West Wing details?

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I've heard The West Wing (season 1) is to be released on DVD soon -- can anybody shed any light on possible regional differences? Or does the 5-years-in-syndication rule apply in this case, making R2 the only viable solution?

I need something to feed my addiction until the second season appears on normal telly (:mad: first Sky, then E4... when will "they" let me watch it?! ;)).

Cheers y'all,
Steve

[Madm@tt]

Get the R2 - it's only £28.99 at Play.

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Originally posted by Madm@tt
Get the R2 - it's only £28.99 at Play.
Thanks for the info -- although I must say that I looked around and found it 99p cheaper at Ringos :cool:.

I've just noticed that the boxset only contains 11 episodes -- the first half of season 1! Cripes, I thought it'd be the whole lot :(.

Cheers,
Steve

[ajm]

2nd half is due out in june/july timeframe I think.

[smst]

Originally posted by ajm
2nd half is due out in june/july timeframe I think.
I guess I can wait until then :( Thanks for the info!

[cervaro]

Keep an eye out for the R4 boxsets. Both are listed as coming out together, sometime in April I seem to recall. Might even be cheaper as per usual. :)

[ajm]

now both sets in April is a good idea. Perhaps I might be cancelling my R2 copy and waiting for the entire set.

Any idea where you saw that Cervaro?

[cervaro]

I saw the release date of 17th April 2002 on the Michael D's Region 4 DVD Info Page (http://www.michaeldvd.com.au) site.

The dates are listed as being confirmed rather than tentative. :) However, I've yet to find an R4 retailer that's got them available for pre-order. :(

[ajm]

Thanks for that. I'd not seen it anywhere in R4land.

Quite annoyed that at least in R2 it's being listed at 4:3. I would have hoped a new series like this would be w/s from the start.

[pegasus]

The first 2 seasons where not shot in Widescreen, the 3rd is however and so hopefully will be released as such when the time comes.