This review is from: Friends – Season 1-10 Complete Collection (15th Anniversary) [DVD] (DVD)
I have owned the single DVDs for each series and collected as I went but decided to splash out on this 15th Anniversary Box Set. I received it yesterday and can honestly say it is money well spent. Not only does it come in a lovely presentation box but there are bundles of extras.
1) All episodes are the extended US versions which means some people who have the single DVD versions won’t have this.
2) Each Series box contains 4 single sided DVDs which is a major plus. Previously the series was put on double sided DVDs and the labelling wasn’t very clear. Now you get 4 discs per series.
3) In addition to the episodes for each series you get extras on every single disc. I won’t describe each one as they are listed on the Amazon product page. However, die hard Friends fans will be pleased to see that you get some great extras such as my favourites which are:- Gag Reels from series 1-4 and 6-10 (not sure what happened to series 5) Interactive Trivia game An hour long behind the scenes documentary The Friends stars thoughts as the final series comes to a close.
4) You also receive a nice Episode guide book. The book details each episode with a description and pictures. You also get an additional few pages at the back detailing some of the more famous props.
5) The DVDS come with Dutch and English subtitles.
6) They are shown in 16:9 Widescreen format (so now black lines appear down the sides of the screen)
My overall opinion is that this box set is well priced and an absolute must have. The box set isn’t too bulky so fits nicely in with other DVDs and also looks particularly nice in its presentation box.
If you are a fan then order yourself one today….you won’t regret it!
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This review is from: Friends – Season 1-10 Complete Collection (15th Anniversary) [DVD] (DVD)
I have the black box edition of this. I was impressed by that but unimpressed by the special features. I bought this for the additional features and am going to sell the Black box edition. This edition of the Friends Box Set is brilliant. It’s the best way of watching Friends. The extra features are brilliant for Friendsaholics. This isn’t much of a review. More me saying that this IS the best Friends box set out there. The Seasons are are inn better cases, single side disks, smaller all season box. In my opinion better box art. Full episodes the ones aired in America. Unseen parts in UK. If you don’t have the 10 season box set and are thinking of getting it. This is the best of the three money will buy you.
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This review is from: Friends – Season 1-10 Complete Collection (15th Anniversary) [DVD] (DVD)
I previously had a “red box” edition of Friends, but decided to replace the well worn-out discs with this new boxset – and surprisingly it is a HUGE improvement!
1) (the most important) Full versions of all episodes – the pilot seems to be the same (probably it wasn’t cut for older boxsets), but starting from the episode #2 you will get at least 2-3 minutes of new material for every episode (and more than 5-6 minutes on some episodes in later seasons!) It is amazing how many cuts my older boxset had – now I can see a dialogue between two characters and apparently they could cut out 2-3 phrases in the middle (for example the scene of Chandler breaking up with Janice for the first time lost several very funny bits). The final effect that the extended versions in the new boxset flow much better and there are no strange cuts anymore.
2) Commentaries on many episodes from the show creators.
3) Gag reels (except for season 5).
4) Single side discs with 6-7 episodes on each! And in normal plastic boxes, not in paper wrap.
5) Improved navigation – all discs and disc boxes have lists of episodes printed on them (it is an essential feature but my old boxset did not have that!).
6) Episodes split into 10 individual boxes, one per season (“red box” boxset unhelpfully split them into 6 paper packs, one per character).
In the end, I love this edition of “Friends”. Good work WB!
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Received mine and its a MUST HAVE!!!!,
I have owned the single DVDs for each series and collected as I went but decided to splash out on this 15th Anniversary Box Set. I received it yesterday and can honestly say it is money well spent. Not only does it come in a lovely presentation box but there are bundles of extras.
1) All episodes are the extended US versions which means some people who have the single DVD versions won’t have this.
2) Each Series box contains 4 single sided DVDs which is a major plus. Previously the series was put on double sided DVDs and the labelling wasn’t very clear. Now you get 4 discs per series.
3) In addition to the episodes for each series you get extras on every single disc. I won’t describe each one as they are listed on the Amazon product page. However, die hard Friends fans will be pleased to see that you get some great extras such as my favourites which are:-
Gag Reels from series 1-4 and 6-10 (not sure what happened to series 5)
Interactive Trivia game
An hour long behind the scenes documentary
The Friends stars thoughts as the final series comes to a close.
4) You also receive a nice Episode guide book. The book details each episode with a description and pictures. You also get an additional few pages at the back detailing some of the more famous props.
5) The DVDS come with Dutch and English subtitles.
6) They are shown in 16:9 Widescreen format (so now black lines appear down the sides of the screen)
My overall opinion is that this box set is well priced and an absolute must have. The box set isn’t too bulky so fits nicely in with other DVDs and also looks particularly nice in its presentation box.
If you are a fan then order yourself one today….you won’t regret it!
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|The only F.R.I.E.N.D.S you’ll ever need,
I have the black box edition of this. I was impressed by that but unimpressed by the special features. I bought this for the additional features and am going to sell the Black box edition.
This edition of the Friends Box Set is brilliant. It’s the best way of watching Friends. The extra features are brilliant for Friendsaholics.
This isn’t much of a review. More me saying that this IS the best Friends box set out there. The Seasons are are inn better cases, single side disks, smaller all season box. In my opinion better box art. Full episodes the ones aired in America. Unseen parts in UK.
If you don’t have the 10 season box set and are thinking of getting it. This is the best of the three money will buy you.
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|Simply the best Friends boxset,
I previously had a “red box” edition of Friends, but decided to replace the well worn-out discs with this new boxset – and surprisingly it is a HUGE improvement!
1) (the most important) Full versions of all episodes – the pilot seems to be the same (probably it wasn’t cut for older boxsets), but starting from the episode #2 you will get at least 2-3 minutes of new material for every episode (and more than 5-6 minutes on some episodes in later seasons!)
It is amazing how many cuts my older boxset had – now I can see a dialogue between two characters and apparently they could cut out 2-3 phrases in the middle (for example the scene of Chandler breaking up with Janice for the first time lost several very funny bits). The final effect that the extended versions in the new boxset flow much better and there are no strange cuts anymore.
2) Commentaries on many episodes from the show creators.
3) Gag reels (except for season 5).
4) Single side discs with 6-7 episodes on each! And in normal plastic boxes, not in paper wrap.
5) Improved navigation – all discs and disc boxes have lists of episodes printed on them (it is an essential feature but my old boxset did not have that!).
6) Episodes split into 10 individual boxes, one per season (“red box” boxset unhelpfully split them into 6 paper packs, one per character).
In the end, I love this edition of “Friends”. Good work WB!
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