Warner Home Video has announced that July 27th is the day you can get your DVD package of V: The Complete Series, featuring all 19-episodes of the original television series for the first time ever in a 3-disc DVD collector's set. The list price is $39.98.
Episodes on this release are:
Disc 1 - SIDE A: Liberation Day, Dreadnought, The Deception, The Sanction.
Disc 1 - SIDE B: Visitor's Choice, The Overlord, The Dissident.
Disc 2 - SIDE A: Reflections in Terror, The Conversion, The Hero.
Disc 2 - SIDE B: The Beytrayal, The Rescue. The Champion.
Disc 3 - SIDE A: The Wildcats, The Littlest Dragon, War of Illusions.
Disc 3 - SIDE B: The Secret Underground, The Return, Breakout.
Note that the episode "Breakout" was actually supposed to be the 3rd one shown in the series, but was originally pulled because it was considered too violent for the audience, which consisted of many younger viewers. It was first broadcast when the series was in network reruns, and so it is "correctly" placed on the DVD set in it's actual "airdate" order. Chronologically, though, it will make more sense to watch that episode between "Dreadnaught" and "The Deception". The only confusing thing after that is the redundancy of a new character being introduced "twice".
Warner also sent us the technical specs for this release. Fans will be very happy to know that it is being correctly presented as originally broadcast: in 1.33:1 "fullscreen" video. Audio is the original 1.0 Mono as well. English, French, and Spanish subtitles are available, and it is closed captioned for the hearing impaired. Total running time is 897 minutes. There are, unfortunately, no extras included with this release.
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