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Mill Creek likely knows very well their stuff is garbage. Their conduct over the past decade of disc decline, is indicative they simply don't care anymore. There is likely enough "non-aficionados" buying their dvd/bluray releases, that they can "flip the bird" (figuratively) to the...

My collecting obsession pattern also had a slightly different pattern. Over the years 1997 to 2010, I had very little to no interest in dvd/blu-ray/hd-dvd. So I did not accumulate much of anything in dvd discs. I only started buying a lot of dvds and blurays in 2011, where the ocd collecting...

Only reason I ever purchased large VEI/CBS complete series releases, was that I was able to find the disc-reduced Cannon complete series set for $26 at a nearby wallyworld a few years ago, or it was shows which appear to be edited on videotape or had some decent transfers from the 1990s (such as...

Another possibility is ViacomCBS seeing the past sales/revenue of their licensed properties to VEI, where the latter sold complete series sets from the start. (CBS library stuff like Barnaby Jones, Cannon, Diagnosis Murder, etc ... outsourced to VEI).

Lets hope it doesn't come to that. Even before the copyright expires, just hope the original film reels are eventually donated to a place like ucla, and not the garbage dump.

The only cases of "missing scenes" and/or different music which I was consciously aware of (before the internet), were from a few movies which I watched repeatedly when I was younger (such as Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Cheech and Chong's Next Movie). Basically these "missing scenes" were...

Frankly the only reason I know about stuff like edits, missing scenes, different music, etc .... from older tv shows, is because somebody else has figured these things out already and has documented it online. Otherwise I would be completely ignorant of such differences for most tv shows and...

For dvd sets where I'm aware of issues like edits, changed music, missing scenes, etc ... it usually automatically turns the dvd into a "dump bin" purchase for me. This is the primary reason why I buy very few Shout Factory releases, due to a double whammy of missing scenes, changed music...

The only cases where I remembered the details and/or music, were a few movies that I watched over and over again when I was younger. (Mostly stuff like Cheech and Chong, Terminator, etc ...). If I only watch something once or twice, I usually don't remember details after a week or so.

On this issue, I'm somewhat ignorant of the details of many tv shows that I watched in the past. I was never really a diligent tv viewer that paid attention to a lot of details in every episode. Frankly for most episodes I watched, I completely forgot about the details after a few weeks...

(Going very very far offtopic). Without going heavily into "politics", something similar with "no respect for the past" is going on with my younger relatives whom were born in Israel. Apparently some of my younger nephews + nieces have ended up moving permanently to Berlin, Germany for various...

What would be the likelihood of older 1950s era tv shows going out of copyright and becoming public domain? If such old shows/movies end up in the public domain, where would the old film reels and/or transfers end up? For example, would the studios donate the old out-of-copyright film...

What we don't know is how much of that billions of $$$ is allocated to Warner Archive specifically. Time-Warner is a giant conglomerate with many divisions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Time_Warner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_Warner Besides just like any other...

The only Elvis tunes I've heard lately, is stuff like Heartbreak Hotel in "muzak" form playing on a pa system at a local shopping mall. I haven't heard any Beatles tunes in "muzak" form lately.

On Friday 29, September 2006 primetime: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006–07_United_States_network_television_schedule - Numb3rs - Law & Order - 20/20 - Ghost Whisperer - Men In Trees - Close To Home - (reruns) + reality shows ...

On Saturday 30, September 2006, there wasn't much on during primetime. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307_United_States_network_television_schedule - 48 Hours Mystery - Saturday Night Football - Dateline Saturday Night - COPS - America's Most Wanted - (reruns) ....

If I had to guess, the next few "pallet" dvd/bluray titles at Costco/SAMS/BJs/etc ... will probably be something like: - The Hunger Games: Mockingjay part 2 - Star Wars: The Force Awakens - etc ...

(Somewhat related). IIRC, the recent dvd/bluray/cd titles I remember seeing on large displays on a pallet at the local Costco outlets, were mostly heavily hyped + promoted titles. For example, stuff like: - the recent Adele album "25" - Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation - Minions - etc ...

For that matter, even some of the discount outlets I've been going to once every few weeks, have also been reducing their floor space for dvds and blurays. Over the last several years, I use to go to these same discount outlets every week, but not anymore. One liquidation outlet I went to...

More generally, my guess is that these warehouse outlets/chains are no longer interested in being the movie companies' dumping ground or "toilet". Especially if it is no longer profitable for these outlets/chains. Over the years I got the impression that Costco et al were the last place many...

At this point I wouldn't be surprised at all, if the warehouse outlets like Sams Club, Costco, etc ... are not seeing much in profit margins anymore from dvd/bluray sales. (ie. Economy of scales are no longer working anymore for dvds/blurays). The big question is what will the movie companies...

My local Costco is mostly new releases now. Older catalog stuff seems to be less and less frequent. Also the general size of the dvd/bluray section is shrinking and shrinking with time. No point in shopping there anymore for dvds/blurays specifically. (Most of my shopping there is for other...

(Offtopic rant which may possibly be a verboten topic on this board, but I'll discuss it anyways as an illustration of this ^). About a year or so before I started buying a lot of dvds/blurays in 2011, my previous computer died and I subsequently purchased another desktop. At the time, I...

(Going very very far offtopic). To belabor the point. I should also mention that everything I have said about computer dvd and bluray drives on this thread, is NOT directly applicable to the audio cd reading capabilities of these exact same optical drives. Reading audio cds accurately is an...

With the dvd patents expiring in the near future, I don't know how much one can reduce costs for newly manufactured dvd drives/players. (Many new manufactured computer dvd drives are around $20 a pop or less). According to the dvd royalty payments schedule...

This is probably fine for read-only type optical disc applications (ie. already burned discs, pressed cds/dvds/etc ...), in the near and far future. Though for burning new optical discs, it may be a whole entirely different matter. (On a huge offtopic tangent). Unfortunately the best...

This is a very GOOD point. (Going slightly offtopic). Unfortunately the computer dvd and bluray optical drive business seems to be a shadow of its former self. In terms of widely available computer dvd drives (whether OEM or not), the only newly manufactured models I really ever come...

(Slightly on a tangent). Finally found a black & white tv show I could get into (besides the first season of Gilligan's Island). I recently picked up The Addams Family volumes 1 to 3 dvds. I don't know how I managed to have completely missed over this franchise when I was a kid and teenager...

I can relate. In a similar parallel, I find that I am much more willing to watch a movie or tv show live (or DVR'd) on cable or satellite, than watching it on dvd/bluray or on a flat-rate or free streaming service (such as Netflix, a tv network's web streaming service, etc ...). This may sound...

I think this is a good point. More generally, the same can be said for just about any era (or genre) in any niche. When I was a kid/teenager, I use to like watching superhero type live-action movies and tv shows. Stuff like Superman, The Incredible Hulk, Wonder Woman, Batman, etc ... (Back...