MacGyver S1 - January 25th, 2005
11-08-04 | 10:26 AM
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11-08-04 | 10:44 AM
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MacGyver - Announced: The Complete 1st Season!!!
Posted by David Lambert
11/06/2004
Just a couple of weeks ago, in mid-October, we brought you this great news about Paramount's TV-DVD plans for 2005. Along the way we told you this about MacGyver: "There are some high-speed plans for this show, starring the ever-popular Richard Dean Anderson. Look for that series to not only arrive on DVD in 2005, but to quickly hit a fast track and demand space on your shelves at home...you can potentially look for quarterly releases to arrive in January, April, August, and December."
Well, the first release mentioned comes true! The second-most-requested series in our voting finally gets a DVD release on January 25, 2005. MacGyver - The Complete 1st Season is a 6-disc box set that features all 22 episodes from the first season.
Angus MacGyver, formerly of the Special Forces, is a secret agent who refuses to carry a gun with him, but fortunately never needs one. Drawing on a vast practical knowledge of science, Macgyver is able to make use of anything around him to create solutions to any problem he faces. Underestimating MacGyver is a major mistake made by his enemies and always results in the destruction of their plans.
This will come in full screen 1.33:1 video format. The sound is Dolby Digital English Mono according to the studio's info sheet, and is closed captioned for the hearing impaired. The running time is 17 hours, 25 minutes. As is normal with many of the hotter Paramount TV-on-DVD releases, there is no suggested list price attached to this box set. However, they expect you find it in stores priced around $30 (around CAN$40 in Canada).
Cover art is not available just yet, but stay tuned because we'll love to bring it to you!
Posted by David Lambert
11/06/2004
Just a couple of weeks ago, in mid-October, we brought you this great news about Paramount's TV-DVD plans for 2005. Along the way we told you this about MacGyver: "There are some high-speed plans for this show, starring the ever-popular Richard Dean Anderson. Look for that series to not only arrive on DVD in 2005, but to quickly hit a fast track and demand space on your shelves at home...you can potentially look for quarterly releases to arrive in January, April, August, and December."
Well, the first release mentioned comes true! The second-most-requested series in our voting finally gets a DVD release on January 25, 2005. MacGyver - The Complete 1st Season is a 6-disc box set that features all 22 episodes from the first season.
Angus MacGyver, formerly of the Special Forces, is a secret agent who refuses to carry a gun with him, but fortunately never needs one. Drawing on a vast practical knowledge of science, Macgyver is able to make use of anything around him to create solutions to any problem he faces. Underestimating MacGyver is a major mistake made by his enemies and always results in the destruction of their plans.
This will come in full screen 1.33:1 video format. The sound is Dolby Digital English Mono according to the studio's info sheet, and is closed captioned for the hearing impaired. The running time is 17 hours, 25 minutes. As is normal with many of the hotter Paramount TV-on-DVD releases, there is no suggested list price attached to this box set. However, they expect you find it in stores priced around $30 (around CAN$40 in Canada).
Cover art is not available just yet, but stay tuned because we'll love to bring it to you!
11-08-04 | 11:04 AM
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Awesome!. I also heard that the boxset will contain nothing more than a Q-tip, a marker and speaker wire. It's up to us to create the DVDs on our own (and NO, there are not any instructions).
Matt
Awesome!. I also heard that the boxset will contain nothing more than a Q-tip, a marker and speaker wire. It's up to us to create the DVDs on our own (and NO, there are not any instructions).
Matt
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11-17-04 | 02:12 PM
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11-17-04 | 11:58 PM
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Originally posted by CaptGideon
$30?! Wow that's an awesome price for a full season. Man, if Paramont priced their Star Trek sets that way, I'd have a couple shelves of Trek right now.
$30?! Wow that's an awesome price for a full season. Man, if Paramont priced their Star Trek sets that way, I'd have a couple shelves of Trek right now.
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After reading the review of MacGyver here on DVD Talk (http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=14056 ), I'm not so sure I want to buy it any more. What do you guys think? I have it on pre-order from Amazon for around $17 after my 25% AMEX discount and STL, but it sounds like it might not even be worth it at that price.
01-19-05 | 01:32 PM
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Originally Posted by T-rex
After reading the review of MacGyver here on DVD Talk (http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=14056 ), I'm not so sure I want to buy it any more. What do you guys think? I have it on pre-order from Amazon for around $17 after my 25% AMEX discount and STL, but it sounds like it might not even be worth it at that price.
01-19-05 | 02:05 PM
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I was somewhat disappointed by the review, and that being no extras, but ..I haven't cancelled my order...I imagine the quality of the episodes (even though they are old, and use some stock footage, etc) are at least the same, or better than what's on spike/tvland...it's got a cheap price...if you're a fan of the show..I can't see how you can really pass it up (imo) despite it's shortcomings..if ya like it..you should buy it..
01-19-05 | 02:55 PM
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One of my favorite shows as a kid. I will DEFINITELY be picking it up. On a show like this with a pricepoint like this, I don't really expect extras, though they would be welcome. 
I am just thrilled to have one of my all-time favorites on DVD!!
I am just thrilled to have one of my all-time favorites on DVD!!
01-19-05 | 04:03 PM
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DVDTalk Review:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=14056
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=14056
01-19-05 | 04:29 PM
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Originally Posted by GuessWho
DVDTalk Review:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=14056
http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/read.php?ID=14056