friends - complete boxset dvd

[dannydj]

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.

[DVD-Man]

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

[dannydj]

thanks liam - do you have the red or the black box ?? and are the discs flippers ?? cheers

[DVD-Man]

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

Liam

[DVD-Man]

Originally Posted by DVD-Man

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

Liam

Better late than never, FLIPPERS they are indeed.

Liam

[dannydj]

thanks mate!! i've decided to wait for the eventual blu release .....or until its not on e4 daily!!

[nwgarratt]

Originally Posted by DVD-Man

Doubt this will appear on hi=def anytime soon.

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

Liam

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.

[HugoFJH]

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)

[DVD-Man]

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

Liam

[HugoFJH]

Originally Posted by DVD-Man

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

Liam

and how do you tell which is side a? most flippers I have seen its very hard indeed to tell

[the boots man]

Originally Posted by DVD-Man

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

[DVD-Man]

Originally Posted by HugoFJH

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.

Liam

[HugoFJH]

Originally Posted by DVD-Man

Small writing on the inner circle, the A or the B is usually in red font.

Liam

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