House M D: Season 1-8
DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:
In terms of pros, everything is there. Every episode in stunning 1080p and sounds great. There really isn’t much else to add in that regard, no duplicated or missing discs. So it’s exactly what you’re ordering.
There are a couple of nit-picks though. There is no episode guide in this set, even the blu-rays themselves don’t have episode names when you’re playing the discs, only numbers. So you’ll need to know your House episodes when looking for a specific episode. The special features are what you’ll find on the individual DVD releases, nothing new here.
Each individual season is in it’s own blu-ray case stacked inside the box, the only gripe I’ve got is that the blu-ray cases are kinda hard to close. They’re built exactly like those older plastic VHS cases. You have to pull the cover of the case and pinch the sides to close it, kinda like a pizza box. It’s an odd choice to go back to. It’s by no means a big deal, just worth noting.
Also, this release does not feature the Teardrop by Massive Attack theme song, only the same theme song you’ll hear on the Netflix releases.
Overall – I’m happy to actually have this entire collection in High Definition on a physical media. I’ve watched this show a dozen times and will probably watch it a few dozen more.
-Michael
You know, actually the version of this set which is plain white with the show logo may have more “artistic value”, but this version does have that cool shot with House playing a Gibson “Flying-V” guitar. As I recall, there was an episode with a scene that opened with him playing it. The only personal experience I’ve had with a “rockin’ doc” was when I had a dentist who was a Clapton devotee. I’d met him while working as a sound man for his band.
Maybe it sounds silly, but I’ve always felt that although the British Invasion in rock got a lot of us imitating some of the stars’ accents, none of us could have gone over there and fooled real Brits. So I figured it was the same in the other direction, so I was surprised when I saw Hugh Laurie on a talk show and, holy cow, he’s a Brit. Because he does an American accent so well. The last English actor I saw do that was Jane Seymour on “Dr. Quinn”, and she came across as a Bostonian.
Anyway, “Anonymous” did warn us that a guide to episode titles is not provided. I guess that depends on which version you get. These reviews seem to be a combination of reviews from both versions. The one I’m holding is the version Universal put out in 2012, ASIN # B008P9M614. That’s the one with a lot of pictures on the box as I mention above. The one “Anonymous” had grief with must be the other one with a lot of white space on the box. You get a pretty good list of which episode is on which disk on the inner cover–front and rear–of each season box. You just have to take out the disc that blocks the view. Either that or temporarily slip out the paper cover insert. But there’s no list on the actual discs themselves. AND there’s that booklet that has a list, but no mention of which disc has which episode–just which season it’s in.
-R. L. MILLER
DVD Wholesale Main Features:
Actors: Hugh Laurie, Robert Sean Leonard, Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Jesse Spencer
Format: Box set, Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Subtitles: Spanish
Subtitles for the Hearing Impaired: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. )
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number of discs: 41
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Release Date: October 2, 2012
Run Time: 7763 minute
