Best of TV Detectives 150 Episodes | 
| Actors: Mike Connors, Jack Webb, Doug Mcclure, Ralph Byrd
Studio: Mill Creek Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: $29.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  12 reviews
Sales Rank: 8409
Format: Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Number Of Items: 12
Running Time: 2553
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DOSDMV07030D
UPC: 826831070308
EAN: 0826831070308
ASIN: B000QQ85HI
Release Date: June 12, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Brand New, Retail Box - 60 Day Return Policy, Opened or Not Opened
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Product Description
Dragnet mannix dick tracy decoy checkmate man behind the badge adventures of ellery queen alfred hitchcock presents and many more Studio: Digital1stop Release Date: 06/12/2007 Rating: Nr
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| Customer Reviews: Read 7 more reviews...
Like travelling back in time..... October 14, 2008
I absolutely love this set! After reading some of the warnings about the video/audio quality I was holding my breath as I popped in the first disc . . but I found it to be exactly what you'd reasonably expect from vintage 1950s-1970s TV . . it was like stepping back in time and then some . . I'm not quite old enough to remember some of the 1950s stuff first run, but I remember watching a lot of this stuff in reruns and even first run with shows like Mannix. The series "Checkmate" was a great "find" on this set -- I had never heard of it before, but my husband, who is a few years old than me, said, 'so I bet it doesn't have any Checkmate episodes does it...' -- I checked, and sure enough there are two. And they're really good. My favorites so far I think....so much so I am now considering purchasing the two DVDs that have the best of Season 1 and Season 2 of that series.
But back to the specifics about this collection. What a DEAL ... to get this many golden old detective shows for less than $20.00 . . it's just a bargain no matter how you look at it. Loving the series 'Decoy' too with Beverly Garland. . . who knew?!
A few too many "Dragnets" for my liking, but hey -- they're okay too in a pinch.
Definitely would recommend this set. Perfectly watchable and listenable - no worse than when we watched them first run on our old TV sets back in the 60s.
 Thrown together September 6, 2008
Althought this is a complete and interesting collection of old TV shows, it is cheap and haphazardly thrown together. If you're a knowledgeable fan of these shows, you'll see the glaring mistakes immediately. I haven't been able to watch everything on the collection yet, but I'll outline the first thing that PO'ed me: The Dragnet collection. Let me first point out that all of the stuff on this DVD is public domain and 80% of it could be pulled from YouTube. There are 3 episodes of Dragnet on here that are mislabled.. in fact they don't exist in any episode guide. "The Big Ante" (The Big Hands), "The Big Score (The Big Gap), and "The Big Send-off" (The Big Bounce) are obviously made up names so as to make this look as though this collection had something new. Maybe worth half this price for taking the trouble of downloading from the internet and boxing it up.
This is great stuff!!!! June 19, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This DVD set is a ton of fun and I'll be enjoying these old black 'n white shows for a very long time. I'm a young at heart 60 year old man who grew up in the lumber towns of Oregon and didn't even see a TV in our house until I was 7 years old. Old grand-dad would turn on the box and we would sit on the floor and be entertained by these great "Cop'r" shows every night. I'm seeing some shows that I haven't seen since then and when one comes along in this set,it just blows me away. They're so much fun, with all the cornieness,and all the simplicities of grade "B" action. And then I'll see one of my favorite screen actors at such a young and innocent age when they were just breaking into the acting business. Well, it's just a lot of fun for a very decent price. I've just bought another DVD set and can't wait for it's arrival. For the money, you can't beat it. The film reproduction quality is just as I suspected for the money, but, who cares? This is great stuff!!!!
Richard Diamond (David Janssen) June 9, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
The only reason why I ordered this DVD was because it contains several episodes from the TV series "Richard Diamond" with David Janssen (I'm a big fan since 1965), but in the end I found so much more of the old detective TV series like "Checkmate" and "Dragnet". But unfortunately there is still no single episode available from "The Detectives" with Robert Taylor. Well, in the meantime I'll reread "...and there are Promises to keep" by Ursula Thiess, Robert Taylor's widow, a German actress who survived the bombing of Hamburg, Germany, in WW II and later immigrated to the US. A fascinating book!
I am totally enjoying this set May 18, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
It has shows I remember, shows I forgot, and show I never heard of. Was Jack Webb ever that young? I never saw Dragnet before Harry Morgan. I'm seeing TV I missed by being sent to bed.
And how is the picture? As good as it would have been on our Bradford B&W TV set, hooked up to a roof antenna, that picked up four stations. Better, if it comes to that, because the wind blew that antenna a bit.
Don't forget messing with snow, ghosts, fine tuning, horizontal and vertical hold too. You kids just look all that up.
For less than $20, this is some of the best value I've gotten for my money.
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