I am very frustrated with this Deep Space Nine Chosen Collection set I have. It has all 7 seasons. But It is packed in a long box that is hard to open. And it has no info on what is on each disc. My husband is making me some homemade labels to let me see what is on each one. But it is hard to store this long box. Also the discs don't work on all the dvd players we. So I am wondering if anyone else has this set and if they have come up with a way to store it and what they did about not knowing what is on each disc? Also if anyone has had problems with them playing on some dvd players? Are there any really nice sets out there??
Do any of you have the Deep Space Nine Chosen Collection Set?
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Sorry, but my understanding is that anything from "The Chosen Collection" are all bootlegs. I think this is the only legitimate region 1 complete series set from CBS:
Amazon US has it on for $89.99 right now, but I don't know if that's what they usually have it for, or not. I've seen some pretty good prices from time to time on Amazon Canada for it, though.
Amazon US has it on for $89.99 right now, but I don't know if that's what they usually have it for, or not. I've seen some pretty good prices from time to time on Amazon Canada for it, though.
Here’s a review of one of those Hong Kong bootleg “Chosen Collection” for Enterprise. I would assume that the DS9 set would be the same.
Where the heck's Senator Vreenak, when ya need him?
Sorry, but my understanding is that anything from "The Chosen Collection" are all bootlegs. I think this is the only legitimate region 1 complete series set from CBS:
Amazon US has it on for $89.99 right now, but I don't know if that's what they usually have it for, or not. I've seen some pretty good prices from time to time on Amazon Canada for it, though.
"The Chosen Collection" sounds dumb for such a release unless it's the series of movies from the 1950s starring Charleton Heston involving Biblical epics (a lot of which are surprisingly enjoyable, but I like his style of acting.) Hence why they might try it here, given Sisko is The Emissary but it still doesn't quite fit.
And not a bad price. It was $150 or so when I got it, but I jumped the day it came out. I never had the original releases, and with bit rot and other issues being a decade in it was nice to see a fresh printing. (Ideally the discs will last 50 years before problems occur. All but three of my 20-something discs still play perfectly. )
Remember the good old days when they were only $3 per disc?
https://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2007/11/paramount-and-warner-bros-market-3-dvds-in-china/
That's where the bootlegs probably came from... and the case does look rather nice. The felty paper sleeves are good for the discs too and won't scratch the layer holding te data (top side). Less plastic used too. If "Made on Demand" used better pressings and not the cheap ink-burned discs (purple reflective hue) that often fail after 5 years... streaming will get there one day, at full FPS bitrate with no stripped frames and limited compression but the bandwidth just isn't there yet. Or having to lease half a dozen dozen services... (it's not buying for obvious reasons, of course.)
Most legal “Made on Demand” places use Verbatim AZO discs, which from my experience, have lasted for over a decade. Whereas the cheaper no name discs are questionable. It’s like in VHS days, tapes but BASF and Maxell were High Quality and good for archiving, but something sold under a name like “Joe’s Super Deal” was not.
Maxell too? I had the impression they were lower-tier due to the price. I gravitated used Verbatim when burning in the past (when finding out they did everything in-house...), and became cynical over the whole concept after a few Maxells developed problems, which I gave a chance after how their VHS tapes more or less were "okay" at best, I generally stuck to higher quality brands. I should check some of my remaining Verbatim CDs - I'd now be more than pleasantly surprised if they still worked. Just surprised to see Verbatim lumped in with Maxell (and Memorex, which also used to be good but then went downhill... nowadays they're just words.)
Verbatim did have a lower range of DVD’s that they sourced from the same companies as most other DVD-R’s. (They were marketed under “Life Series” and “Value Series”.) But the AZO discs have the best reflectivity and chemicals (they actually put bits of metal on the chemical that helps with the reflectivity). Also, I’ve found, the AZO’s have performed well at any speed, whether it’s at 1X in a set top DVD recorder, or 24X
Maxell DVD’s I would say use for non-important stuff. But really I’ve had issues with them since 2010, especially in set top DVD recorders at 1X speed. Although their RW’s still work fine at 1X.
Memorex was good, until they changed their logo to the current lower case logo.
But, no with Maxell I was referring to the VHS/S-VHS era. I still use Maxell tapes to record important stuff off TV.
Zoiks. Did not know that. I'll have to dig through my collection and verify, it's possible I had some lower-end discs... I do remember "AZO", so it's possible they weren't the cheapies.
Speaking of 1x, I always wrote at the lowest speed possible, since there was a myth at the time that the slower speed was better for readability. Those were the days, flash drives are tons nicer...
Even now AZO’s are not the cheapest.
Well it’s not a myth. The slower the burn, the higher quality you’ll get, since it’ll burn it deeper into the dye, so scratches won’t affect a slower record than a high burn. (Think of it like a sun burn, first degree is an annoyance and doesn’t stay (24x) .but third degree really gets in there (1X)).
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