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So far amazon has accepted all my returns of suspected bootlegs with a full refund. In the return procedure, I explain in detail why it is a bootleg such as single-layer discs (ie. less than 5 gigabytes) with no encryption. In the return package, I also include a handwritten note outlining...

I posted a recent rant about this issue on another thread on here. https://www.hometheaterforum.com/community/threads/whats-left-unreleased-on-4k-that-you-would-pay-50-to-own-on-day-one.382477/page-3#post-5323699 Apparently bootleggers have become problematic where the counterfeit copies...

Heh. It sounds like the bootleggers were really lazy, and just ran everything through a program like dvdshrink. Back in the day, dvdshrink was the easiest way to reduce the size of a two-layer dvd disc (ie. greater than 4.5 gigabytes), into something that can fit onto a single-layer dvd disc...

The nearby wallymarts don't have much of a dvd section anymore. So if this NCIS 13-16 epicpak has been released as a wally-exclusive already, it has never reached the wallyworld outlets in my locale. With that being said, it appears this NCIS 13-16 epicpak might be getting a general wide...

It seems like this older style of shows like In Search Of (with Nimoy) and Arthur C. Clarke's three series of Mysterious World (1980), World of Strange Powers (1985), and Mysterious Universe (1994) on ITV in the uk, does not seem to be as compelling nowadays. Today, this type of show would...

Back in the day, I read HP Lovecraft before I came across "Chariot of the Gods" type of stuff. I thought the latter sounded somewhat familiar, as if von Daeniken was "plagiarizing" Lovecraft. When I first saw the Stargate movie in its first-run in theaters, the underlying storyline also...

My 20-year-old self would have likely been heavily into a show like Ancient Aliens. Nowadays my middle-aged self finds shows like this too hard to watch, without a lot of skepticism.

This overlapping/stacked discs packaging of the giant Paramount/ViacomCBS sets was offputting at first. The way I found around this annoyance, was to keep around 15-20 two-disc bluray cases which I take the discs out of a CBS 24+ discs case and put into these two-disc cases temporarily. (Such...

I remember seeing a large batch of these Paramount/CBS complete series sets being dumped at Costco almost a decade ago or so. Stuff like JAG, MacGyver, Wild Wild West, etc ... At the time, I picked up the Wild Wild West set which had that funny slotted "accordian" packaging inside a box.

Is this the american verison where the discs were "slotted" into a cardboard "accordian looking thing" inside a box?

The nearby costco outlets don't carry dvds/blurays much anymore. Though occasionally a Disney title might show up, such as Star Wars. For over a decade, I got the impression that Costco was the last trip a lot of excess dvd/bluray inventory went through, before they either disappeared...

The ER complete series set was re-released last year, likely with different more compact packaging. Dunno about the price. The older version from 5+ years ago, I remember seeing at Costco for less than $100 at the time. (Likely a liquidation of older excess inventory).

IIRC, there was an ER complete series set released more than 5 years ago, where it appears the double-sided flipper discs sets were replaced with the 7 single-sided discs re-released versions. The first two seasons were originally released as four double-sided flipper discs sets in 2003/2004.

Is this the original version with four double-sided flipper discs, or the re-released version with 7 single-sided dvd discs?

From visual inspection, those discs don't look like they were manufactured by Technicolor (Mexico) nor Bertelsmann (Germany). Paramount/CBS/Viacom had their dvd discs manufactured at Technicolor for more than a decade, and more recently at Bertelsmann. The packaging looks like a very good forgery.

This looks like it was manufactured over the past year or two. The giveway is the "SDS" logo.

At this point, I don't expect the Peacock telefilms to ever be released on dvd. Even if the Psych producer gets his way and produces 5 or more telefilms, which will likely be long term exclusives for nbcuniversal's Peacock streaming service...

The few movie companies still using the arccos variant of extra basketcase drm these days, is Lionsgate and PBS in region1 dvd titles (ie. america). Besides those two, just about every movie company has stopped using extra basketcase drm for their dvd discs. (ie. Warner, Disney, Universal...

It's probably legit then. Most likely your copy might be defective, if it doesn't play at all. Easiest to do an exchange in that case.

There is also a possibility your season 10 vol 2 copy might be an illegal bootleg copy. For example, do the discs have IFPI KK** or 07** stamped in the first inner transparent circle away from the center of the disc ? Do these discs even have any encryption on them?

The last time Paramount/CBS used any basketcase drm on their dvds, was during 2009 -> 2014. (IIRC the last drm laden title was the dvd version of the 2014 film "Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit"). Though CBS tv season sets during that same time period, didn't use any of this basketcase drm as far as...

Frankly if ViacomCBS has contracted all their region1 dvd disc manufacturing to Bertelsmann's Guetersloh Germany facility, I might very well be inclined to just wait for complete series sets of CBS shows, instead of getting the individual season sets already released. Shows which might end in...

Just noticed the american ViacomCBS started using the BMG (Bertelsmann) disc manufacturing plant in Guetersloh (North Rhine Westphalia) Germany, to manufacture the discs in this NCIS New Orelans complete series set. All 39 discs in this set had IFPI mould code 07** (where ** are alphanumeric...

This title has not been released yet in america. (The official street date is at the end of august). Either you live and/or imported a copy from another jurisdiction where it has already been released, or you got very lucky where a retailer accidentally put it onto the shelf very early. ;)

At this point for me, it is tempting to just buy the NCIS: New Orleans complete series as a preorder. (It is being released on August 31, 2021). I already have the seasons 1, 2, and 3 season sets. Apparently the preorder price of the NCIS: New Orleans complete series set, is way lower in cost...

My copy had something like 8 discs (iirc). There was another version which had a total of something like 12 or 13 discs. (Both versions were released by vei in america). The episodes look like 1970s era stuff from england, with the actors/actresses speaking in "american" sounding accents.

How many discs are in this version of Thriller complete collection?

I had high hopes for this show, back in the earlier seasons in its first run. I even picked up the season 1 bluray, back when it was first released. Without any spoilers, it turned really really weird in season 3. So I didn't even bother buying the subsequent seasons on bluray at the time...

In terms of Alliance Atlantis, it appears the production of season 3 of the 1980s Twilight Zone was handled by Alliance when the production was moved to Canada in 88-89. Though overall, it appears ViacomCBS owns the first two seasons. The 2002 Twilight Zone with Forest Whitaker narrating, was...

Are you thinking of the 1995-2002 revived Outer Limits ? It appears that revived version was handled on dvd by Echo Bridge in america. Not clear who currently owns it. Reading the wikipedia and imdb pages, it appears it might be owned by Alliance Atlantis. Apparently Alliance Atlantis has...