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Ryn

Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 03:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ok - I posted this Q in the BB3 area but have a lil more info now.

Please answer honestly and add any thoughts:

Would you be interested in a DVD Box Set of the ENTIRE season of Big Brother III. This set would have 5-7 DVDs including every episode from season 3 plus some extras - cast bios, etc.

Price $69.95 - Completely Legal - Rights owned by the distribution company.

Would you buy it? Would your friends buy it?

Please give me some feedback (a marketing person for the potential DVD asked me to poll you guys).

Monkeyboy

Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 03:23 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I would buy it and so would a whole bunch of my friends!

Lycanthrope

Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 03:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
It would depend on what the "extras" were, but I'd probably purchase it.

Spygirl

Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 03:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wouldn't buy it - too much money for me.

Maris

Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 03:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I wouldn't buy a boxed sset of just the show. If they had one disc which was totally devoted to the live feeds, I would definitely buy it. The fight between Tonya and Amy comes to mind, A few of Marcellas and Amy's late night chats. Danielle's drunken night with Lisa. Lori going ballistic in the living room. Marcellas eviction as he charged off to pack his stuff. Skip Tonyas leaks.

Lauram

Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 03:34 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
honestly -- I love BB but I already watched it. Part of the fun was watching it in conjunction with the live feads. I just dont think that watching the show and the corny stunts would be the same without real time behind the scenes stuff.

And I am one who has a pretty good size collection of DVDs. Just don't know that this would be one that I would actually re watch.

Deedee

Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 03:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I would buy it.

Wargod

Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 03:45 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm with Spy, too much money. But, if I had 70 bucks laying around that had no purpose, I probably would, lol.

Draheid

Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 03:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Ryn, any chance of asking the distributor specifically what extras are on the set and how much? Most DVD-R media is rated to hold about 2 hours of video so 5-7 discs would only be 10-14 hours of programming. As best as I can tell, there were 32 episodes last year, 11 at 1 hour each and 21 at 1/2 hour - without commercials, that's 48 minutes x 11 + 22 minutes x 22 for a total show time of almost 17 hours - unless they are using double-sided discs or lower quality recordings, I don't see any room for extras. More details would be a great help. (Sorry for the math - I needed to work it out anyway! :) )

Theowl

Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 03:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I wouldn't buy it, because I taped every episode on VHS. In fact, if anyone wants to watch it again, E me. Sorry Ryn!!

Rabbit

Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 03:51 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I would probably put it on my Netflix que. That is how I watch "24". <Note, 24 Season 2 is now available for preorder on Amazon, but I will wait for Netflix for 6 viewing parties. We watch one DVD each Party.)

Spygirl

Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 03:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
There were 1/2 hour espisodes last year???

Draheid

Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 04:12 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Well, since it seems there were only 1 hour episodes last year, that makes it even more difficult to figure how it would fit on 5-7 DVDs. 32 @ 48 minutes each would be 25+ hours - or about 12-14 DVDs. Now I'm very curious to see what they are planning to distribute. :O

Twinkie

Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 04:28 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I would buy BB1 in a heartbeat! That was my favorite and I miss those guys!

Crossfire

Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 04:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I would not buy the shows, but I'd cough up the dough for the many hours of diary room we've never seen.

For that, I'd be willing to double the price.

Bbfan05

Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 05:30 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I would buy it, hell yeah. I would buy all three seasons, but BB3 was my favorite--gotta love the amazing cast! It is a bit much, and I still have every ep of last year on tape, but it on DVD would be cool--and with extras!

Mak1

Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 06:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
No. I'm not sure I'd even like the show half as much as I do if I didn't have a computer.

Fabnsab

Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 06:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I would love to have it so I would do my usual...Wait a bit and buy it at a substantial discount on ebay. I know that sounds horrible, but you did say you wanted the truth! I wouldn't spend more than $30 on it. I am going over to Germany till April and this would keep me warm and toasty on some lonely nights. I would feel like I was in the states again. I already put my trip off till september so I can see most of BB4.

Bbrock

Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 06:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Not at that price, I don't think I would buy it. Maybe for BB1 though. I miss Eddie. :)

Ryn

Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 06:39 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Thanks all - please keep the comments coming - I have refered the person to this thread so he will see your comments and questions. I have no idea if any of them will be answered but I appreciate all the input - both positive and negative - no sense in not being truthful.

Dra - I have no idea how they would fit all 31 episodes on 7 DVDs - but the commercials would be eliminated of course.

But isn't there more space if you eliminate the extra audio tracks and all the other stuff they cram on DVDs now?

Cjr

Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 06:42 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I would possibly buy it. I would want lots of behind the scene stuff and I would love to see diary room entries.

Missy2

Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 06:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
One time I bought Real World never seen footage. What a joke. It depends on the extra footage. It sounds like its the shows that are on tv, and who cares about the bios??


SOOOO

Probably not.

Bastable

Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 07:19 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I think one thing to consider is the real BB fans, the die-hards, subscribe to the feeds. We know the show from the feeds, not from the CBS version of the feeds.

Enjoyment of BB is not just about the CBS broadcasts to us. For that reason, I would probably not buy the set. Now, if there were some "greatest moments" of the feeds in there as extras, I would reconsider.

I would think about buying BB2, though, or even BB1. It's a funny thing--the farther back in the past the seasons are, the more interested I am in revisiting them. (Like, wouldn't you kill to see "Survivor 1" again on the Family Channel, now that so much time has passed?) Every now and then, I pop in my Live Show tapes from BB1. So that's something to consider.

Spygirl

Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 07:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I have to admit that I would seriously buy BB1...I watched an episode online a couple of months ago and I got the warm fuzzies. I'd buy it, but not the other seasons.

Maris

Thursday, June 12, 2003 - 07:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I agree bastable, who wouldnt die to see Nicole crying to the cameras, mascara running down her face, I need drugs. lol. Or remember when her husbands banner flew overhead, what a riot. The other banners in BB2, about the knife and krista and the hamsters trying to figure out what they were about. It was all about the feeds. It was even entertaining to watch the show to see how they spinned the feeds.

You put a six cd set on sale about the live feeds and diary rooms, and they will sell.

I am sure that this little group could even come up with enough suggestions to put in a six cd set.