This would be the entire Phil Hartman era (the classic era). I will be able to start trades on this in about a week: I've got halfway to go on a huge trade, plus it's finals week and I work full time: but I just wanted to give a heads up that this will be available. feel free to pm me anytime.

overall, most episodes are pretty good quality, I would say 9. a few episodes have some mild tracking issues, but overall in turned out quite good. As extras/bonuses, I tacked on the first 2 episodes of the 5th and final season: the tribute to Phil Hartman (Bill McNeal) and the episode where his real-life good friend Jon Lovitz was hired as his replacement. As much as I think Jon Lovitz is a great actor, he just didn't fit in this show IMO and I tuned out quickly thereafter. These are in EP mode, although I personally can't tell the difference between speeds.

aren't these all available on legit studio release sets?

Yes, however I've noticed quite a bit of stuff on here that is already available for purchase on dvd. I'm not sure what you're getting at by hinting that my stuff is illegitimate.

In any event, I think my EP format is scaring off some people. Would anyone want this if I redid it in another format?

Just to throw another option out there, I have every episode from every season of "NewsRadio" recorded from A&E onto DVD. 10/10 quality for the whole thing.

Just seems a bit silly to take the time to make a set when they can be bought in better quality fairly cheaply.

Not to derail this thread here, but yes that is my arguement. It's really only right to trade shows that are unavailable or unavailable in their uncut original versions (such as the case with WKRP, which is available via retail but with tons of music replacements, so a trade set is justified).

But it's a lot of time to tape the shows, put them in order, burn DVDs etc, when you can buy each season for about $15.

When something is available commercially, I take it off my list. Maybe I'm in the minority?

whether it is "right" or not to trade something that is already commercially available is a tricky subject; everyone will have their own opinion on it, but there is no rule here that explicitly forbids it - unless someone is trying to trade a copy of the retail version.

there are other reasons that someone may want a home-made set - to add-in extra features or interviews, or crossover eps with other shows, to change the episode order, or to fit more eps per disk, who knows.

...just keep the debate civil is all I ask.

I intended to fully replace things in my home recording collection with retail DVD's at first. Now I feel that they supplement each other. Sometimes the retail DVD's will contain changes. Often it seems like this relates to the music but occasionally you even get editing on the episodes for whatever reason. I still appreciate the A+ quality that is available from retail sets so with the cost of media being so amazingly cheap these days, I've just decided to personally keep both. When trading, you never know what the preference of the person you are trading with will be.

I'm in agreement with wiseguy182. If I go through the trouble of creating a nice set of a show that's not currently available on dvd, I'm still going to offer that set when a retail verson becomes available. I just note that its my homebrew, so the trader is aware.

But I don't expect to replace my homebrews with full retails, unless there is some specific reason like bonus scenes or behind the scenes clips, or a quality issue. And considering you can get dvd-r blanks at 35 cents or so, a set of 6, 7 or 8 dvds is still a boatload cheaper than buying all the retails when they become available. It's just a matter of choice.