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Over the years I suspected the "extra basketcase drm" vendors like Macrovision and Sony DADC, likely designed their drm implementations as a "plugin" module for popular dvd authoring programs that the professionals used. So it was a matter of just loading in the "basketcase plugin" into an...

This may sound kinda silly (or sordid). One of my "hobbies" is searching for known dvds with extra basketcase drm, at thrift shops and/or dumpbins at discount shops. Using only rudimentary tools (such as DVD Decrypter, IfoEdit, IsoBuster, etc ...) and writing some of my own computer code, I...

I passed by a thrift shop earlier today, and noticed they had more than a dozen discarded copies of Grey's Anatomy season 1. On a hunch, I went through every set to see what "disney item code" (DIC) the discs had. There were numerous sets where discs had DIC K**** or L****. Though I found...

Sony's american home entertainment divison was somewhat more "strategic" about using their own homegrown "Arccos" extra basketcase drm on their dvd releases. The typical pattern was that some first release pressings of their then-new movies over 2005 to 2010, were encoded with extra...

The most infamous case of this was the early-2007 Sony dvd release of Casino Royale and a few other titles, which were not playable on Sony manufactured standalone dvd players. Sony did a recall / replacement program for this extremely botched Casino Royale dvd. (I still see this extremely...

On a generic standalone dvd player, the extra basketcase drm is almost always "invisible" when playing such discs. The extra basketcase drm has everything to do with tripping up ripping programs like DVD Decrypter, and subsequent ones like anydvd, dvdfab, makemkv, etc .... The latter three are...

I don't have any of the original digipak versions of Golden Girls released back in 2004-2007. I only have the re-released amaray variants from 2016, where the disks were just generic grey looking discs (ie. no silkscreening like the original releases). Factually I remember the 2016 amaray...

(Speaking more generally). For american region1 releases, Disney started using extra basketcase drm (designed by Macrovision) in 2006. The earliest title I've encoutered was the movie "Dark Water" which was released on December 27, 2005. In the case of Sony region1 releases, the earliest...

As another recent example, the Scrubs season 1 and 2 sets I purchased recently, all had "disney item code" (DIC) of K**** on the discs and slipbox/slipcover. This points to it being original variants released back in 2005. (The Scrubs season 2 discs had IFPI mould sid codes corresponding to a...

For context about Disney titles, there is an alphanumeric code at the end of the copyright string on slipcases/slipboxes, actual discs, etc ... which appears to be unique for each item Disney puts into mass production. From what I have noticed, it corresponds approximately to the date...

I found another Disney title which was initially released with extra basketcase drm, but was later re-released without any extra basketcase drm. Yesterday I passed by a thrift shop and picked up Scrubs seasons 1, 2, and 3 dvd season sets, which were the original pressings from 2005-2006 with...

Nevertheless, if Sony decides to re-release complete series sets previously released by Sony or Fox, then initially all the discs will likely have to cut new masters stamps at Technicolor Mexico. Older Sony releases previously were mastered and manufactured at their own former Sony DADC plant...

In light of the recent announcement of Bewitched being released on bluray by Mill Creek, I looked up other threads on other message boards about this future release. On another message board in a thread of interest, there was an link to an older post by a purported "kino insider". If this...

In terms of past precedents, there was one partially documented "in house" case of an old extra basketcase drm infested disc which was later reissued with the basketcase drm removed. After the Disney/Fox merger was final, the first batch of Fox bluray titles reissued by Disney included "Home...

The reason I bring up the extra basketcase drm issue on older Disney releases and the Fox double-sided flipper discs sets, is that these two cases are the "worst of both worlds" in regard to doing re-releases as generic single-sided dvd discs. Something like Remington Steele or The Pretenders...

If SDS were to release non-Fox Disney complete series sets, the easiest ones to do would be ones where all the seasons have already been released. For example shows which had not been released as complete series sets, such as: (plain generic dvds with no extra basketcase drm) - Once Upon A...

Unfortunately this and The Pretender was tragic in regard to DVD14 double-sided flipper discs. (The Pretender was the final MTM production, before it was shuttered and folded into Fox). I ended up finding the Remington Steele region1 flipper-discs dvd sets in the dump bins for $4 or $5 a pop...

Here's a slight twist. Sony released an AITF seasons 1-5 set in 2018, which is now out-of-print. (If I had to guess, it was likely an easy way to clear out old inventory out of Sony's warehouses). https://www.amazon.com/All-Family-Helen-Page-Camp/dp/B077RG244R/ ShoutFactory's first AITF...

Another one is The Goldbergs, where Sony released seasons 1 to 6 on dvd in america region1. Seasons 7 to 10 have not been released yet. (The Goldbergs ended last year with season 10).

Off the top of my head, two Sony titles which this could be done easily in this manner, is The Blacklist and The Good Doctor. Seasons 1 to 8 of Blacklist have already been released on dvd and bluray by Sony in region1/A, but not seasons 9 and 10. Seasons 1 to 4 of The Good Doctor have already...

The only way to know for sure, is if a Mill Creek or ShoutFactory insider says this explicitly on the public record. Another hypothetical option if SDS doesn't want to release particular complete series sets, is if VEI is talking to Sony Pictures Home Entertainment executives who make licensing...

Archie Bunker's Place season 1 was also re-released by Mill Creek in 2015, where both the original Sony and re-released Mill Creek variants appear to now be out-of-print. Diff'rent Strokes seasons 1 and 2 were also re-released by Mill Creek in 2014, where both the original Sony and re-released...

Another configuration for (hypothetical) partial multi-season dvd sets for Grey's Anatomy could be: seasons 1 to 5 = 27 discs seasons 6 to 9 = 24 discs seasons 10 to 13 = 24 discs Seasons 14 and later have not been released on dvd in america region1. (Seasons 14 to 19 have been released in...

In terms of partial multi-season dvd sets, one Disney title I would do a preorder on is if SDS re-releases Grey's Anatomy seasons 1 to 6 as a 33-discs set. (ie. Similar to how Paramount/CBS has released the partial multi-season dvd sets like Blue Bloods seasons 5-8 and NCIS seasons 13-16...

(Another silly wishlist with blind optimism). If this SDS arrangement also includes Disney/Fox shows where all seasons were previously released on dvd, some reauthored re-releases in giant 24+discs amray cases I might buy as preorders: fox - Remington Steel - The Pretender - Voyage at the...

(Stupid wishlist time). If Sony were to release such complete series sets in giant 12+discs amray cases, initially they would be severely constrained by whatever contracts they still have in place with third party movie companies like Mill Creek, ShoutFactory, etc .... The easiest stuff to...