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First Season At Sam's Club


I was surprised to see it at Sam's last week for $20. I've watched the first five episodes and glanced at the other discs.

The good:
Only $20 for 31 episodes.
Good stories.
Robert Fuller and guest stars are great.

The Bad:
Image quality of 29 episodes range from fair to good. Almost every episode has scratches at the start, a lot of it clears up later in the episode. Like most of the TMG released westerns, night scenes are washed out in most episodes. The episodes are still very watchable, just don't expect CBS/Paramount quality.
Some episodes don't have chapter stops, weird.
Not a fan of John Smith's acting, hope he gets better.
No extras.

The Worse:
2 episodes (Glory Vault and The General Must Die) were not in the NBC vault, so they used other sources. They appear to be VHS copies with so much edge enhancement at times it looks like someone used a felt marker around the images. Bummer since Eddie Albert was so good in Glory Vault.

The ?
Episodes run 48 1/2 minutes, seems short for the time period. Episodes seem complete though.

I don't regret paying $20 for the dvd, but I would of been ticked off if I had paid full retail.




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Thanks for taking the time to give such an informative "heads-up" about this release; many's the time I've wondered if I should pick it up off the Sam's Club shelf...

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Encore Westerns Channel will show the entire series, Laramie, including the color pilot, beginning on July 1, 2015. The clips are of beautifully remastered for HD episodes in brilliant black and white. A clip of the color pilot episode is crystal clear; Laramie didn't switch to full time color filming until season 3.

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I wish they'd come out with remastered dvd sets like what is shown on GRIT tv and I'm sure Encore Westerns.
Beautiful scenery, sharp, looks great-black and white or color.
The Virginian is remastered, looks great. Have that in s1, still need to get s2 and s4 of Laramie.

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