I'm sure a dozen others. What gives? Have they just gotten out of the game?
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04-16-2008, 08:23 AM
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Re: Is Sony out of the TV DVD business?
Well, only a few weeks ago, they reissued all 5 seasons of The Shield that had previously been available via Fox. Sony's new editions are widescreen, whereas Fox's were 1.33:1, the creator's favored ratio.
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04-16-2008, 08:47 AM
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Re: Is Sony out of the TV DVD business?
They did manage to get season 2 of "Barney Miller" released a few months ago, and so while they don't appear to be completely out of the TV-on-DVD business, their output surely has slowed.
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04-16-2008, 08:55 AM
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Re: Is Sony out of the TV DVD business?
Their list of unfinished shows goes on and on....
The Facts Of Life
Hart to Hart
All in the Family
The Jeffersons
Hazel
Archie Bunker's Place
The Flying Nun
What's Happening Now!!
I Dream Of Jeannie
Maude
I gave up on them a few months ago and decided to finish my collections through other venues  . Afterall, I would like to see the rest of the episodes at some point. And they show no promise of releasing anything further in any series, even the ones that sold really well.
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04-16-2008, 09:06 AM
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Re: Is Sony out of the TV DVD business?
Until we start seeing some more releases, Sony does not exist as far as I'm concerned. Period.
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04-16-2008, 09:13 AM
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Hank
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Re: Is Sony out of the TV DVD business?
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Their list of unfinished shows goes on and on....
The Facts Of Life
Hart to Hart
All in the Family
The Jeffersons
Hazel
Archie Bunker's Place
The Flying Nun
What's Happening Now!!
I Dream Of Jeannie
Maude
I gave up on them a few months ago and decided to finish my collections through other venues . Afterall, I would like to see the rest of the episodes at some point. And they show no promise of releasing anything further in any series, even the ones that sold really well.
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That kind of reminds me of a story. When the CD format came out, there were no releases for The Dave Clark Five. My friend has a CD store and he sold many copies of "gray area" DC5 CDs. When Clark finally put out a 2-CD best of some time in the mid-90s, it sold poorly because most people had already given up and sought the material elsewhere. You snooze, you lose.
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04-16-2008, 09:59 AM
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Re: Is Sony out of the TV DVD business?
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That kind of reminds me of a story. When the CD format came out, there were no releases for The Dave Clark Five. My friend has a CD store and he sold many copies of "gray area" DC5 CDs. When Clark finally put out a 2-CD best of some time in the mid-90s, it sold poorly because most people had already given up and sought the material elsewhere. You snooze, you lose.
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There's a problem with that analogy: the material was already available for sale on LPs and 45s. If you looked hard enough at a place that sold used records you might find them.
We are talking about material that mostly has not been available commercially ever, save for long-OOP Columbia House tapes of less than half the episodes, some of which go for hundreds of dollars each used.
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04-16-2008, 10:01 AM
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Re: Is Sony out of the TV DVD business?
They seem to be more interested right now in putting their old TV shows out on the internet via streaming video on sites like hulu.com. They seem to offer a number of episodes that aren't even available on DVD among various shows.
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04-16-2008, 10:19 AM
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Re: Is Sony out of the TV DVD business?
Minisodes don't count. Yes I know they have full episodes of some shows but if they can put full episodes of a bomb like "The Munsters Today" up and they can't put up full episodes of shows that people actually watched during their network runs, then what is up?
Someone suggested the problem is that Sony simply owns too many shows. Heck, they bought practically every game show not made by Goodson-Todman. Perhaps they were right.
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04-16-2008, 02:38 PM
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Re: Is Sony out of the TV DVD business?
Here's what Sony has left hanging, with the number of seasons released compared to the number produced, with shows that made it halfway through their runs italicized:
Hazel (1/5)
I Dream of Jeannie (4/5) (this would be the most likely to be finished next)
The Flying Nun (2/3)
Here Come the Brides (1/2)
The Partridge Family (2/4)
All in the Family (6/9)
Maude (1/6)
The Rookies (1/4)
Police Woman (1/4)
The Jeffersons (6/11)
One Day at a Time (1/9)
S.W.A.T. (1/2)
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (24 episodes out of 325, one of which screwed up pretty badly)
Family (2/5)
Charlie's Angels (3/5)
Fantasy Island (1/7)
Diff'rent Strokes (2/8)
Hart to Hart (2/5)
The Facts of Life (3/9)
Benson (1/7)
Archie Bunker's Place (1/4)
T.J. Hooker (2/5)
Silver Spoons (1/5)
Who's The Boss? (1/8)
227 (1/5)
What's Happening Now (1/3)
The Larry Sanders Show (1/7, possibly held up at Garry Shandling's request)
Mad About You (3/7)
The Nanny (2/6)
Ned and Stacey (1/2)
Just Shoot Me (2/7)
31 shows left out to dry, and only 8 made it to their respective halfway points. Not a pretty picture.
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04-16-2008, 02:56 PM
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Re: Is Sony out of the TV DVD business?
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They did manage to get season 2 of "Barney Miller" released a few months ago, and so while they don't appear to be completely out of the TV-on-DVD business, their output surely has slowed.
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Yeah and they released Married... With Children: Season Eight a month or two ago. There aren't many more than that though. |
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04-16-2008, 03:28 PM
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Re: Is Sony out of the TV DVD business?
They also released S3 of party of five and S6 of Bewitched is coming.
Here is a list of shows that Sony has completed with the number of seasons:
Sanford and Son - 6
Seinfeld - 9
Good Times - 6
What's Happening - 3
The Critic - 2
Soap - 4
Square Pegs - 1
King of Queens - 8
Newsradio - 5
Tour of Duty - 3
Tabitha - 1
I'm sure there are others, but that is an impressive list. Sony may be slow but they do eventually get the job done. Hopefully this slow-down will end soon and they can get some of the others completed.
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