Madame X
01-12-2007, 02:35 AM
I'm getting tired of the games the TV DVD producers play with us. They sell incomplete episodes, release seasons whenever they want to, skimp on packaging, withhold many shows we want to see and continue to give less for more.
If a show has been over for 20 or 30 years, there is no reason that they can't produce and release complete footage. Period. Every show has master copies lying around somewhere. To cut out even one line of a show is unfair to a true fan and consumer. What do they gain by withholding footage on a DVD? There is plenty of space on a disc and no commercials to worry about.
They should release the complete boxed set first, instead of stringing us along, forcing us to buy one season at a time at intervals they determine. It could take years to obtain an entire series.
In some cases, they get people committed to collecting a series by purchasing the first few seasons, then they announce that they won't be releasing the rest of the series.
Watch out, next we'll be getting adds and promos on the DVD's, or commercial breaks. And we probably won't even be able to fast-forward.
If a show has been over for 20 or 30 years, there is no reason that they can't produce and release complete footage. Period. Every show has master copies lying around somewhere. To cut out even one line of a show is unfair to a true fan and consumer. What do they gain by withholding footage on a DVD? There is plenty of space on a disc and no commercials to worry about.
They should release the complete boxed set first, instead of stringing us along, forcing us to buy one season at a time at intervals they determine. It could take years to obtain an entire series.
In some cases, they get people committed to collecting a series by purchasing the first few seasons, then they announce that they won't be releasing the rest of the series.
Watch out, next we'll be getting adds and promos on the DVD's, or commercial breaks. And we probably won't even be able to fast-forward.