Hi Byron!classicmovieguy said:The quality on the individual season sets I have isn't too bad.
I'm not "feeling" the artwork on the 'Jeannie' set - the colours are a bit too warm and it's not the most flattering one of the two leads.
I wish also that Mill Creek had kept the disc counts that they were going to. I think that the artifacting could be the result of Mill Creek's putting so many episodes on each disc. It baffles me why Mill Creek makes their releases like that-- fewer discs, and more episodes on each disc.Tony Bensley said:Hi Byron!
I'm thinking you should likely stick with the season sets.
A couple of Christmases back, I bought my wife the BEWITCHED complete series spindle set, complete with the first two seasons colorized. In my opinion, it's a pity Mill Creek didn't see fit to at least stick with their originally intended Disc counts for both series sets, as I anticipate a lot of artifacting in these! At least, with colorized episodes, while it isn't a perfect solution, there is usually the option of turning down the color. Not so with artifacting!
Ah well!
CHEERS!
Tony
That explains it very well!LeoA said:It shouldn't confuse you really, since it's all about the cost. The lower the disc count, the lower it costs to manufacture these.
That means they can drop the list price while maintaining their profit margin, furthering their goal of getting the last few DVD sales possible out of this program from individuals that didn't bite in earlier years at higher price points.
It also helps the double dippers. While they might be afraid of these being overly compressed (Although I've had good luck with Mill Creeks releases with a similar amount of content per disc), some diehard fans surely will be buying these just the same because they're claiming they're presented as originally broadcasted.
The lower the price, the greater the chance of such folks investing in these despite already owning the early season sets.
Kasey said:The Jeannie pic is kind of an odd choice since there are so many others with Hagman in his Major Nelson uniform that would have been more flattering and more appropriate. I think it's kind of misleading for Mill Creek to advertise "original broadcast versions". To me, that would mean the original opening themes which were replaced in syndication decades ago. I really doubt they've gone back and reinstated those.
Kasey said:The Jeannie pic is kind of an odd choice since there are so many others with Hagman in his Major Nelson uniform that would have been more flattering and more appropriate. I think it's kind of misleading for Mill Creek to advertise "original broadcast versions". To me, that would mean the original opening themes which were replaced in syndication decades ago. I really doubt they've gone back and reinstated those.
KPmusmag said:I was thinking the same thing. If I thought for a moment that these contained the sponsor specific openings etc I would buy it in a flash.
These were the "fixes" on Mill Creek's S3 set as posted by David:classicmovieguy said:Although didn't Mill Creek restore a few of the little things missing from the Sony sets? I seem to recall a few members here getting rather excited talking about them.
LeoA said:What would Shout Factory ever want them for?
Most of the possible sales that are here have already happened. Mill Creek is just wringing out the last few that have been left on the table with this final round of budget releases.