TV on DVD

Since moving to Maine almost two years ago, my wife and I haven't had cable TV. With an antenna, we can manage pretty good reception of the local ABC, PBS and CBS affiliates, and since the only TV show we're interested in watching that's on any of those stations is Lost, we rarely ever watch current TV.

Sure, I'd love to get Sci-Fi Channel so I could stay on top of Battlestar Galactica and Doctor Who... but there really isn't all much else on these days that interests us enough to pay the extortionate cable fees. Since most everything we're interested in eventually makes its way to DVD, we've learned to be patient and avoid spoilers... which, admittedly, is pretty tough to do when you spend as much time online as we do – but we manage. The digital format also allows us to own complete runs of vintage TV series and enables us to enjoy them without blaring commercials, annoying network promos and... well, commercials. It's also nice to be able to pop in a couple of Have Gun Will Travel or Rat Patrol episodes at four a.m. to unwind after I've finished my night's labors and before turning in.

Partially because of my reviewing gig, and partially through some cunning bargain hunting, we've accumulated quite a collection of television programming on disc. Our tastes are eclectic, to be sure, but you'll notice there's a definite leaning toward sci-fi and fantasy:

The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. – The Complete Series
The Adventures of Superman – Seasons 1 & 2
Alien Nation – The Complete Series
Angel – Seasons 1-5
Ark II – The Complete Series
Babylon 5 – Seasons 1-5
Babylon 5 – The Movie Collection
– Babylon 5: The Legend of the Rangers – TV Movie
Batman: The Animated Series – Seasons 1-4
Battlestar Galactica – The Complete Series
Battlestar Galactica – Seasons 1, 2.0, 2.5
Blackstar – The Complete Series
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century – The Complete Series
Buffy the Vampire Slayer – Seasons 1-7
Clerks: The Animated Series – The Complete Series
Conan – The Complete Series
Coupling – Seasons 1-4
Crusade – The Complete Series
Dark Shadows – The Complete Revival Series
Defenders of the Earth – Vol. 1
Dracula the Series – Vols. 1 & 2
Dune – The Miniseries
Dungeons & Dragons – The Complete Series
Earth 2 – The Complete Series
Fawlty Towers – The Complete Series
Farscape (Starburst Editions) – Seasons 1-4
Farscape: The Peacekeeper Wars – The Miniseries
The Flash – The Complete Series
Freaks And Geeks – The Complete Series
Firefly – The Complete Series
Futurama – Seasons 1-4
Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda – Seasons 1-5
The Greatest American Hero – The Complete Series
Groovie Goolies – The Complete Series
Have Gun Will Travel – Season 1
Hercules The Legendary Journeys – Seasons 1-6
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy – The Miniseries
The Incredible Hulk – Season 1
– The Return of the Incredible Hulk– TV Movie
– The Trial of the Incredible Hulk– TV Movie
– The Death of the Incredible Hulk– TV Movie
The Invisible Man – Seasons 1 & 2
Jack of All Trades – The Complete Series
Jonny Quest – Season 1
Kolchak The Night Stalker – The Complete Series
The Land of the Lost – Seasons 1- 3
Lois & Clark – Seasons 1 & 2
Lost – Seasons 1 & 2
Lost In Space – Season 1
Magnum P.I. – Seasons 3-5
The Magnificent Seven – Season 1
Malcolm in the Middle – Season 1
The Martian Chronicles – The Miniseries
Mickey Spillane's Mike Hammer Private Eye – The Complete Series
The Monkees – Season 1
The Muppet Show – Season 1
My So-Called Life – The Complete Series
The New Adventures of Flash Gordon – The Complete Series
The New Avengers – Season 1
Night Court – Season 1
The Outer Limits – Season 1
Peter Gunn – Season 1
Planet of the Apes – The Complete Series
The Prisoner – The Complete Series
The Rat Patrol – Season 1
Remington Steele – Seasons 1-5
The Rockford Files – Seasons 1 & 2
She Spies – Season 1
Shogun – The Miniseries
Simon & Simon – Season 1
The Simpsons – Season 1
Sledge Hammer – Seasons 1 & 2
Soap – Seasons 1 & 2
Space: 1999 – Seasons 1 & 2
Space Academy – The Complete Series
Spin City – Best Of, Vols. 1 & 2
Storm of the Century – The Miniseries
Superboy – Season 1
Superman: The Animated Series – Seasons 1 - 3
The Tick – The Complete Series
Twin Peaks – Season 1
UFO – The Complete Series
Ultraman – Season 1, Vol. 1
V – The Miniseries
V: The Final Battle – The Miniseries
V – The Complete Series
The Venture Bros. – Season 1
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea – Season 1, Vol. 2
Wanted Dead or Alive – Season 1
Wild Wild West – Season 1
Wonder Woman – Seasons 1- 3
Xena, Warrior Princess – Seasons 1-6
The Young Ones – The Complete Series

I'm sure I'm forgeting something....