What's Happening to Complete Season Boxed Sets?

[RetroBoy]

Posted: 11/16/07 at 12:39pm

I don't understand this. The TV to DVD genre is taking a giant leap backwards by releasing television shows in volumes as opposed to complete season sets.

The first studio to do this, to my knowledge anyway was 20th Century-Fox Video. Several of their titles (Lost in Space, Time Tunnel and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea) were released this way.

Now it seems Paramount/CBS Video is doing the same thing as they are releasing Love American Style, The Mod Squad and The Love Boat in this fashion.

I prefer my seasons in complete boxed sets. It makes very little sense to me to release these shows as Season One, Volume One. That means if a show ran five seasons instead of having just fve boxed sets of the show you would have 10! That's alot of shelf space! Besides, I hate the idea of waiting 6 months to purchase the second half of a television season.

End of rant.

[best12bars]

Posted: 11/16/07 at 1:14pm

It's greed, pure and simple. They make more money this way.

TV is still selling very well on DVD, unlike the "really truly special edition - 3rd time releases" of your favorite movies.

So, Marketing decides to milk it. Just like the infomercial ads that require "two easy payments" to get one product.