How many sets did you plan to buy (1 Viewer)

[John*Wells]

and complete?? Only to end up buying more??

I had planned to only buy these

Knight Rider
Dallas
Dukes of Hazzard
Law&Order
Silk Stalkings
Star Trek TOS
Mr Ed
Gomer Pyle USMC


However, My Brother in law bought me S1 of The West Wing for Christmas so I will soon be purchasing the rest of the seasons. And I purchased S1 of Adventures Superman and as the others come I will purchase them. I also would like to purchase the other Star Trek shows

TV DVD's addiction anyone??

 

[Harry-N]

I think the outcome would be different if magically all current and former series suddenly, all at once, were available for sale on DVD. This is all a pipe dream of course, but I think that the fact that some series are available while some are not has a great deal to do with what we've purchased.

I'm not sure I would have sprung for LOST IN SPACE had TIME TUNNEL been available. There's a connection to each other in my mind for these two shows, and having LOST IN SPACE made me feel a little closer to owning TIME TUNNEL.

Other shows that would have been instant buys for me if available (and still will) are THE FUGITIVE, THE INVADERS, MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE, and 12 O'CLOCK HIGH.

Series that have come out and were close to instant buys for me were STAR TREK: TOS, STAR TREK: TNG, STAR TREK: DS9, THE TWILIGHT ZONE, M*A*S*H, THE PRISONER and THE OUTER LIMITS.

Naturally, if all series were available at once, purchase price would also figure into the purchasing plan. So it's actually a good thing that they come out slowly. It keeps the wallet refreshed and the pain of these big purchases isn't as bad as it could be.

Harry

 

[ElijahS]

Of shows that are available, my list of intentions included the following:

Alias
Friends
Law & Order: SVU
Law & Order: CI
Mad About You
Will & Grace

By the second year of purchasing, I added in a few shows (Law & Order, Smallville, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and All In The Family). Last year was the explosion year. Shows with multiple sets: The West Wing, 24, Monk, Batman: The Animated Series, Scrubs, and Roseanne. There were also many shows with only one release (so far).

 

[Ravi K]

I'm well on my way to completing:

Seinfeld
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Arrested Development

I plan to collect:

I Love Lucy
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Cheers
Taxi
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Roseanne (sans season 1)
The Odd Couple (if/when it hits DVD)

and possibly:

The Andy Griffith Show
I'm sure there are others I can't think of right now


I will stop buying The Simpsons at season six or seven, maybe eight.

 

[Bonnie*F]

Alot of it is timing as well.

When I first heard that TV Shows were becoming available on DVD, there were shows that I had to have. Some I had even tried to get on VHS. The mini-series Cosmos was the first DVD I bought as well as being the first TV series.

M*A*S*H for my mother's pleasure since she adores the show and Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes.
For me was shows like The Sentinel (first season in 4/06), The Tomorrow People, original Battlestar Galactica, BTVS, Angel, Stargate SG-1, Robin of Sherwood (only available in England), Earth: Final Conflict, Man from UNCLE, Emergency!, Black Adder, Starsky and Hutch and others as I thought about it.
At that time, shows like Smallville, Lost, Tripping the Rift, Stargate Atlantis weren't even on the air yet so I could not make a valid decision to purchase them. Also hadn't been exposed to Midsomer Murders and David Suchet's Poirot.
Do I purchase too many DVD's on TV? Sure do.
Do I purchase DVD's about TV shows that I have never watched? Yep, that too. I read other peoples reviews and do a little research and I make a decision. Sometimes, I make a good one and I enjoy the new show-Smallville is the perfect example since I never saw the first two years but after hearing the raves, was willing to try it out.
Addicted?
Absolutely

 

[John*Wells]

Well the reason I asked is, With Television becoming taken over by Realty TV. THe good shows will soon only be found on DVD Television is going in a sad direction if you ask me