if they re-released "Gilligan's Island" as a single-sided disc, would you double-dip?
10-20-07, 08:34 AM
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if they re-released "Gilligan's Island" as a single-sided disc, would you double-dip?
Right now, the excellent sit-com Gilligan's Island is available as an annoying double-sided disc, for all three seasons. You can't just sit and have a 24-hour Gilligan marathon (if you have a 5-disc CD player) with a double-sided disc, because you have to get up and flip the disc over.
Would you double-dip if they released box-sets of Gilligan's Island with single-sided discs?
Would you double-dip if they released box-sets of Gilligan's Island with single-sided discs?
10-20-07, 06:32 PM
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I'm quite content with the current DVDs I have of the series. Had to return one set to the store though, the one with the episode where Mary Ann thought she was Ginger... had freeze-ups... replacement copy played fine.
/drinkin' again
//yes, tried it in multiple players, still froze up
///decided to put 2 cents worth into this thread :-)
/drinkin' again
//yes, tried it in multiple players, still froze up
///decided to put 2 cents worth into this thread :-)
10-20-07, 06:33 PM
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If that happened, I'd buy the 2-sided discs while they were still out!
If you really want twice as many single-sided discs instead of 2-sided discs, there's something wrong with you.
If you really want twice as many single-sided discs instead of 2-sided discs, there's something wrong with you.
10-20-07, 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Alan Smithee
If that happened, I'd buy the 2-sided discs while they were still out!
If you really want twice as many single-sided discs instead of 2-sided discs, there's something wrong with you.
If you really want twice as many single-sided discs instead of 2-sided discs, there's something wrong with you.
...better yet, don't bother, I don't care.
10-20-07, 08:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Alan Smithee
If you really want twice as many single-sided discs instead of 2-sided discs, there's something wrong with you.
Originally Posted by Buttmunker
I think there's something wrong with your comment. Get a life. Tell me why I should prefer 2-sided discs, why don't you enlighten me?
...better yet, don't bother, I don't care.
...better yet, don't bother, I don't care.
10-20-07, 08:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Buttmunker
You can't just sit and have a 24-hour Gilligan marathon (if you have a 5-disc CD player) with a double-sided disc, because you have to get up and flip the disc over.
10-20-07, 08:30 PM
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I don't think it would be possible for me to watch that many episodes back-to-back. It's not a show like 24, Prison Break, or Lost that demand continuous viewing. I would definitely not double-dip in this particular situation. It is not worth it. I could donate that money or something.
10-20-07, 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Buttmunker
Would you double-dip if they released box-sets of Gilligan's Island with single-sided discs?
10-20-07, 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Buttmunker
I think there's something wrong with your comment. Get a life.
Originally Posted by Buttmunker
You can't just sit and have a 24-hour Gilligan marathon (if you have a 5-disc CD player) with a double-sided disc, because you have to get up and flip the disc over.
10-21-07, 12:55 AM
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You know, I don't think I've ever sat through an entire episode of Gilligan's Island.
Yet for some reason, I find this thread strangely compelling.
Yet for some reason, I find this thread strangely compelling.
10-21-07, 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Buttmunker
You can't just sit and have a 24-hour Gilligan marathon (if you have a 5-disc CD player) with a double-sided disc, because you have to get up and flip the disc over.
Do you use a catheter, or Depends, or pee in a jar while still sitting on the couch, or is your home theater actually in the bathroom, or what, exactly?
10-21-07, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Buttmunker
Right now, the excellent sit-com Gilligan's Island is available as an annoying double-sided disc, for all three seasons. You can't just sit and have a 24-hour Gilligan marathon (if you have a 5-disc CD player) with a double-sided disc, because you have to get up and flip the disc over.
Would you double-dip if they released box-sets of Gilligan's Island with single-sided discs?
Would you double-dip if they released box-sets of Gilligan's Island with single-sided discs?
I mean, I understand the ability to put in an entire season in one player at once and being able to watch them all in order, but I would not double dip for it for that reason alone. That, to me, is the paramount of laziness in DVD.
10-22-07, 06:39 AM
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Put me down for hating double sided tv show discs. I keep all my tv on dvd discs in a changer and it's annoying to have to get up, ejeect the disc, flip it over, put it back in, then keep track of which side is being played. And then theres generally no indication on the disc menus themselves of what side is in. It's an noying
10-23-07, 06:06 AM
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"It's an noying"? I take it noyings are not good? 
03-12-11, 03:58 AM
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Re: if they re-released "Gilligan's Island" as a single-sided disc, would you double-
I just bought and watched season 1. Everything plays fine, except there's some freezing and pixelation in one episode, but only during the opening credits. Since the opening credits are identical for all of the episodes, I'm not really missing any unique content, so I don't intend to exchange it.
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Re: if they re-released "Gilligan's Island" as a single-sided disc, would you double-
If it ain't broke, don't fix it! :