DVD Verdict review of Vol.7

[Ford Prefect]

trillian said:

i guess if i ordered from him i would have to ask him some things via email first. I might buy a few season so i have some eps to watch

Premium DVDs Purchased by Season $115 $75 $65 $130 $115 $100 $120 $37.50 $115 $75 $60

I think the green letters on this page are the season prices.

http://www.mst3ktapes.com./how.html

If you want to get Premium DVDs that's your call, but they aren't your only option. For those of you playing along at home, he offers three types of DVDs.
#1) Premium DVD: A DVD with one episode in a plastic case with an insert. I've never gotten one, so I don't know about the packaging.
#2) Budget DVD: Same DVD except in a paper sleeve. I have gotten these before, nice menu screen with scene selection.
#3) EP DVD: DVD with two episodes. Menu screen with episode selection instead of scene selection, but you can skip scenes at 5 minute marks. These supposedly don't have picture quality as good as the SP DVDs, but they look OK to me. These discs can occasionally freeze up, but if you let him know about the problem he'll send you a fixed version, no charge.

To compare prices, here are the price listings for Season Five:
Season Five on Premium DVD: $100
Season Five on Budget DVD: $85
Season Five on EP DVD: $50
Enjoying yourself watching MST3K: Priceless

[GirlInGoldBoots]

I have purchased entire seasons (minus Rhino, of course) from an ebayer named Mrcomb. Excellent quality - one epsiode to a DVD with bonus slideshows of artwork he's found from the movie (posters, lobby cards, etc.). No cases or artwork, but a whole seasons is generally under $40.

[*trilli*]

i think i am going to buy me some budget dvds....there are never any bugs in teh budget dvds right (*ones that would cause it to freeze)

I dont care about plastic cases cause I can just put them all in a folder.

I so am going to order a few of the mike seasons.

anyway i found some eps at the library today boggy creek II, the pod people , cavedwellers and sidehackers.

so i am gonna be a geek and sit and watch them all tonight

[Ford Prefect]

trillian said:

i think i am going to buy me some budget dvds....there are never any bugs in the budget DVDs right (*ones that would cause it to freeze)

I don't care about plastic cases cause I can just put them all in a folder.

I so am going to order a few of the mike seasons.

anyway i found some eps at the library today boggy creek II, the pod people , cave dwellers and sidehackers.

so i am gonna be a geek and sit and watch them all tonight

Freeze Bugs can occasionally pop up in bootleg...um..."unofficial" DVDs. In my experience these bugs haven't happened as much in the Budget discs, probably because of the higher quality. However, such problems don't show up enough for me to discontinue ordering from him. If it does happen, just e-mail him about which disc was the problem and he'll send you a corrected version.

I'm not going to go out of my way to get plastic cases for unofficial releases for two reasons:
First, discs without plastic cases are slightly cheaper and secondly, discs without plastic cases don't take up as much space.

Good luck ordering the Mike seasons. I'd start out with Season Five and work my way from there, but you might prefer whatever point in the shows run holds more sentimental value. I hope you enjoy the episodes at your local library. Cave Dwellers and Pod People in particular are a couple of my old favorites.

[princesstoadstool]

girlingoldboots said:

I have purchased entire seasons (minus Rhino, of course) from an ebayer named Mrcomb. Excellent quality - one epsiode to a DVD with bonus slideshows of artwork he's found from the movie (posters, lobby cards, etc.). No cases or artwork, but a whole seasons is generally under $40.

Ebay is a great outlet for obtaining episodes. There are alot of sellers that have entire seasons with great quality comin' out the wazoo. I've seen 'em sell for as little as $25.00