DawnM Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 This has nothing to do with my other TV thread, I am just curious. I personally only watch a TV show once. I may catch a rerun if nothing else is on, but I wouldn't watch it on DVD more than once. I have often wondered why people buy a TV series on DVD and if they watch them multiple times. Dawn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in NH Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Already have. I have the Mad Men seasons 1 through 3 on dvd. I can watch those over and over. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Yes, I have and would again if it was a series I wanted to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 Hmmmm....I did watch about 4 episodes and then I don't remember why I stopped watching. Dawn Already have. I have the Mad Men seasons 1 through 3 on dvd. I can watch those over and over. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anita in NC Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 (edited) I personally do NOT buy them. For one thing I do not want the clutter (I have enough clutter already). Plus, I'm unlikely to watch anything more than once. This is why I love Netflix. ;) Edited March 4, 2011 by Anita in NC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Some, yes. We have (that I can think of at the moment): Buffy Brother Cadfael Jeeves and Wooster Young Indiana Jones Forever Knight Looney Tunes Animaniacs Kamichu Pink Panther Fawlty Towers The Muppet Show We've been given Babylon 5 on vhs, which we will have to see about (haven't watched it yet). Others we might consider are Firefly and Doctor Who. We had Angel, but sold it. We are actively trying to winnow down our collections (books, cds, dvds). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheReader Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 We do not pay for cable, and where we live now, couldn't get all the US shows anyway even if we wanted to. We buy TV shows on DVD for that reason. Some we watch more than once, others no. Even when we lived in the US we bought a few, mainly those were because we did not start watching a show until it was already in the 2nd, 3rd, etc. season. So, we bought season one and started there to "catch up." Then, we much preferred the ability to watch an episode a night vs. waiting a week, dealing with weeks of re-runs, etc, as well as having it on our schedule and not the network's. Yes, even though that meant, once we caught up, we had to wait a year for the newest season to be released. Also, I realize many of the shows are available on network websites, hulu, etc. but those are not viewable outside the US (so don't work for us) and we don't like to watch on the computer screen (too small). Of the shows we've bought, only a few do we watch over and over again. Still, at $30 or so on average per season, that's roughly what? a month? of cable costs.....(where we lived before, we'd have needed cable to get decent, watchable reception at all). So, in the end it is still cheaper for us to buy the DVD sets rather than pay for cable every month. And then we do have something we can either re-sell, pass on to friends, or watch again if we choose. Really makes a lot of sense, at least in our case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in Appalachia Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 but we haven't bought them since we can stream them. But I would still like to own them, and one of these days I will. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in NH Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 If Mad Men was on Netflix(streaming) I would not have bought them.. I have watched Firefly a few times as well, but since that is on Netflix streaming I won't buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 yep. we are proud owners of Multiple seasons of the Andy Griffith Show, Hogan's Heroes Little House on the Prairie Bonanza Gilligan's Island McHale's Navy The Rifleman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 This is one of my problems with going to Netflix only...we would need to get the DVD rental as not everything is streaming.....and even when it does come out, it is quite a bit of time after the season is over. Dawn If Mad Men was on Netflix(streaming) I would not have bought them.. I have watched Firefly a few times as well, but since that is on Netflix streaming I won't buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 Ok, I actually would watch some of the old ones over again.....Little House, The Brady Bunch, The Waltons. I didn't even consider those, but I do see where I would for those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Yes, we buy some of our favorites. We'd love to have all the Star Trek, but they are pricey. We haven't bought many recently, but yes there are some we watch over and over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCoffeeChick Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Yep - lots of times! :D We also watch hulu & netflix for some of them, but the ones we really like (like Macgyver;)), we own on DVD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenNC Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 We do have Netflix and that factors into our decisions (and we don't have cable or satellite, so this is the way we watch shows). We just got a Roku for Yule, which has made watching streaming infinitely easier (and I love some of their free channels). Things that are streaming don't always stay that way, so I don't necessarily plan to get rid of something we already have and value if it becomes streaming. We're not that tight on space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I personally only watch a TV show once. I may catch a rerun if nothing else is on, but I wouldn't watch it on DVD more than once. I have often wondered why people buy a TV series on DVD and if they watch them multiple times. Dawn You are SO not a fangirl! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kwickimom Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 (edited) YES!!! I own Friends, Bones, the Office, Greys Anatomy, and Felicity....I could watch all these over and over again!! I LOVE to watch full seasons of shows with ZERO commercials :) Edited March 4, 2011 by kwickimom typos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nukeswife Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I currently own seasons 1-4 of Grey's Anatomy, seasons 1-8 of smallville, my dh owns many seasons of Lost as well as some Star Trek Seasons. I can't even remember how many times I've watched my Grey's Anatomy DVDs. I love them for weekends when we have downtime and there is nothing good on to watch or during the summer. We LOVE tv in our house, I'm sure we'll own many more TV series sets on DVD as time goes on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aubrey Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Only LOST ever seemed worth owning--to re-watch, study, think about. And then it ended. :svengo: Now to figure out how to find someone to buy the ones I've got. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I bought my dh a number of seasons of "Get Smart" a couple of years ago. It was his most favorite Christmas gift ever! We love to watch them for family nights. We also love the Andy Griffith show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LBS Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 The TV upstairs, which is in the bedroom I had lots of clothes and books to sort, files of my Mother's to sort thru, and the TV was not digital, so was not really useful except for DVDs and VHSs, so I would buy something entertaining, but not too engrossing, and I'd watch them several times, kinda catching new details as I repeated. It was things like JAG and several seasons of Frasier. If I put on a good movie, I'd get interested in that and watch it, rather than work. Then, I got Netflix, so the TV is wonderfully useful now, for watching at my convenience. I don't think I would ever sit down and watch a series of TV shows, one at a time over a period of time, mostly because I'd probably want to watch one right after another. I'm watching the "Bones" on Netflix, now, while working at the computer, only. Well, tryin' LBS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 That was the greatest show, ever! I really didn't think it needed to end yet.....I miss it. Dawn Only LOST ever seemed worth owning--to re-watch, study, think about. And then it ended. :svengo: Now to figure out how to find someone to buy the ones I've got. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommy22alyns Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Yes, I have several TV series on DVD and they do get watched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classical Country Mama Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Yep, I agree with the PPs: One word: LOST :drool5: Love the story, love the characters, and love spending time back in that world again (even if I too :glare: the way the show ended). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise in Florida Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Yes. We have all the seasons of Supernatural, Stargate, Due South, Slings and Arrows, Firefly, and Gilmore Girls. I am now starting on collecting Buffy/Angel and Glee. My dds and I are such fangirls. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I would buy Carol Burnett on DVD if I could find it where it didn't cost a fortune. I loved her show growing up. :) I also want to buy Que Pasa, USA? on dvd. I loved that show, but it costs a hundred dollars for the set! :eek: so I haven't done it yet. But I've wanted it for years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5LittleMonkeys Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 We like watching without the horrid commercials, and some of the shows we want to watch aren't available for streaming. Also we buy a lot of shows that we want to be able to share with our dc when they get older. We have all of the Sharpe's Rifles episodes that we got from the UK cheap (we figured out how to get a zone free dvd player) Sapphire and Steel, another British show Fawlty Towers Black Adder Monty Python Prime Minister Babylon 5 Star Trek (original) Battlestar Gallactica (original) Davy Crockett Little House on the Prairie ...I'll stop there. Oh, I forgot about Firefly and Buck Rogers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephanier.1765 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I've enjoyed watching Firefly more than once and having Lost on hand was a great way to keep from getting...well, from getting lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Both were bought with amazon gift certificates, but YES! We have the entire series of Frasier and also Get Smart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danybug Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Most recently, we have all of "The Office" and "Tudors". We watch Office all the time, can't get enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
min Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 We do! We've bought Dr Who, and various nature documentaries. Then we can use them in the car on a long drive (we regularly inflict long, long car journeys on our kids, LOL), or at our leisure. Min Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jujsky Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 We have the entire LOST series. We watch it multiple times. I can't get enough of that show! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 ;) I've enjoyed watching Firefly more than once and having Lost on hand was a great way to keep from getting...well, from getting lost. Firefly was recently at amazon and Target for $14.00. I do buy the things I've really loved because I tend to be a rewatcher. I'd much rather rewatch something I enjoyed than watch something new that I'm so-so about. Who (Yes, I have Doctor Who also ) knows though, Netflix has opened up a lot of new stuff for me, so maybe that will change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I love to do housework to some of my favourite Britcoms. Yes, Minister is lovely over and over, and sometimes I just feel AYBS funny. BlackAdder, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I love to do housework to some of my favourite Britcoms. Yes, Minister is lovely over and over, and sometimes I just feel AYBS funny. BlackAdder, too. Black Adder is awesome! I love Monty Python and Fawlty Towers too. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 I guess not. :tongue_smilie: You are SO not a fangirl! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SweetMissMagnolia Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 yes.....loved the MacGyver series LOL and matt houston --I was an 80s babe! have only seen the MacGyver ones though..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dani3boys Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 When I'm on the treadmill I usually watch Survivor and the Amazing Race the day after each episode is aired. When I don't have one of those episodes to watch, I go through three tv shows that I have on dvd: Gilmore Girls, Firefly, and Friends. I don't know how many times I have seen them, but they are some of my favorites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Granny_Weatherwax Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 No. I really don't watch TV shows more than once. If someone recommends a show I haven't seen and I want to catch up on previous episodes, I try to rent or borrow the DVD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mynyel Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 This has nothing to do with my other TV thread, I am just curious. I personally only watch a TV show once. I may catch a rerun if nothing else is on, but I wouldn't watch it on DVD more than once. I have often wondered why people buy a TV series on DVD and if they watch them multiple times. Dawn Yes Star Trek: The Next Generation. I can watch that over and over and over... have in fact! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classical Country Mama Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Yes Star Trek: The Next Generation. I can watch that over and over and over... have in fact! Giddily and obsessively hitting the invisible "LIKE!" button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasmama Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 We have done this with several series. We wait until they are finished, then purchase them and watch them. We are less likely to do this now because of Netflix and DVR, but it was a nice way to watch episodes when we wanted to and not worry about the whims of once a week scheduling and such.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest momk2000 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 We have The Brady Bunch, my girls love it, and they wach the episodes over and over. Sometimes I enjoy watching with them. I loved the Bradys when I was a kid. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I admit that I have all 7 seasons of Buffy on DVD. I also just caved and bought the first 3 seasons of Big Bang Theory. Please pretend I never posted that. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ibbygirl Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I admit that I have all 7 seasons of Buffy on DVD. I also just caved and bought the first 3 seasons of Big Bang Theory. Please pretend I never posted that. ;) LOL Buffy had THE BEST opening song of any show! hehehe My dh used to watch that one all the time. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Word Nerd Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 I have the whole LOST series but am not over my disappointment with the finale so I have no desire to rewatch any episodes. (DH bought the last season or I wouldn't have it.) But yes, I do watch TV shows I like more than once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 We absolutely watch shows more than once, which is what makes them worth buying. I have Buffy the Vampire Slayer, all seven seasons, and I've watched it at least 5 or 6 times. We have Babylon 5, and I have watched it at least 3 times in its entirety, DH probably a few times more than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 We have Little House on the Prairie and watch it often. Dh and I have Freaks and Geeks. It was on tv when I was pg with my oldest and on bedrest and it made me laugh soooo much. I like to revisit it occasionally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 (edited) Yes, I own all of West Wing and The Muppet Show. Dh owns Star Gate, XFiles and Fringe. My FIL owns all of Star Trek and we borrow them from him occasionally. :lol: I would buy Doctor Who if it wasn't so expensive. Edited March 4, 2011 by Sis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted March 4, 2011 Share Posted March 4, 2011 Yup! I own all 8 series of Red Dwarf :D I watch, well half watch, them every now and then. Some days are just Red Dwarf days. Dh would buy more Dr Who dvds if he had the cash. I don't know why, he would only watch them once. Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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