Bought the DVD version of this set, all in ...
594650
Bought the DVD version of this set, all in all it exactly what I thought it would be.  In the DVD set there is very little special features whats so ever but if you are just interested in buying the movies in an expensive this is the way to go.  This set does have trays for the discs, but obviously its made a little cheaply but the discs are protected.
597700
Rec'd yesterday, inserted Dics 1 one, played about one how.  Inserted Disc 2, again ask Play Full Story, episodes, setup. Skiped Moses series.  Went back to Disc 1...terrible setup for this four DVD set.  Any suggestions?
4123589
I received this set yesterday. I own the original 1999 A&E sets where each season was packaged as 2 sets with 2 DVD cases per set. The main reason I bought this mega set was the price and supposed extras. To echo others, the packaging isn't great. Upon opening the box several discs fell out and had to be put back on the spindles. No information of any kind inside. Could of at least had a small booklet with episode guides or something. It would have fit. The back cover lists the 51 episodes and the discs exactly mirror my current sets. NO BONUS MATERIAL as listed on the Amazon page. Also apparently no remastering of any kind to improve picture, sound or anything else. I would say if you already own the episodes via other sets, then there is no reason to spend money on this set other than to save some shelf space.
3530463
This features the classic episodes from the later years of the Lucy Show, which if anyone has seen the entire series, the best of the series was during the first two season with Vivian Vance nad the original "I Love Lucy" writers.  But, the DVD set is absolutely horrendous when it comes to playback quality.  The picture quality is worse than a good VHS copy!  The color is faded on a lot, and there seems to be some problems with syncing voice and picture on some episodes.  Unfortunately, no one has a great Lucy Show set, so there aren't that many better options.  Get it if you're curious, but be prepared for terrible video picture.
1322545
Season 4, is, of course...brilliant, but not so the DVD version.  Watched disc #1 of 3 and will be bringing it back to the store today.  The audio is dull, lifeless, bass heavy and not in sync with the video.  Also, the player rejected the disc at Episode 6.  Tried various sound fields and none worked well.  Even tried to sync the audio with the video and neither the player (Denon A1UDCI), nor the receiver (Denon AVR-4810CI) could accomplish the task.  Tried it on our other audio video system using a Denon 5910CI player and the audio was just as bad.

Fair warning--buy this disc and it might have to be returned, but the video part is fun to watch.  Too bad about the rest.....
2117952
I feel kinda silly for buying the dvd version instead of Blu-ray since I didn't notice the dvd version doesnt have any of the special features. I guess ill give this set as a gift and buy the Blu-ray copy.
1476815
Are the exercises good - probably. However when I buy a DVD, I want to be able to copy it to my computer for future use. It never runs as smoothly as the DVD, but at least I have all the parts. DVDs are fragile. One scratch and its over. This DVD is set up so that even though I have all parts, the picture is impossibly distorted. I played this once and then it scratched. There is pretty decent stuff on YouTube, so if I already invested...
2724262
I sometimes wonder when I see all these glowing reviews so soon after a new DVD comes out...

I have gotten two copies of the set from Amazon so far and on both of them the English subtitles don't work; don't come on at all.  Seems like a problem with the run of the disks.  Beware.
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Note to WB and all DVD producers who edit/redub/"PC"-tamper with any and all film/cartoon/tv/music productions:  This set and its predecessor have convinced me NOT to buy them--I'll simply transfer my "Art Of Tom & Jerry" Laserdisc box sets from the 90s (which are the true unedited works) to DVD myself.  With the technology we have today, I can create a decent product (albeit without any "extras").  I paid a premium price for the Laserdiscs way back when, so I have no problem with transferring these classic toons myself for my own purposes.  I'd gladly buy them again on DVD to avoid all the trouble and headache of transferring them myself, but NOT when they are presented like this.
752872
I noticed some scenes were missing in the extended version DVD. The set it very beautiful but I'm not really into bonus features. Bought it BC of the good price. The case worries me that the DVDs may get scratched over time due to they don't come in cases but instead come in little slots in 1 book-like case. Overall though, satisfied.
2580525
If you really like a series I don't think I would recommend buying a used set. I am just into season 1 and already have 2 discs with playing problems. We've tried cleaning them but they continue to freeze up.
3708550
This is a pretty expensive DVD set to buy!! Especially considering there is no inclusion of "I Saw What You Did!", "House on Haunted Hill" and "Macabre". Yes, there are such titles as "13 Ghosts", "Homicidal" and "Strait-Jacket", along with some of William Castle's lesser-known and lesser-seen films such as "13 Frightened Girls", "The Old Dark House" and "Zotz!". Yet you have to feel that this could and should have been a much more complete set for devoted fans of the great schlockmeister William Castle. And to top it all off, no replicas of the great gimmicks handed out to theater patrons such as cardboard bloody axes!! Still not a bad collection if still a bit pricey. After all, it doesn't claim to be the complete William Castle film collection, so I guess it is not a bad buy when you consider what it would cost to buy all eight films individually. Several not even being available on DVD outside of this set. If you are a William Castle fan it might be wise to get these films while you can.
4468384
You know, I was excited when I found this set of movies.  But when I tried to play it on my HTPC setup my DVD ROM did not even recognize that there was a disk in it.  Then I tried it on another computer different DVD ROM and it still didn't recognize it.

So, buyer beware.  I'm sure it's a good set, but I can't really tell.

I guess FOX doesn't want my money.
1490597
A classic tv show, long overdue for it's dvd debut. The episodes look very clear and sharp. However, in a minor nitpick, if you zoom in on the picture, you can tell that the picture is noticeably jagged and interlaced. I'm not sure if this was originally shot on film or video but while this is not something anybody would notice on a regular viewing, when you boast "Digitally Restored and Remastered" on the box cover, you really should end up with better quality than simply "as good as it looked on tv."

My biggest complaint with the set is that you don't get any extras (other than Barbera Feldon's voiceover intro to each episode) when you purchase each season of Get Smart separately. You have to buy the big expensive box set of all 5 seasons to get the fifth disc for each season that has the extras. This seems like a shady way to try to get people to buy the whole show when they may have only liked some of the earlier episodes. And since the disc of extra features were already made, it's not like it should have cost much more at all to put them in the individual season dvd sets.
3276249
Check your prior purchases of this edition - I too have these episodes in set two - why would Acorn Media issue two different sets with the same segments in them - a real pain in the butt
3974657
Initially I selected the Real Love video from the main menu on the special features disc, and I realized, as the video was playing, that there was no sound coming from my DVD player. I pressed the AUDIO button on the remote and noticed that the DVD player was on DTS mode (that's strange, I didn't select any audio mode previously, and my DVD player is set to play in the Dolby 5.1 mode by default). By pressing a second time the AUDIO button, I changed the setting to Dolby 5.1, and the problem was fixed. I guess this won't happen to those who have the appropiate audio equipment to enjoy DTS sound.
Now my comments about the anthology itself:
I got this DVD boxset (in its region 0, or region-free encoding release) just yesterday, and played only bits from all five discs to sample this material. When the documentary aired for the first time on ABC in late 1995, I was not able to watch all the programs; I remember watching the part when the Beatles were about to break up as a band, and when John, Paul, George and Ringo were playing on the roof. I enjoyed very much the versions of the songs that the Beatles played on that last part of the series, particularly Let It Be and the Long and Winding Road. The VHS videos of The Beatles Anthology were released here in Mexico in 1996 or 1997, but I didn't buy them then because I already had a DVD player and was amazed by the quality of audio and video that the DVD format is capable of deliver, so I decided to wait for the DVD release. From what I've seen so far now, I think it was worth waiting for this boxset, although I was hoping to see the "hawaiian" girls dancing at the end of the Hello Goodbye Number, instead of other material that the producers of the anthology decided to insert.
1352353
Inspector Gadget is an awesome show, and with these DVD sets that's exactly what you get --- Inspector Gadget.  And the show itself is awesome.  Can't take anything away from that, it's the classic cartoon about a cybernetic detective solving cases with his plucky, genius niece and their brave, disguise-wearing dog, fighting against the crimes of the evil Dr. Claw and his MAD organization.

That said, there are problems with this release.  Big problems.

First, the biggest glaring problem is the video quality.  Let me assure you, I'm not one of those video aficionados that gets worked up over small technical details, I just want to watch the show in a decent enough quality that at least looks normal.  So what can I say when the video actually has this weird stuttering throughout the entire show?  It's awful!  I almost couldn't believe my eyes, but it's definitely there.  The video actually 'floats' around up and down, left and right slightly throughout the ENTIRE show.  You'll see a still camera shot and you'll notice that the image is slightly moving in random directions.  It borders on making the show unwatchable, and I actually felt nauseous watching some of the episodes.  Not just that, but the colors all look washed out and darker than they ought to be.  It looks weird, like they took an unwashed window and placed it on top of the video, there's no vibrancy to the colors at all.  They really dropped the ball on this, and the funny thing is, at the beginning of every DVD they actually have a disclaimer that they force you to sit through: "The footage that follows includes occasional audio and video imperfections inherent in the original master tapes."  I've never seen something like that before on a classic video release, and it feels to me like all they're trying to do is excuse themselves for the visual problems they ought to have fixed.

Second, this is a bare bones release.  You want the show?  You got it...and that's all you're getting.  There are literally no extras on these DVDs, no inserts, not even settings or options in the DVD menu or anything.  You load the DVD, it gets to the main menu, and all you see is a "Play All" option and a listing of the episodes all on one screen.  That's it.  No funny animations, no background music --- they literally put the bare minimum effort into making this release.

Third, the production quality for the sets themselves is annoying.  I got all 4 DVD sets (because I didn't want the movie that came with the ultimate edition), and the DVD cases are cheap as all get-out.  You aren't going to believe me when I say this (I can hardly believe me when I say this), but all 4 cases I got were actually damaged, with plastic broken off on the outside of one box, the spine on another box ripping apart at the seam, and on the other 2 the little clasps that hold the cases shut were broken off, so basically two of my sets won't even close!  Not to mention, what's up with the art that they put on the DVD case?  On the back cover of each DVD, it looks like they took art from that 2002 movie "Inspector Gadget's Last Case", which looks nothing like the actual art from the classic TV series.  What in the world were they thinking?

A final minor gripe is the DVD opening, with all the studio names and fbi warning.  You can't skip any of it (I tried, lord knows I tried), and it lasts for like thirty seconds.  I hate it when companies force you to sit through that stuff, especially when it's 12 DVDs, it's annoying.

But again, it's Inspector Gadget.  The show is awesome.  But this release sure isn't.