B5 Box Set...

[Vitin]

Aside from the normal "Product Details", what's the word on the B5 Box set released in 2004?
(http://www.amazon.com/Babylon-5-Comp...0929374&sr=1-2)

I saw a "non region'' set for $75+shipping. But Amazon sale seems ok for me... Its not the individual seasons, its one box with all dvd's of B5 TV series, nothing else.

Anyone have this?

[OmahaStar]

Aside from the normal "Product Details", what's the word on the B5 Box set released in 2004?
(http://www.amazon.com/Babylon-5-Comp...0929374&sr=1-2)

I saw a "non region'' set for $75+shipping. But Amazon sale seems ok for me... Its not the individual seasons, its one box with all dvd's of B5 TV series, nothing else.

Anyone have this?

Non-region means bootleg. I have seen tons of them available, they're always from the Asian area, and in every case, the last 10 minutes of so of the fourth episode per disc gets cut off. They're not legit, and JMS & Co get nothing for any sales of them, only the scammers do.

Now, as for the box set you link to at Amazon, you get the five seasons. There is no additional content besides what is already on the dvds (commentaries, bloopers, etc). Whether you buy them one season at a time, or in a package deal like this, you get the same content. It's only the price that changes.

I tell you what, if I didn't already own them, I'd be all over a deal like this. It's an incredible price.

[Jan]

Omaha's right: If it's region-free, it's bootleg.

He's also right that the deal linked to is just for the season sets. There's no repackaging or extra goodies included in this as far as I can tell. I believe in one European region and also in Australia I think, there were other releases with a new packaging for the set and some kind of 'gift' included. That's not the case here.

It's a great deal. I finally bought my second set from a similar sale at Best Buy recently.

Jan

[Vitin]

Thank you for the comments...

I was aware that the "region free" disc were bootlegs. I actually called a vendor and they let me know that the set shipped from the warehouse in Asia.

That was a dead give-away.

Hence the Amazon set (region 1) seemed like the perfect logical choice.

I just wanted to be sure that there was no news of a new set coming out in the near future, that would then make me "cringe" for having spent the cash and not waiting a few more months.

I am buying from Amazon now...