Desperate Housewives - Complete Series 1-8 - 49-DVD Boxset [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - United Kingdom ]

One of my favorite TV shows ever, in a wonderful boxed set! When I saw that "Desperate Housewives" was coming in a boxed set format, I immediately sold my 7 individual sets on Eb@y and pre-ordered this set. I am SO glad I did. The box is not wood, as many people on message boards have been asking. However, it is a very sturdy, thick, pressed cardboard (one of the sturdiest box sets I've seen) covered with a beautiful glossy finish. Inside you will find the individual season sets in the dreaded thin slip cases. I know many people complain about these, but really, I have never had any discs that came in this type of holder to be permanently damaged. I have had some surface scuffs in the past, but nothing that ever affected the playback. The individual seasons are the same as the previous releases, with all the same features, just in these slip cases. The artwork on these slip cases are not of the previous releases...these match each other...but the artwork on the discs all appear to be from the previous releases. I would also like to note that I have had no issues as far as glue being on the discs, discs being dislodged, or any of the issues that I have noticed in other reviews. Perhaps I lucked up with a good, clean set...? The bonus disc comes in a cute little apple shaped sleeve, and has the following features: The End of the Lane: Last Days on Set Curtain Call: The Desperate Housewives Family Cherry Cam(eo) Desperately Dead More From the Series (which consists of some new bonus features from Seasons 3 & 5) Finally, there is a note from Marc Cherry, printed on a thick paper stock (about 5x7 inches) that looks much like a wedding invitation, with embossed designs, where he is basically telling the origins of the show idea and thanks the fans. I love this set, and I am planning to revisit the women, men and all the rest of the residents of Wisteria Lane from beginning to end. And I'm sure I will revisit them again & again in the years to come.

I love Desperate Housewives! I 'grew up' with this show through it's original run, so I am overjoyed to see a Complete Series release. The set itself is truly adorable, with the box designed to look like a wooden chest, featuring gold detailing around the corners and a 'keyhole' to unlock the secrets of Wisteria Lane. The top of the box is embossed with the Adam and Eve design from the opening credits. Inside, the DVDs are housed in various books representing each of the seasons, four on each side. To me, they resemble photo albums and they sport quotes from the shows as well as stills from certain episodes. The bonus disc is housed in a separate sleeve designed to look like an apple. Indeed, apples are featured throughout the box set, one being showcased on the underside of the lid in rich, gleaming crimson and the season books each feature an apple in the stages of being eaten, until only the core remains on the back of the final season. All in all, I could not be happier with Buena Vista and their treatment of this iconic show! The set is rich in detail and most certainly appears like a collector's piece. For true Desperate Housewives fans like myself, it is a piece worthy of pride! Bravo!

Don't buy this packaging disaster. The glue comes off all the packaging onto the disks and ruins your Blu Ray player. I didn't notice it got stuck on one disk which got stuck inside my Blu Ray player and even though I bought a Blu Ray player disk cleaner it remained stuck so my player was ruined and unable to read any Blu Rays at all. I had to buy a disk cleaner for about $10, a new Blue Ray player for about $110 and waste hours hooking up the new Blu Ray player and registering it to accept all the stuff I had before (e.g. Netflix, Pandora, etc.). The show is great. The packaging is a horrific disaster that may ruin your Blu Ray player like it did mine.

I was worried about this "sticky glue" residue on the discs everyone complains about but mine didn't have any! It all runs perfectly ! Spent $105 on this and with no regrets!:) sure the disc carriers are the cardboard holders but it isn't as bad as the others say! I guess they were over exaggerating. Recommended! I am very proud to now own this beautiful production. And this is coming from a 15 year old girl!:-) Fan since I was 8 and I've always wanted the collection but each individual were $40-$50 each! And to have this for $105..just WOW. TOTALLY WORTH IT!

Let me just start off by saying I love this show this review is just mainly based on Desperate Housewives: The Complete Collection Deluxe Edition it self. I have to say first off that the box is beautiful and everything came fine so thanks Amazon! It was when I opened the box that the problems started. Off the bat I notice that the little flaps that hold the disk were raised were the glue had dried out..um didn't this just come out Tuesday. I expect things like the glue being dried up from DVDs that have been out for a while such as Friends: The Complete Series but not from something that just came out two days ago. Also NO EPISODE BOOKLET are you kidding 180 episode and we get no episode booklet with synopsis or anything but rather a list of the episodes...LET DOWN. And then on top of that some of the disk were scratched, I just hope the disk play OK. Needless to say I'm glad I own it but behind $90 and this being such a great show and being on the air for so long I expected a little more.

First off this is a great set and at a great price. Yes it does have cardboard sleeves that everyone complains about, but these sets would be a lot more expensive if they weren't. Secondly, this is a REGION B REQUIRED. If you do not own a multi region Blu Ray player this will not work! It was say disc error. There is no way around this. Some Xbox Ones and PS4 allow this region, but depending on where you bought it. Final thoughts: Excellent set and price is great. Don't complain about the set when you didn't read the very large print about it being REGION B! Definitely worth the buy!!!!!

I read the reviews before purchasing this set and i noticed a lot of reviews saying that there were glue on several disks due to the cheap sleeves they came in. Well i just received my set today. I love the show and i bought the set when it was part of the gold box deal of the day so i only paid $62 for it. The majority of my disks are fine. However, there is one disk that has so much glue on it that i doubt it is playable. I will try and figure out how to get the glue off without ruining it because it is not until the fifth season. Another disk that has a fair amount of glue on it is he bonus features of season five which i am not too concerned about. A couple other disks have a tiny bit of glue right on the edge which i doubt will be an issue. The one disk that has the most glue on it though was not in the sleeve but had come loose and was resting on top of the disk above it and the flap to the sleeve had come undone which is why there is so much glue on the disk i assume. If it weren't for such cheap packaging, all the disks would be in perfect condition. I love the show and the majority of the disks are fine so i wont be returning it but for a complete collection like this there should be better packaging for the disks. People are willing to pay quite a bit of money for the series they love so the packaging they come in shouldn't be horrendous. I give 3 stars due to the crappy packaging. The show itself is definitely 5 stars. Update 5/22/13: I have decided as of today to return the series. I do love the show but I decided that seeing as i paid quite a bit for this series that I shouldn't have to watch some of the episodes on Netflix. I could't figure out how to get the glue off so I think it is time to get a refund. For those of you who aren't picky and it wouldn't bother you much to watch a few of the episodes elsewhere, I would still recommend the show because most of the disks are fine. I just changed my mind and decided it's not worth it if all the disks aren't fine.

I got mine a day early, I was absolutely thrilled! It's been great so far, no skipping or anything. It's awesome having my favorite show of all time in one awesome box. Watching the bonus disc right now and it's a nice little addition to have to the collection. All in all, I'd say it's well worth it! EDIT (10/16/12): Just wanted to let everybody know, I have watched all 8 seasons and every episode plays perfectly. I did have to re-glue some flaps on seasons 1-4, but other than that it was all good. Still a 5 star rating to me and I look forward to enjoying this collection for years to come!