Man I just don't understand why they don't get these sets ready by Christmas. I bet there would be double the sales. It's not like them to miss out on a big cha-ching. What gives?

Willowy | August 18, 07:27 CET

If they rush all the sets out(with all of their shows) then they flood the marketplace.

Just buy Wonderfalls(another Fox DVD) in Christmas time instead.

[ edited by eddy on 2004-08-18 05:55 ]

eddy | August 18, 07:54 CET

eddy, not only would the marketplace be overcrowded, but they would run out of seasons faster. I've always been curious why they release the seasons with five or six months gaps. Is it simply because they want to give buyers a chance to save more money, or does it have something to do with the licensing agreement?

thekey1313 | August 18, 08:02 CET

Come to think of it, I believe I read something that said it has to do with syndication. I guess they have to run the episodes so many times before they can release on dvd?

I could be wrong but I swear I read that somewhere...

Willowy | August 18, 09:59 CET

Is that region 1 or region 2?

Simon | August 18, 10:17 CET

Region 1.

thekey1313. I think its to let people save money. Some sets are releaed a year apart or more or don't even have a time table on when the next set will be released. I'm glad Whedon shows are distributed by Fox and not Paramount(who are infamous with long periods between Season releases)

eddy | August 18, 10:25 CET

Thanks Eddy, I tweaked your subject line to show that.

Simon | August 18, 10:27 CET

I can't wait for season 5 to be released in the US; at least we finally get season four next soon (due out in September 7th according to Amazon.com)


But but I really want season 5

Passion | August 18, 16:07 CET

I really want S5 as well but the market is SO flooded with other material that it is probably best to wait until after the new year. Give everyone a chance to save a little bit...plus, I usually buy 2 copies of the Buffy & Angel sets to give as gifts.

NOLA64 | August 18, 17:28 CET

Just as a reply to the comment that Paramount is notoriously slow with season sets...that's not always true. Just look at the Star Trek sets. Both the entireties of TNG and DS9 were all released within the same year, and that is what they're currently doing with Voyager and will be doing with TOS. A season set every two months or so. The difference there, though, is those shows had aired their entire runs and been in reruns for many years before the sets were released.

Rob | August 18, 19:07 CET

So I'd guess that a Region 2 release will be before this, it would seem unlikely that Region 1 would come out first when all the other Buffy and Angel releases have come out in Europe first. Not much of a window for that though, as the adverts for the VHS versions of season 5 say that it won't be on DVD till 2005.

Otherwise it'll be a question of whether I'm so impatient that I order the region 1 version.

Ghost Spike | August 18, 19:57 CET

yeah syndication plays into this. note the US releases coming after the UK ones.

zeitgeist | August 18, 20:40 CET

Hehe, some of my American friends are often complaining to me about the fact that we get their shows on dvd before them :) I think it's about time we get something early though, I've been waiting to see Hellboy for months and it's still not out over here yet. I was hoping that all the piracy and filesharing would cause the studios to panic and start doing simultaneous releases as they did with Spiderman 1 and a few other big films, sadly however, this hasn't yet come to pass.

Paul_Rocks | August 18, 20:45 CET

eddy, thanks for the info! I'm marking another calendar date in red. And I'm kinda' sadden at the same. Sigh

Madhatter | August 19, 02:15 CET