What!? TV on DVD
What compelling reasons keep me shelling out good money for something that was available for (mostly) free at one time?
Farscape, Stargate SG-1 and Firefly all have season sets available on DVD
Why TV on DVD makes sense
Unless you share the obsession, you might thing it's crazy to spend anywhere from $35 to $125 for a single season of a television series—especially if that TV series is still showing episodes on easily accessible channels. I even used to be one of those people...until I found Stargate SG-1...Smallville...Star Trek Voyager...Stargate Atlantis...Star Trek Enterprise...The Dead Zone...and too many other series to count.
My growing collection of series DVD sets attests to the fact that I have officially stepped over the line and become a television-crazed fanatic.
What compelling reasons keep me shelling out good money for something that was available for (mostly) free at one time?
- Commercial Free TV
- Seriously. No commercials. The ability to watch television commercial free is enough reason all by itself. However, there are others...
- Portability
- TV on DVD means I get to watch what I want when I want. I'll never be subject to a television station's programming whims again.
- Unaired episodes
- I get to watch television series that might never play in syndication. The powers that be oftentimes kill a good show well before it deserves to be canceled. Look at Firefly. Jake 2.0. Threshold. The Dresden Files. Invasion. Surface. Jericho. More, more, more.... DVD gives me a chance to watch episodes that often don't even make it on the air.
- Extras & Bonus Materials
- DVDs usually come with extras, such as audio commentary on the episodes, interviews with cast and crew, featurettes and more. I actually kind of like these things sometimes and they certainly don't usually show up on television—unless it's a Scifi Channel series.
- Premium TV Shows
- I get to watch television shows that aired on premium channels without having to subscribe.
Although I love the digital age, and watch downloaded television programming quite often, I still prefer to own the DVDs when they're available. Otherwise, I have to burn my digital files to DVD for posterity because my hard-drive just isn't big enough to keep them all, nor is my DVR's.
So, yeah, call me crazy, but TV on DVD is perfect for me.
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