Shane EvansThink of your all-time favorite television show. Maybe it is “Family Guy,” “Friends,” “That 70’s Show,” “Seinfeld” or “Sex and the City.” There isn’t one night that passes that you don’t find yourself in front of the tube to watch an episode. Finally, the day arrives that the series comes to an end. But, there is now a solution to this problem: your favorite show becomes a boxed DVD set.
One of the hottest buys nowadays is electronics. Compact discs, video games, computer games and especially DVD television series sets are among the highest moneymakers in today’s market. The point of putting television series to DVD is to find the die-hard fans who will empty their pockets to have all of the episodes within their reach.
Freshman communications major Jeff Furmanchin said, “I have all of the ‘Friends’ and ‘Seinfeld’ on DVD and it makes me happy to own them because the shows always make me laugh. I always watch the shows over and over again. I didn’t waste my money buying them.”
Not only is each season included in the boxed set, but there are many other incentives. On the “Friends” DVD, its special features include the producer’s commentary, friends of “Friends” video guestbook, gag reels, casino challenge trivia quiz, Gunther spills the beans about the next season and the soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.0.
But loving a television show so much to purchase one of these boxed sets can put quite a hole in your wallet if you aren’t careful. At Wal-Mart, one of the biggest conglomerates in the world, you can find great deals with the sets starting at $19.87. But you can also get conned by going to specialty stores and paying $59.99 for such shows as “One Tree Hill.” If you really are head-over-heels for a television show, your best bet is Wal-Mart, www.amazon.com or www.ebay.com.
Sophomore undeclared major Kelly Cupples said, “DVDs are affordable, but many sets could be cheaper. Cheaper is pretty sweet.”
So, if you find yourself with a tough schedule and always missing that No. 1 show on your list, maybe you should decide to purchase that boxed set so those episodes are always there for you to pop into your DVD player.
