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  1. Purple Wig

    The era of TV shows on DVD is coming to an end

    Is Hamilton one of many examples or is it one of the few exceptions?
  2. Purple Wig

    The era of TV shows on DVD is coming to an end

    The decline in pop cultural literacy may not be as important as loss of historical literacy, but it’s all part of the same trend. I was flipping through a 1967 issue of Newsweek recently, with a Marshall McLuhan cover story. There’s an article about the current “poster craze” among teens and...
  3. Purple Wig

    The era of TV shows on DVD is coming to an end

    Speaking of Mill Creek, this might be a naive question, but why don't they release more PD boxes like the Classic Detectives 150 episode pack? There are the many grey market releases of public domain titles, would it be cost prohibitive for a company to assemble other collections like that of...
  4. Purple Wig

    The era of TV shows on DVD is coming to an end

    A lot to think about here but I'm not so sure the quality of broadcast media grows. There is more glitz but most people apparently have no problem with cut shows, time compression, credits chopped, onscreen logos, wrong aspect ratios, all the other things that are commonplace on TV now but were...
  5. Purple Wig

    The era of TV shows on DVD is coming to an end

    No wonder I never see him around anymore! Tell him to drop by sometime. :) I've actually been meaning to check out Brenner for some time. Noticed a used copy recently, may go back for it soon.
  6. Purple Wig

    The era of TV shows on DVD is coming to an end

    I guess the recent "Decoy" and upcoming "Public Defender" are among the only encouraging signs.....maybe a few more low overhead obscurities will trickle out. Not going to hold my breath for "Judd, For The Defense", "The Outsider", or "Bracken's World" though.
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