ouch! 9 episodes on disc one of married with children.
 

according to the first reviews, the disc has 9 episodes (thats right) on one dvd which is about 4 hours of information crammed on there. on the 2nd disc there's four episodes, plus the reunion special. There is apparently horrid compression from cramming so much into one disc. And there isn't a play all option.
I'll still pick this up since I've been waiting for this for a while, but this is very disapointing

Well.. I was really happy with how the 2 "Best Of" discs looked.. I'll reserve judgement until I have that baby in my hands 6 days from now.

It's really only 3h 18m. Is that really that big a deal to cause so many problems? I mean, we aren't talking about 6.1 dts mixes here.

Exactly. It's only got a stero mix and no other special features or audio.. Two Towers is about that long with multiple audio choice AND is anamorphic (takes up more space).. and it looks pristine. If there is any problem with compression it's with the authoring of the disc.. but as I said before, the other discs look quite excellent and I woulod hope these season sets are similar.

Regardless.. even a few minor video problems aside (if they exsist), it's bound to be leaps and bounds over the THS copies people have been watching for so long, which are probably taped off of sydication usually meaning a minute or so of the show being cut off, and then of course station bugs.. nothing is going to be bring me down of my happy cloud with this DVD set, can't you tell?

:)

And the episodes should have the full opening credits, right?

If they follow the format of the "Best Of' discs, yes.. both open and close.

Does it have an insert?

Actually 2.35:1 anamorphic takes up less space than a 4:3 screen. It's about the same as a 1.85:1 non-anamorphic encode.

Really..? :whofart:

You can say that again. Actually, maybe not the greatest, but most definitely the costliest, cause I'm getting the following all on 10/28: The Sopranos 4-season pack, Looney Tunes 4-disc set, MWC Season 1, Spike Jonze, and 2 Criterions - Le Cercle Rouge and Tokyo Story. I also had The Hulk in that list and something else I'm forgetting, but I took those off. Ugh, the pain the pain... :)

Wow. For me it's just Al Bundy, the greatest American icon ever. Since I got my player in 99, this is what I've wanted more than anything else (yes, more than Good Burger!).. now I'm hoping that they stay on board with future seasons in a timely manner.

Mad About You: Season One has 11 episodes on each disc, and surprisingly they look pretty good. I wouldn't worry too much...

They did the same thing with Soap; 10 episodes on discs 1 & 2, and 5 on disc 3. :hscratch:

BTW, I didn't think Mad About You looked all that great. I wish they'd have made it a 3-disc set, like they did with season 2. (And where the heck is season 3?!) :(

Rob

Hell, if you can put an episode on 200mb's and make it look good, you can fit 9 episodes on a 4gb disc and make it look great. ;)

Wow, next week is a HUGE week for dvd releases:

Looney Tunes 4-Disc
Le Cercle Rouge: Criterion
Tokyo Story: Criterion
Schitzopolis: Criterion
Apu Trilogy (via separate releases - Pather Panchali, Aparajito, and World of Apu)
Coupling: Complete 2nd Season
Hulk (already out at my local Walmart)

Wow, good week.

and spongebob season1 comes out next week

I think the producers underestimated the intelligence of those who buy the box sets of Married With Children vs. those who only watch re-runs on the tube.

Huh?

Smoke, smoke, smoke.

You know what? I am sad that there isn't a play all option. :mad:

The first season of the Osbournes had nine episodes on a disk, and the picture was good. So wait and see about this set.

whats this with full credits? even though f/x mostly cuts the credits to show commericals over top of the show, the opening credits are at its normal length right?

I am just glad they are releasing season sets. I don't expect them to treat every series like Friends.

Nope.. the opening credits are shortened on reruns of shows.

what indeed did they cut out? I know the episodes are cut by a min or so on fx for commericals.