On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 8:01 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > Addendum #2: I am really down the rabbit hole now. Apparently early DVD > sets of the Fugitive contained technical errors and replaced original music > with generic synthesizer stuff, causing much outrage among the fandom. They > then put out a “Fugitive: Most Wanted” Box set that was supposed to fix > these problems, but apparently did not. This set costs $159! On Amazon. But > the $45.49 set is described as being an even more recent set, with all > technical and music problems fixed. This now seems too good to be true, so > probably is not true. I bought it anyway, because now I am curious, and > prepared to demand a refund if unsatisfied. >
Music licensing is a plague on DVD and online releases. As complete as the DVDs for Homicide Life on the Street tried to be, several pieces of music were omitted. And of course WKRP was notoriously chopped up. Whole seasons of Married With Children didn’t even bother to clear the theme song, let alone “We Are The Champions” which was used throughout the series. > > On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 7:46 AM PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Addendum... >> I am pulling the trigger on The Fugitive Box set @ $45.49, after seeing >> used sets being sold for up to 50% more on some sites. >> >> On Amazon, Mannix S1-4 costs $24.51, while the complete box set for all 8 >> seasons is going for $75. According to the Wikis, roughly same number of >> episodes in each season. Are they charging a premium for completists? Are >> their cool bonus features on the complete set (Amazon is mute)? >> >> It does look like season 5 was the highest rated of the entire series, >> though in my memory the last two or thee seasons are a significant >> downgrade. >> >> Also, while single seasons 1-4 are ~ $10 each, the price goes up for >> single seasons 5-8, up to ~ $38/season for S6 & 7, then dropping to $21 for >> S8. >> >> Update: digging into comments section on Amazon, looks like there were >> “lost episodes” of Mannix that never made it to syndication, including S1 >> (after which Lucille Ball made some changes) and S7-8. Doesn’t exactly >> explain why S6 is so expensive. >> >> I may get the S1-4 set, which looks to be a bargain, but what if I start >> jonesing for the rest and have to buy the S1-8 box (cheaper than adding the >> remaining single seasons)? >> >> And now I remember another reason I stopped buying TV on DVD... >> >> -- >> Sent from Gmail Mobile >> > -- > Sent from Gmail Mobile > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2Biv%3DReQv4fF7JHZ7pb%3DZ9xkFk8tSdyes7ZVMd7RXxngw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkY%2Biv%3DReQv4fF7JHZ7pb%3DZ9xkFk8tSdyes7ZVMd7RXxngw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4BcrKK7QL-3jA-wrwhWYGnCp_DDKGENbVGRRi58vr_Q3A%40mail.gmail.com.
