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Old 12-01-2009, 3:40 PM   #1
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friends - complete boxset dvd

hi - does anyone own the black boxset ?? if so hows the picture quality ?? as i cant seem to find any reviews for the uk discs.......and as its at a low price currently i was thinking off picking one up......or maybe wait for the blu ray version one day.
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Old 12-01-2009, 11:13 PM   #2
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Re: friends - complete boxset dvd

first few can be a bit grainy as does every tv show of that era. later ones much cleaner.

Doubt this will appear on hi=def anytime soon.

I bought it 2 years ago at £100 and thought I was doing good!

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Old 14-01-2009, 11:29 AM   #3
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Re: friends - complete boxset dvd

thanks liam - do you have the red or the black box ?? and are the discs flippers ?? cheers
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Old 14-01-2009, 1:16 PM   #4
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Re: friends - complete boxset dvd

Black box, erm, think the discs are flippers but will confirm tonight mate.

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Old 01-02-2009, 4:35 PM   #5
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Re: friends - complete boxset dvd

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Black box, erm, think the discs are flippers but will confirm tonight mate.

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Better late than never, FLIPPERS they are indeed.

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Old 01-02-2009, 7:42 PM   #6
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Re: friends - complete boxset dvd

thanks mate!! i've decided to wait for the eventual blu release .....or until its not on e4 daily!!
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Old 01-02-2009, 10:32 PM   #7
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Re: friends - complete boxset dvd

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Doubt this will appear on hi=def anytime soon.

I bought it 2 years ago at £100 and thought I was doing good!

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Doubt they will appear in HD quality. They were edited on video like the later Trek series were. They will probaly never appear better than upscaled SD.

I paid up to £40 per season for most of the seasons.

From season 6 is where the quality was much better but they used more discs. They did 4 TV episodes and the same 4 episodes as extended on each side when the early seasons were 8 episodes per disc.
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Re: friends - complete boxset dvd

I was thinking of getting this box set now its only £50 - but Im not gonna touch it if its flippers - worst thing ever to come from DVD, as they never make it clear which side is which (one side could be black in the centre, or have the "standard" label on with the pits/tracks written into the label)
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Re: friends - complete boxset dvd

The way I do it is that side A is the side with side A facing up the way and on etc

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Old 07-02-2009, 5:03 PM   #10
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The way I do it is that side A is the side with side A facing up the way and on etc

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and how do you tell which is side a? most flippers I have seen its very hard indeed to tell
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Old 07-02-2009, 5:12 PM   #11
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Re: friends - complete boxset dvd

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first few can be a bit grainy as does every tv show of that era. later ones much cleaner.

Doubt this will appear on hi=def anytime soon.

I bought it 2 years ago at £100 and thought I was doing good!

Liam
i paid almost 200 pound years ago for this for a present for my sister because her cat died and she was upset bloody 200 pound! lol
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Old 08-02-2009, 4:22 PM   #12
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and how do you tell which is side a? most flippers I have seen its very hard indeed to tell
Small writing on the inner circle, the A or the B is usually in red font.

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Old 08-02-2009, 4:25 PM   #13
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Small writing on the inner circle, the A or the B is usually in red font.

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exactly what I was saying - the text is so small usually its nigh on impossible to read
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