Diagnosis Murder: The Complete Series

Overall, it’s a nice DVD set. Another VEI offering in a plastic case with a well to hold all the discs in soft holders. At least this type of packaging is easy to access the individual discs. As far as the show itself, we had heard of it in the past, but we’ve never seen it before. After reading about the show, that it was supposed to be lightweight mystery stories mixed with comedy that just happened to take place in a hospital, we thought we’d give it a try. Besides, it had a lot of great guest stars of the era, some in particular that we wanted to see. So here it is in our collection. It’s a lot longer show than we had known about at the time, so it will take us a while to get through all the seasons. Sampling some early episodes, we see the comedic element to the show, and the armchair detective stories remind us of similar shows of the era. This guy just happens to be a doctor, but like the other shows, the occupation of the character doesn’t much matter to the situation of the episode. In the credits, we even see names of producers and creators that we’ve seen in other shows, so the overall essence and production style of the show is familiar. The stories may be about solving murders, but they’re shown in a way that’s easy to digest for TV. So far, all the stars have chemistry and seem to be at ease in their roles. Of course, the two leads (apparently we aren’t allowed to write their names) are father and son, so that’s a natural. We’re still getting used to Chachi as a doctor. The later DVD’s picture another young doctor, so we’re looking forward to seeing what he’s all about. The rest of the cast doesn’t seem to have any annoying characters yet. As for the DVD set, the box promises some extras in addition to the series. We found the disc that contains all the pre- and post-series movies. We found one disc that is labeled to locate the pilot episode. But the other couple of extras are not labeled, so who knows where they might be within all the discs. They sound fun to see, so hopefully we’ll find them someday as we make our way through the set. All in all, we’ve enjoyed the show so far, so we’ll throw it a 4 or 5. Its crime mystery theme is not our usual taste, but we’re not uncomfortable with anything depicted. We watch for the stars and the guest stars and not the material, so we just consider it nostalgic TV. Yes, we’d recommend it to anyone who enjoys similar shows of the 80’s-90’s time period. If you’re looking for dark, realistic crime, then no.

Very nice series! long and very entertaining! Dick Van Dyke is wonderful as the Doctor and it has mystery and is some humor as well. Quality entertainment.

I enjoyed every season, but I think by season four, this series became a marvelous thing. Good acting and good chemistry between actors. I'm glad Detective Sloan's character softened up from the pilot movie. It's easier for me to root for people when you actually like them.

Excellent! First time I ordered a series where all the DVD's work. No glitches. No missing episodes. Thrilled!

Wife loves the show, now she has all of them

Purchased as gift. 0 complaint from the recipient.

Without a doubt a great treat for fans - and overall a wonderful collection. As stated, all 8 TV series and 5 movies are present, as well as the bonus episodes of Jake and the Fatman and Mannix etc. The video quality is generally as good as it can be, 720x480, although everything is interlaced which is a bit nasty. A good deinterlace will do wonders though and this will look pretty great - especially the later series'. The discs are clearly made to a budget like other reviews have noted, as they have some dud areas fresh out the box which make playback freeze up. Maybe I'm lucky but I've experienced this on 3 of the 48ish discs I've tried so far and skipping forward 30 seconds has resumed playback fine, so I'm not too bothered about it. I'm not sure how a standalone DVD/BD player would handle it, but playing in a computer with VLC these bad areas of the disc are easily jumped over. The cases are similarly a bit cheap. I had this shipped internationally which is maybe my own fault, but several of the cases had loose discs upon opening them up. Luckily only one seemed to have sustained real damage and I think it'll buff out just fine, but be a little cautious. I also have one or two disc trays whose center clips won't hold a disc securely, and the folding central parts that hold the additional discs feel like they wouldn't stand up to much punishment - although mine are all intact and fine. Lastly, the one real actual issue I had was when I got to the end of season 7 and put the last disc in. It was episodes I'd already seen, and upon closer inspection, I had a duplicate of the last disc in season 5. VEI happily sent me a replacement disc after I emailed them, which arrived promptly and works fine, so well done them! In the end if you really want to see this show again this is kinda the only way to do it, so if it's worth it to you you should buy it, it's ace!

It's a great tv series

Looks good played on the TV. Seems like a proper 1080p remaster

I love this programme and was delighted to find the full box set for a very good price when compared with other box sets. All the discs are in great condition and each clearly labelled. Delivery time was quicker than expected. I'm very happy with the purchase.

„Diagnoza morderstwo” to serial, który ma dla mnie ogromną wartość sentymentalną, dlatego z dużą radością sięgnęłam po wydanie Blu‑ray. Wcześniej posiadałam komplet sezonów na DVD, jednak jakość płyt była fatalna – około 30% materiału nie dało się odtworzyć z powodu błędnie zapisanych danych. Wydanie Blu‑ray prezentuje się lepiej, choć trzeba pamiętać, że serial powstał w latach 90., a jakość oryginalnych nagrań ma swoje ograniczenia. Na początku każdej płyty pojawia się komunikat o możliwych anomaliach technicznych i faktycznie w części odcinków występuje rwanie obrazu. Zdarza się ono sporadycznie, ale są też epizody, w których problem pojawia się przez większość czasu. Moim zdaniem takie odcinki nie powinny trafić do finalnego wydania, bo artefakty są zauważalne i potrafią przeszkadzać. Mimo tych niedoskonałości cieszę się z zakupu. Odcinki, które wcześniej były dla mnie niedostępne, działają bez problemu, a ogólna jakość obrazu jest lepsza niż na DVD. Warto jednak pamiętać, że to wydanie przeznaczone jest na region 1, więc wymaga kompatybilnego odtwarzacza lub komputera.

Geweldige serie en blijft ook na jaren nog leuk. Alleen jammer dat er geen (Nederlandse) ondertiteling op zit.

Es fehlt bei der DVD-Box nicht nur der Deckel, die DVDSs haben auch die falsche Region und können nicht abgespielt werden. Allerdings habe ich auch andere importierte DVDs, die ich abspielen kann.