Trevor

Same here.

I passed for the same reason. Even though I've been watching the heck out of my DVDs the past year+, it will still take me several years (if not a dozen) to get thru my unwatched mountain. By then, this set will be down to that price or lower again.

That'sAllFolks

Deal is still on, even though when I called a CSR on Friday, she said it wa a one-day deal.

Sometimes CBD runs weekend specials and this may be one of them. I don't know if this will end today or not, but if you REALLY want it, I wouldn't wait.

ProfessorEcho

I wouldn't count on getting this for any cheaper in the near or distant future. I believe the company that released it is out of business and all of these seasons are destined to join the first one and go out-of-print sooner or later. Right now even the secondary markets are selling this show relatively cheaply for the individual seasons, though nothing as cheap as this $10 per season deal, which is incredible. Eventually what's going to happen is that it will begin to sell out everywhere and then the prices will start to climb back up to collector's levels.

A similar situation occurred with Image's release of NAKED CITY, which I bought at a big sale at Amazon for $12 each. Within six months Image lost the rights to license the show and everyone sold out on it. I watched my copies and re-sold them for $125-$150 per set. It's funny, but once something goes out-of-print suddenly everyone wants it!

The first season of DANIEL BOONE is by far the best in terms of story and character, it can be very dark and gritty and a all around adult adventure show with added appeal for kids. Unfortunately that it is the one season on DVD with the worst transfer quality, as indicated in posts above. After that the series becomes more of a family show, which is not a bad thing in and of itself, but some of the suspenseful realism from the first season gradually fades with succeeding season. However, it is still a very entertaining series throughout its run. The transfers for the second through sixth season are immaculate and the colors are amazing, looking better than when the show originally aired.

Also, a very aggressive, but not intrusive, 5.1. redub has been applied for all six seasons and it is one of the best 5.1 redubs I've ever heard. Normally I am not a fan of those as I think they tend to take away from the original presentation, but here it works extremely well and effectively. Of course, the broadcast mono sound track is also included as an option.

$50 is still a lot of money, especially in this economy we are mired in at present, but for anyone on the fence thinking this will come down still lower, I don't believe that will happen. As it stands, this is one of the best deals for TV on DVD that I've ever seen.

Trevor

^ Well written post. But really the best you've ever seen? There have been hundreds of TV seasons available for $10 per season or less, pretty much everything ever released has been found for $15 or less per season by one of us here. Is this series that good? Not sure if I ever saw an episode actually.

GaryO

But how many HOUR long shows, with a minimum of 26 episodes per season, can be had for $10 a season? None that I know of. Every once in a great while a half hour sitcom might go on sale for around that price, but not hour long shows that had 48 to 50 minute running times! This is the deal of all deals. And whether or not the series is good would depend on individual taste, but it ran for 6 seasons.

Gary

ProfessorEcho

I said "one of the best" deals I've ever seen.

Given that there are 28 hour long episodes on 8 discs in the first season alone, I do consider it an incredible deal.

It's hard to recommend the show beyond what I said in my earlier post. I happen to enjoy period settings, especially the pre-Revolutionary War period of American history, which this series skirts by taking place initially in 1775. I also like the fact that this show, which is essentially a dramatic representation of real times and real people, had a technical adviser to make sure they got at least some stuff right. I've only watched the first season thus far and I have found it to be, on the whole, well written, acted and directed, with compelling stories and substantial character development, the latter always holding particular appeal for me.

However, on the other hand, it IS a period show and that may have its detractors. Plus, as I posted earlier, the tone of the show changes over time to be more of a family oriented show with less emphasis on the dire situations that are often found in the first season. For example, there is a scene in of the first season's darkest episodes where it is implied by (careful for its time) editing that the teenage daughter, who has been kidnapped by Indians, is about to be raped by them. To me it's obvious that's what the filmmakers had in mind when they chose to dissolve from a very threatening situation that was about to escalate. That kind of dim realism isn't as prevalent as the series goes on, but it doesn't become an out and out G rated fantasy either. They just tend to go for more life affirming stories as the series progresses, perhaps like LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE or something of that nature, although I've never seen that series at all, so the assumption is based only on what I've read.

That'sAllFolks

I'd say a bunch, if not most, of everything has seen that $15 mark at sometime .. but there are still quite a few season sets that have never seen that mark (at least as far as I've seen and I check this board alot). Of course, you might find that special combo of coupons or ebay deals that does not qualify for this discussion. (I have noticed that FOX seems to discount their TV sets the most, eventually getting to around 10/set).

I've never seen JAG, NCIS, CSI (this was close around Xmas I think), Numbers, Boston Legal (around 17-18 lowest), Medium (except that misprice at Wal-Mart.com a while ago), Ghost Whisperer, Heroes, Las Vegas, etc.

While I think eventually most will hit that mark, if you really want something, even $20 is not THAT BAD to pay for a season set --- and $50 for this is great if you like the show -- and if you don't --- then it's just fodder for the DVD shelves.

BKenn01

Yep, just sold a sealed copy of Dr. Zhivago for $50

ProfessorEcho

Nice. Thanks for the heads up! I might as well list mine as it's still sealed and this is one title I would most likely get on Blu if it ever gets released and I ever get a Blu player, LOL.

Trevor

Darn, you all suck. I was hoping for reasons not to buy it.

You're right that hour long dramas are harder to find cheap. I usually cycle CH TV accounts for those. Back on the fence on this, a few hours to decide....

BobO'Link

^Well, I'll add my voice to those praising the show. Speaking strictly from memory from when it first aired, it's quite good, especially the first season. I remember it getting more and more "friendly" as it went on becoming more like most family based drama programs of the era before it ended. It's good, "family" entertainment with lots of adventure and not "PC" like junk on TV today. People actually speak their mind.. logically, intelligently, coherently without fear of reprimand from someone who doesn't agree. In fact friends often disagree on things without it devolving into a name calling/brawling event.

For $10/season it's a no-brainer for me. I jumped on it. I'll pick up season 6 just as soon as it goes on sale somewhere.

Dexter Douglas

I couldn't pass this up at this price. The best part is that the wife is more excited to get this than I am!

bsmith

And not to forget the trend of splitting seasons into two volume sets. I recently picked up both volumes of Perry Mason season 1 for $21 a piece. I could see where a deal might come around at some point where each volume could be had for $15, but I wouldn't hold my breath for each volume to come out at $7.50 a piece to make it $15 for a season.

In the case of Daniel Boone, I believe I read that they didn't sell well. So this is a case of them trying to dump a lot of stock. The original price seemed kind of high for this show. I guess if one is lucky enough to happen to like shows that the majority don't want to buy, they will come across these finds more often. As it so happens I bought the 5 season set when it was $79. One of the seasons had a BestBuy sticker on it.

I came across a deal for McHale's Navy where I got season 1 for $10. Unfortunately, it hasn't held up as well as I had hoped, so it is now in the to be sold bin. Sometimes even with deals you get what you pay for.

dollfins1

in for one set. thank you for the deal.

Trevor

Still $49.99. I bought one darn it.

bigjim25

For $16 a set, I don't this so. For $10, I couldn't pass it by. If I don't like it, I can always sell or trade them.

BobO'Link

...and it's *still* $49.99 today...

drak b

It was just too tempting to pass up!

If the price and free shipping weren't enough, 10% off $35 with coupon code "289107tr" making it just $44.99 shipped.

That'sAllFolks

When did that coupon go into effect? I got it for 44.99 too, but I had to use a special offer coupon that I had been saving for two years (it could never be combined w/ free shipping or 10% off -- so I never used it). Not a big deal, but I did a search and came up nil (usually fatwallet posts the coupons)

Edit: When I called a CSR on Friday, she said that there were "100 at that price", so this may go until they are all gone.

ProfessorEcho

Yep, a couple days too late for me. Well, that makes my half-hour search for coupon codes prior to purchasing last Friday seem like an even bigger waste of time.

BobO'Link

^Same here, but I'm not going to quibble about $5. It's still a great deal!

RevKarl

^Me three...My set shipped Monday morning (ordered it Saturday.)

CalebAndCo

The $50 deal is dead. It's back to the (thread title) $80 price.

Trevor

We probably should have had the thread title changed for those 5 days it was on sale. Just remembered to do that now and see that it went back up.

Nugent

Got my set today. 4 of the 5 were all busted up. The cases had all sorts of broken pieces out of them. Grrrrr! There was ZERO packing material in the box. Just placed in a card board box. Obviously the USPS beat them sill in route to me.