1 - Major Dundee (Extended)
2 - Lifeboat SE
3 - Val Lewton Collection
4 - Star Wars 3
5 - Naked - Criterion
6 - Ben Hur CE
7 - Sin City - (Extended)
8 - King Kong CE
9 - Wizard of Oz 3 disc set
10 - Jimi Hendrix-Live at Woodstock (if it qualifies)



TV-

1) First Person - The Complete Series (the only tv box set I bought this year, and one of the great tv series of all time)

And a general woo-hoo! for all the Peckinpah that came out and is about to come out, and the Jerry Lewis SEs.

TV
1.) LOST Season 1 (Emmmy Award Winner and a very Comprehensive TV set)
2.) Chappelle's Show Season 2 (Well, its a great followup to the top selling TV-DVD)
3.) Simpson Season 6 - Homer Head (A complete makeover packaging)
4.) Master of the Universe Season 1 Vol. 1 (Long Overdue TV Set for the 80's popular cartoons)
5. Sex In The City Complete Season 1-6 (probably the flagship of complete series TV set release)


Movies
1.) Batman Begins: 2-disc deluxe edition with comic
2.) Saw: Uncut
3.) Evil Dead 2: Book of the Dead
4.) AppleSeed Limited Edition with Robot Action Figure
5.) StarWars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
6.) Contanstantine: Deluxe Edition
7.) Lemony Snicket's: A Series of Unfortunate Events CE with book
8.) The Incredibles
9.) Cinderella
10.) Office Space Special Edition

Here are a few to save my spot:
1. King Kong Collector's Tin
2. To Kill A Mockingbird Legacy Series
3. Ben Hur 4 disc set
4. Hoop Dreams Criterion Collection
5. Raging Bull 2 disc Special edition
6. Wizard of Oz 3 disc set
7. Incredibles
8. Jaws: 30th Anniversary
9. Life Aquatic Criterion Collection
10. Howards End - The Merchant Ivory Collection

TV Shows:
1. Arrested Development: Season 2
2. Veronica Mars: Season 1
3. Scrubs: Season 1
4. This is Wonderland: Season 1
5. Wonderfalls: The Complete Series

I'm not sure which category to put it in The Director's Label Volume 2 set is one of this year's best releases.

The list consist of movie and TV titles of 2005 that I purchased.

Movies
1) King Kong (1933)
2) Ran CC
3) Batman Begins: DE with comic book
4) Laura - Fox Film Noir Collection
5) WDT: Donald Duck Vol 2
6) Bambi PE
7) Kagemusha CC
8) 40 Year Old Virgin
9) Warner Gangster Collection
10) Classic Comedies Collection

TV
1) Muppet Show Season 1
2) Murphy Brown S1
3) The Simpsons S7
4) The Simpsons S6
5) Batman TAS Vol 3

Placeholder to add my list as more is released

Hello 2006, goodbye 2005!

Movie
1. Batman Begins: Two-disc Deluxe Edtion
2. Sin City EE
3. King Kong Collectors Tin
4. Star Trek: The Motion Pictures Collection
5. Million Dollar Baby: 3 Disc Deluxe Edtion
6. Saw: Uncut Edtion
7. American Pycho: Killer Collector's Edtion
8. The Truman Show: Special Edtion
9. Jumanji: Deluxe Edtion
10. Appleseed: Limited Collector's Edtion

TV
1. Stargate SG-1: Season 8
2. Ghost in the Shell LE Vol 7 Tin
3. Thundercats Season 1 Vol 1
4. Thundercats Season 1 Vol 2
5. Lost Season 1

Movie
1. Sin City (Recut & Extended Edition)...I know it isn't out yet, but one of my most favorite movies of the year will get the deluxe edition with what will be my most favorite DVD set of the year!
2. Batman Begins (2-Disc Deluxe Edition)...movie blew me away, took me by surprise and didn't let go. extremely entertaining!
3. Léon: The Professional (Deluxe Edition)...what needs to be said about this instant classic that got the royal treatment earlier this year.
4. Jaws (30th Anniversary Edition)...scraed the bejesus out of me. "better than Gremlins, better than E.T.!"
5. King Kong (Collector's Tin Edition) (1933)
6. The Fly (Special Edition)
7. The Outsiders: The Complete Novel
8. Gladiator (Extended Edition)
9. Cannibal Holocaust: 25th Anniversary Edition...been wanting this one for awhile. haven't watched it yet, but the set will be amazing i'm sure.
10. Ben-Hur (Collector's Edition)

TV
1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Chosen Collection ...with all its crimson red glory. one of my most favorite series of all time.
2. Scrubs: The Complete 2nd Season
3. Degrassi Junior High: All 3 Seasons
4. Undeclared: The Complete Series...haven't watched, but i hear good things.
5. Scrubs: The Complete 1st Season

ps) didn't Raging Bull come out late last year?

Spot saved

do they have to be separate, if we hold them in the same regard?

You'll have to replace Firefly-it came out prior to this year. Great show though.:)

February of this year, if I recall.

Since I'm playing thread cop, you'll have to replace Buffy. The OP specifically used Buffy as an example for exclusion. It's in the small print of his first post that nobody ever bothers to read.:)

Raging Bull is a 2005 release. It came out in February.

10. The Man Who Fell to Earth CC
9. Harakiri CC
8. The Incredibles
7. Naked CC
6. Gladiator Extended Edition
5. Raging Bull
4. Batman Special Edition
3. Ugetsu CC
2. To Kill a Mockingbird
1. The Wizard of Oz

Movie:

1. Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 2
2. Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection
3. King Kong
4. Hitchcock Masterpiece Collection
5. No Direction Home: Bob Dylan
6. Bambi
7. Warner Gangsters Collection
8. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
9. Raging Bull SE
10. Kagemusha


TV:

1. Arrested Development Season 2
2. Muppet Show Season 1
3. Sopranos Season 5
4. Simpsons Season 6
5. The West Wing Season 4

That's the final one for me now. The West Wing season 5 and the Simpsons Season 7 are both close, but the season sets for those and the ones on my list are pretty similar, so I'm going to stick with the earlier ones.

Films:
1) Batman Begins DE
2) Batman Anthology
3) Star Wars Episode III
4) Sin City
5) Donnie Darko Director's Cut
6) The Outsiders Complete Novel
7) Unleashed Unrated
8) Titanic SE
9) American Psycho Unrated
10) The Big Lebowski SE

TV:
1) Lost Season 1

Only new TV to DVD purchase I made in 2005. What a great one.

why would I exclude "Buffy"?...it is an amazing release with a new bonus disc that just came out yesterday.

TV
1.FRIENDS:Season 10(Very one-sided vote,as this is my favorite show and a acceptable DVD)
2.Lost:Season 1
3.Seinfeld Season 5 & 6 Box Set
4.Seinfeld Season 4
5.Everybody Loves Raymond Season 4

Movies
1.War of the Worlds:LE
2.Batman SE Anthology
3.Star Wars Episode III
4.Jaws 30th AE
5.Batman Begins DE
6.Sin City:EE
7.The Fly-Collector's Edition
8.Toy Story 10 AE
9.Toy Story 2 SE
10.Incredibles SE

1. Greta Garbo Boxset (Warner Brothers)
2. Der Untergang (Columbia) –FOR THE FILM, NOT THE DVD!!!!
3. Andjei Wajda-Three War Films (Criterion)
4. L’Eclisse (Criterion)
5. East of Eden (Warner Brothers)
6. The Fernando Arrabal Collection (Cult Epics)
7. Ben Hur 4DVD (Warner Brothers)
8. Reconstruction (Palm Pictures)
9. Arven a.k.a The Inheritance (HVE)
10. Partner- (NoShame Films)



Sorry...I do not watch TV product or collect it.....

Ciao,
Pro-B

Here's my list so far:

Movies
10. Reserved for Sin City Recut & Extended Edition
09. The Fifth Element SE
08. High Tension Unrated
07. Tale of Two Sisters
06. The Fly SE
05. Wizard of Oz
04. Star Wars Episode III
03. Oldboy
02. Batman Begins DE
01. Reserved for King Kong

TV
05. Newsradio S1&2
04. Undeclared Complete Series
03. Scrubs S2
02. House M.D. S1 (I know it's not anamorphic, but it's a great show that I would've missed if it didn't come out on DVD!)
01. Lost S1

Read the small print in the original post.

Just grabbing a place in line while I scan my 2005 purchases.....

You people make me laugh with all these reservations for DVD's that haven't even come out yet.

Films:

1) Star Wars Revenge of the Sith
2) The Incredibles
3) Batman Begins (2-disc limited edition with comic)
4) Elf, Infinifilm
5) Battlefront Europe
6) National Treasure
7) Bambi
8)
9)
10)

TV:

1) Lost: S1
2) Sopranos: S5
3) Seinfeld: S4
4) Everyone Loves Raymond: S4
5) Stargate: S8


Thats it so far

Excellent choice :up: - Being in the UK i'm none too familiar with many US TV series but have to say i found this immensely enjoyable/informative etc.

As for choosing 4 others wouldn't know where to begin as i'd be struggling to think of any(R1 at any rate)..as for film...wouldn't know where to begin in deciding an order, on the whole i've been very pleased with what has been made available in 2005.

Movies:
1. Sin City ReCut
2. Office Space Gift Set (BB)
3. Batman Begins Deluxe
4. Gladiator Extended
5. Big Lebowski Achiever's Edition (rip-off, but damn cool)
6. Saw Uncut
7. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Deluxe
8. Donnie Darko DC
9. American Psycho Killer
10. Get Shorty SE

TV:
1) Arrested Development Season 2
2) Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 4
3) South Park Season 6
4) Family Guy Volume 3
5) Ali G Show Season 2