Do Your Dallas DVDs Skip?

[Seaviewer]

You can buy the season sets individually or the box set which is less than $150 USD. For what you get (14 seasons + 3 movies + 1 special) it's a good deal (less than $10 per item within the box)
https://store.hmv.com/store/film-tv/dvd/dallas-the-complete-series or https://www.amazon.com/Dallas-Complete-Collection-1-14-Movies/dp/B007N0IKKM/
As @Via The Void says below it appears to be cardboard slots which is disappointing. The earlier release which I have (pictured below) is all single sided discs in plastic containers. The only downside to these is the first few seasons are in the wider boxes with flippy things which is perfect whereas the later seasons are in smaller boxes with overlapped discs. I don't think I own anything doublesided however, in any form.

The picture at the link is the same one that Amazon is now selling but it doesn't resemble either this or @Via_The_Pumpkin 's. Are we sure they're also single-sided?

 

[Miss Texas 1967]

The picture at the link is the same one that Amazon is now selling but it doesn't resemble either this or @Via_The_Pumpkin 's. Are we sure they're also single-sided?

In this post by @garry in 2018 there are some pictures and he notes it is single sided discs. The original release region 2 discs are definitely single sided so one would assume these are too. Someone else might be able to share pictures if they have this set.

Dallas DVD boxset.

I was in HMV in Belfast this afternoon and noticed an updated boxset of the original series on sale, more compact than the original issue, but same contents, no additional extra features. Only difference is a very large Stetson on the sides of the box. Not sure whether or not this has been...

www.tellytalk.net

 

[TheDeadBobby]

I have individual box sets per season. I bought them maybe in the mid 2000s and they played fine. I did a recent rewatch and season 1+2 was ok but 3-6 would freeze to the point where I would miss 2 to 3 shows per disc, and that's a lot of juicy stuff that I didn't remember or get to see. How disappointing! It seems that side A would play ok but the flip side is where it would freeze up. I don't really want to throw $182 for the entire season and for region 2 at that. I can set up my computer to play region 2 but it's a hassle and it's permanent.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

I have individual box sets per season. I bought them maybe in the mid 2000s and they played fine. I did a recent rewatch and season 1+2 was ok but 3-6 would freeze to the point where I would miss 2 to 3 shows per disc, and that's a lot of juicy stuff that I didn't remember or get to see. How disappointing! It seems that side A would play ok but the flip side is where it would freeze up. I don't really want to throw $182 for the entire season and for region 2 at that. I can set up my computer to play region 2 but it's a hassle and it's permanent.

Try eBay for a good used complete series box. You can get bargains if you look carefully. Good luck

 

[Seaviewer]

The original release region 2 discs are definitely single sided so one would assume these are too.

I bought my region 2 season 7 sets and on as they came out. Some are still sealed but the ones I've opened are double-sided.
My DVD player is multi-region but I don't want to spend the money and find I've just duplicated what I already have.

 

[Miss Texas 1967]

I bought my region 2 season 7 sets and on as they came out. Some are still sealed but the ones I've opened are double-sided.
My DVD player is multi-region but I don't want to spend the money and find I've just duplicated what I already have.

I stand corrected then. I don't recall there being much talk on here about double sided discs in region 2 and assumed that considering the packaging of the boxes being the same as the individual seasons available for sale they're just original releases sold together in a collector box.

 

[bmasters9]

Oh my double sided discs were a nightmare. Brand new from the pack they would pause and sputter in the middle of a scene as if they were years old and used as coasters.

You're not the only one who's had problems to that end-- a long time ago, I got the original double-sided all-in-one of Wonder Woman (70s ABC/CBS adventure series that was Lynda Carter's signature role), and it was one of three possibilities: I couldn't get the menu up, I couldn't get an episode to go, or if I did get one to go, it would sputter and stop.

Fortunately, much later, I got the single-sided version of Wonder Woman, and (albeit singles can stop just as much as doubles) I have had no such problems (I finished the third and final go [second and final CBS season], and still have the ABC WWII season [first] and first CBS season [second] to go).

 

[cronosmantas]

It seems Warner / New Line / HBO DVDs manufactured between the years of August 15, 2006 and May 13, 2008 have a high failure rate (it mostly affects multi disc sets and box sets with dual layer discs) as the discs slowly rot due to manufacturing defects at a plant in Olyphant, Pennsylvania with the code stamp IFPI facility codes 2U** around the center hole. It starts with discs freezing at the layer change before eventually rendering the the entire disc unplayable. Here is a thread detailing the issue: https://www.hometheaterforum.com/co...ad-watch-to-make-sure-they-still-play.351260/

 

[Seaviewer]

So far my problem Dallas discs have been limited to those for Region 2. Were they manufactured at the same plant?
Incidentally, after watching most of season 8 on YouTube, I ventured to watch the special feature (Travilla and fashion) on the disc. That at least played okay.

 

[Luke_Krebbs_Ewing]

...or just store them savely elsewhere.

Yeah you could do that. I had been thinking of getting the clear plastic computer CD covers to put the DVD's in and then put them back in the cardboard slots of the season cases.

In any event I was surfing eBay last week and saw a used copy of the complete series boxset going for £62 so ordered it straight away. I've decided to take your advice seriously, so now I've two copies of the complete series as well as the double sided original releases.

 

[Matthew Blaisdel]

In my opinion you're on the save side now for the years to come. :sure:

I'm not even using mine anymore, they're stored away safely. I copied every episode and made each an ~800mb mp4-file, they are all stored (along with other soaps, movies and all my favorite music) on the huge 4 TB harddrive of my good old PS3, which still works fine as it's not only an excellent DVD/Bluray-Player but also plays those mp4-episodes and all other media files from that harddrive perfectly. Once a year i make a backup of that drive to be on the safe side. Future can come, i'm all prepared!

 

[Adampurple]

I used to own the whole DVD sets when they were relased by season, but due to moving/separating over the past few years they've been left behind and I've had to rely on back up copies I made on my laptop.

So....when I saw a Dallas Fanzine tweet about AMAZON.ES doing the boxset (all 14 seasons PLUS the 4 movies) for €77 I got straight online and bought it.

Looks like a re-watch (probably about the 14th) is on the cards.

Amazing offer!!!

https://www.amazon.es/Dallas-Complete-1-14-Reino-Unido-DVD/dp/B007N0IKKM/ref=sr_1_1?__mk_es_ES=ÅMÅŽÕÑ&keywords=dallas+dvd&qid=1558399287&s=gateway&sr=8-1

How did you manage to backup the dallas dvds?
Every dvd set, Iv'e owned, has always has episodes with errors that barely play.
I wish I could back them up