TV shows that STILL aren't available on DVD!?!?

[John Clark]

I know Blakes Seven, Fringe and Hart to Hart (at least in the UK and on dvd) are. Without a trace seems to be too, but not M.A.N.T.I.S.
(it's listed on amazon prime, but says unavailable on dvd)

 

[auntiehill]

Blake's 7 isn't available in the US but you can find Region 2 DVDs on Amazon. If you don't have a region-free player, though, you're screwed.

 

[UssGlenn]

“New Amsterdam” (the 2008 fantasy crime procedural about a New York City homicide detective who secretly was immortal, similar to the more recent “Forever” (2014) starring Ioan Gruffudd, which also only lasted one season; “New Amsterdam” only lasted eight episodes)

I remember New Amsterdam. It was actually cancelled before it ever aired. The title was recently reused for a medical drama, and as you mentioned the concept of an immortal main character is also popular.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

And don't forget Forever Knight.. Cop who is a vampire solving crimes.

That and Silk Stalkings were my late night treats in the 80s / 90s

 

[Jayson1]

What was Silk Stalkings?. I always remember sort if seeing adds for that and it would run late at night and I gather it was suppose to be kind of sexy and lacey but not sure beyond that.

Jason

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

What was Silk Stalkings?. I always remember sort if seeing adds for that and it would run late at night and I gather it was suppose to be kind of sexy and lacey but not sure beyond that.

Jason

It was a cop show here you go.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk_Stalkings

 

[tomswift2002]

Nice thread OP.

I have both of those shows, and only recently got Jake 2.0. Look on Amazon it's available right now, that's how I got my copy.

Other shows I'd like to get hold of but are not available (that I know of)

Full series of Blakes 7
Without A Trace
Hart To Hart
Fringe (only just got that one this week)
M.A.N.T.I.S I really, really would love to see a set of this series... I sort of remember it but more for the final episode then anything else.


Really that's all I can think of as far as shows I'd like to own for the moment.


Oh and to the person that mentioned Valerie Bertinelli I always liked her and Mary Steenburgen

Fringe was released on DVD and Blu-Ray back in the 2000’s. I bought them as they came out. Amazon.ca is still showing the complete series Region A/1 as available.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Fringe was released on DVD and Blu-Ray back in the 2000’s. I bought them as they came out. Amazon.ca is still showing the complete series Region A/1 as available.

I know I just got my set this week.... Rather largish box too.

 

[Ssosmcin]

Sorry, I never got updates about this thread...

That's all fine and dandy, but Mill Creek should be using double-sided DVD discs to put their TV shows on, rather than be compressing them to fit on one disc each; that makes them not anywhere as good as Image Entertainment, Shout Factory, or Kino Lorber (the company that recently came out with the excellent DVD set of the cult classic TV show Coronet Blue.)

I disagree. I have many series on DVD flipper discs and they don't hold up over time. Some didn't even play upon opening the box. Compression isn't idea, but single sided DVDs are superior and more reliable to double sided any day of the week and twicwe on Sunday.

As for having the Screen Gems logo at the end of each episode of the I Dream Of Jeannie set you own without any logo plastering of the current Sony Pictures Television logo (I too am a fan of the 'vanity plates' myself), you can always go to YouTube and get a video of said logo (best way to collect one is to have a video downloader program that allows you to download videos from YouTube to keep for yourself for later watching, or to get the Torch browser, which has a 'download a video from a site' function as a part of it.).

Well sure I had it on a file for years, but having them at the end of every episode completes the nostalgic experience, I grew up watching IDoJ in the 70's and, as with every other show, I watched it to the very end, from start to end logo. That was a time I got the most joy out of TV watching. Having the logo at the end brings back very warm feelsing of those days. It's akin to the Desilu logo at the end of Star Trek.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

Do we have Lucille Ball to thank for Star Trek?

 

[Guy Gardener]

Blake's 7 isn't available in the US but you can find Region 2 DVDs on Amazon. If you don't have a region-free player, though, you're screwed.

I'm not sure if its illegal, probably not, but there's a tiny/free program I used to use that would turn a locked region DVD drive on my computer, into an all region DVD drive, that could be found with google probably.

But you were talking about the box underneath the TV.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

I thought most DVD players that you use with a TV are region free, they are here in Australia

 

[Guy Gardener]

I thought most DVD players that you use with a TV are region free, they are here in Australia

Parallel importing in the Pacific 20 years ago, screwed over the monopolies controlling global film distribution. The rest of the world is still caught in a fist, which is also pretending that torrents do not exist, while blaming torrents fora steady increase in cost.

 

[tomswift2002]

I thought most DVD players that you use with a TV are region free, they are here in Australia

No, here in Canada & the USA, set top DVD & Blu-Ray players are sold “locked” to Region 1/A NTSC due to fears from the major film corporations. However you can usually find codes online to “unlock” your player to play all regions.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

No, here in Canada & the USA, set top DVD & Blu-Ray players are sold “locked” to Region 1/A NTSC due to fears from the major film corporations. However you can usually find codes online to “unlock” your player to play all regions.

That's odd. Over here that's just not the case, the only thing region locked are bluray players. Mine is locked to region B which is Australia, no idea why we got B and not A. but when playing DVDs I can chuck anything into it and it plays.

Film corporations are whiny bitches

 

[diankra]

Do we have Lucille Ball to thank for Star Trek?

Sort of. More that she accepted that she had to let the young nutters have their head if her company was going to last.

 

[diankra]

I know Blakes Seven, Fringe and Hart to Hart (at least in the UK and on dvd) are. Without a trace seems to be too, but not M.A.N.T.I.S.
(it's listed on amazon prime, but says unavailable on dvd)

I'very got uk dvds of Without a Trace. Doesn't prove that there was ever a us release of course,

 

[Mysterion]

How about a blu-ray release of Farscape The Peacekeeper Wars for North America/Region 1?

 

[The Borgified Corpse]

As for shows I'm interested in not on DVD or Blu-Ray....this one:

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Wasn't Ronald D. Moore one of the writers on that show? I seem to recall that he worked on it during that brief gap after his abrupt departure from the Star Trek: Voyager writing staff but before he became the head writer during the 2nd season of Roswell.

Nice thread OP.

I have both of those shows, and only recently got Jake 2.0. Look on Amazon it's available right now, that's how I got my copy.

Awwwww. Thanks!

After looking up Jake 2.0 and Special Unit 2 on the VEI website, I saw that they also put out Deadly Games and Legend! I remember seeing part of a few episodes of Deadly Games back in the day. It was a show about a guy who made a video game but then something went wrong and all of the villains from the game started appearing in the real world. Christopher Lloyd was the main villain and I remember that one of the one-off villains was played by Brent Spiner. I never saw Legend but I probably should given that it's a western that teams up Richard Dean Anderson & John DeLancie. Based on the premise, it kinda sounds like it's part Wild Wild West and part Remington Steele.

BTW, I don't know if any of you are familiar with Kenny Lauderdale's YouTube channel but his videos are mostly about uncovering obscure Japanese anime & live action shows from the 1980s that have never been released in English. They all look pretty awesome to me, particularly The Laughing Salesman and all of the delinquent schoolgirl shows.

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[valkyrie013]

Amazon seems to have a shed load of old series and movies. Just have to search for them .. Never pop up on the main screen.