Friends: The Complete Series

Bought this to give an birthday gift to my wife, wasn't happy with the purchase as few CD's didn't work.

Love love love this TV show. All the characters are just so fun to watch. Great series! Great DVD!

Muy buen producto, es la versión original y no la que pasan en Netflix con escenas recortadas. Tiene subtítulos, pero no tiene subtítulos en español, pero si te molesta eso pues mejor compra la versión para Latinoamérica, para los que lo hemos visto toda la vida en ingles ni si quiera necesitas subtítulos.

First and most important, the video of this entire series is luxurious, gorgeous. The colors are deep, rich, and beautifully saturated. The quality is fantastic. Second, the video is not in the original full screen 4:3 ratio, but instead in the more common wide screen 16:9 that we are used to now. It is NOT letterboxed but instead reveals for the first time the full video that they captured at the time, apparently thinking forward to the time when 16:9 would be the standard. Some complain by saying that video at the edges are too revealing, but I watched both versions of the disputed scenes and found no problems with them. As for the audio, it is 5.1 throughout. It might have been nice to suppress the audience laugh track, but it did not really detract from the viewing experience. Still, the quality was high throughout the series. The packaging is not cheap even though they aggregated all of the Blu-rays into two sets of 20 discs (plus the bonus disc). Each season is packaged on two Blu-rays, and each disc typically had a couple of commentaries, with the second disc containing extras like gag reals. The bonus disc included more gag reels and some retrospective videos along with interviews on TV shows. Now my confession: I never saw a single episode of this series prior to now. Not one. I got this set so that I might fill in some of the cultural references that I missed out on at the time. I certainly got those, like "taking a break," but also grew to appreciate the show as the years advanced. I thought that the last three years became funnier over time and truly appreciate the jokes and characters, especially the Joey reactions and Phoebe proclamations. Altogether, it was a wonderful series.

Perfeito estado, lacrado. Vi pessoas comentando que recebeu a versão errada, mas acredito que tenham comprado o Ray em vez da versão normal que é a única com episódios estendidos.