House M.D.: The Complete Seasons 1-8

Let's face it, most of us, when buying an entire series, want it to be of high quality, reasonably priced, complete with all episodes and a minimum amount of extraneous "additional" features, i.e. pamphlets, photos and other stuff that may raise the cost of the purchase and which most of us don't want and won't read anyway. I mean, after all is said and done we just want to watch the programs. I have throughly enjoyed this set. The discs were all there when I opened the set (you'd be surprized how often a disc is missing or duplicated leaving the set incomplete) and there was a very brief synopsis of each episode within the DVD case. The subtitles were in English and Spanish and were "almost" verbatim to the dialog unlike some subtitles that I have experienced where the subtitle replaces whole phrases and words and really has nothing to do with what the actor had just said. Disc one of each Season also included "Special Features" for which I can't tell you what the features covered as I don't watch them. Just wanted to mention that they exist. Although there was a small pamphlet contained in the set it was not too burdensome to the reader. One part, "House-isms," was very funny and I had heard them used, some of them many, many times, throughout the series. The main characters (House, Cuddy & Wilson) comment on their characters character and how they interact with each other. There is also a Season & Episode guide to help you find a special episode without having to open and search each DVD case. There is a section that addresses the ideas of how House was developed as well as how the characters were developed. There are also some quotes, from the famous and not-so-famous. The average time to read the pamphlet is about 20-30 minutes if you stop to think and consider what you've just read :-) Bottom line: House, The Complete Series is well put together and worth the cost. I have recommended this set to several of my friends and family who like this series as much as I do. BUT, I had an ulterior motive for recommending this set so strongly, I don't want to lend my set to ANYONE no matter if they were friend and/or family. To lend this set is just setting me up to have arguments due to a disc being returned with a scratch/scratches, being returned with one or more discs missing or other damage that can happen. So....rather than go through stressful arguments I ALWAYS recommend and NEVER loan. Just in case I have been too subtle let me just say, BUY House: The Complete Series! It's worth the money and then some!

So much fun to catch up on every season of this legendary show!

I had previously owned two of the individual seasons of House and tried to watch it while it was on, but the date/time was never great for me. I loved the show from the beginning; when I got married, it fell to my watching priority list because my husband had never really watched it and by that time it was season 7 and he wasn't going to pick it up so late in the game. Fast forward 3 years. While browsing one morning, I see that the complete series is the gold box deal. The price was great and since I missed the last 2 1/2 seasons (but heard they were fabulous), I really wanted to pick it back up. The packaging is ok. All of the seasons are individually housed; together they are kept in a box. A number of the little plastic bits that hold the DVDs in the packaging were broken, so some of them slide around a bit. I actually have to store mine sideways to reduce disc movement. That doesn't bother me a lot. It's more annoying than anything. The series itself is fantastic. I started over at season one and found that I enjoy the episodes just as much as I did the first time I saw them. Some I remember, some I don't. Some I think I missed altogether the first time around. My husband started watching it with me and he's hooked. He is impressed with the attention to detail and character. The plot lines are always interesting. While each episode (at least the first few seasons) could, in theory, be watched individually, the writers do a good job of keeping short sub-plots woven throughout the series. Most of them only last 5-6 episodes so they don't get tedious.

This was on Dish until a few years ago--several times a day--and then it got yanked for streaming (I suppose). I used to watch every afternoon. Decided that this was the best way to get it back. This set of DVDs seems to be fine--no quality issues, playback issues, etc. The product is fine. The cast generally great The first few seasons were generally outstanding (a few side arcs aside) and many of the secondary (clinic) stories were magnificent, the later seasons--less so, but that's nothing to do with the DVDs. A few great bonus features. And I can watch House again!

"Antisocial, manipulative, reckless, sarcastic, an addict, and just plain mean." If you have seen even one episode of this legendary "doc show," then you know all of the foregoing terms are dead-on with respect to Gregory House, the lead character of this show. But you also know that he is a BRILLIANT diagnostician and relentless in his curiosity, logic, and persistence in uncovering obscure medical truth to "solve cases" rather than "help people." Patch Adams he is not; but exciting, funny, and engaging he is -- in every case. The writing and acting in this series are impeccable -- acute and believable from start to finish. You may find yourself (as I have) backing-up the video a minute or two and listening to some of the exchanges again, because most are more informed, humorous and profound than you can absorb on first viewing. Those components, as well as the special effects (explained beautifully in the add-on features for each season) make this one of the most engaging binge-view experiences out there. This is the comprehensive set of House MD shows -- and tells the entire story. As I write this, I am viewing the entire series for the SECOND time, and I have yet to be bored once. FIVE STARS, no question.

The show is great and all the discs play but i was disappointed with the delivery. Wasn't Amazon's fault but it came a week later because of the incompetence of USPS. I ordered it on Friday and since i have Prime and Amazon made a deal with USPS to deliver on Sunday it came with them. This was the first time i believe that they used them and it came a week late because the post man couldn't read and kept delivering to the wrong address even though it was written correctly. On the tracking it said i actually had to go to them to pick it up. I took a half day and when i went to pick it up they said it was out for delivery! I checked online and it wasn't updated and they never answered there phone when i called to make sure it was there. Luckily it was a package so they didn't just leave it at the other house. Around the same time this happened they did the same thing with my license and since it was in an envelope they left it there and i had to pay to get a duplicate! Not all Amazon's fault but just warning people that they use USPS now.

Okay, let's get the thing you're wondering about out of the way up top. YES IT WILL PLAY ON US BLURAY PLAYERS. I don't know why they didn't make a bigger deal about this set in the US. It's great to have the whole series on Blu. It looks great and is everything you want out of a BluRay picture. It's pretty obvious by the fact that you have to select what language the menu will be in at the top every time that this set wasn't produced for just English speaking regions (in fact the art on the disc faces aren't entirely in English), so maybe that's part of why you have to stumble upon it...but yes, you'll be able to view it in your home in the States, with English menus, and all the original dialogue in the language it was recorded in, etc. The packaging leaves a little to be desired. It's one of those space-saving packages (similar to how the Star Trek franchise has packaged their TNG or DS9 runs), and normally I don't mind that. But in this case they've gone even further with it and stacked discs ON TOP ONE ONE ANOTHER, two to a spindle for at least the first season. Very inconvenient if you want to watch something on disc 4--you've got to take out discs 1-3 first to get to it. And I don't think there are any "bonus features" anywhere in the set unless I'm just not seeing them--so no mini-documentaries or blooper reels. And that's a sad loss, but in general, you're getting 100% of the episodes in crystal clear picture and you never thought you'd get that in the US. If you're just looking to see the whole series and set it on your shelf, this will definitely do the job. (The packaging and lack of bonuses are what make this a 4-star instead of 5-star review.) With the nature of the packaging, I'd also recommend going through and checking all the discs once you've received it. I found a couple that were jostled loose in shipping, but the packaging is tight enough that they weren't damaged. Worth taking the time to take a look though. In general, it's worth the money and it'll be hours of fun.

This documentary-style Medical Drama solves the big problem with "Grey's Anatomy" and "Private Practice" The problem of TOO MUCH SEX! I'm more interested in leaning about Medicine than I am in your sex life. Thus shows from "Discovery Life" are better. While it might be helpful to address why shows starting female doctors revolve around sex, I LOVE that "House M.D." can star a brilliant male doctor, because if that's what it takes to NOT talk about sex I'm all for it. House's two romantic relationships end. The writers have the common sense to take both of those females off the show, one of those relationships most likely lead to the shows cancelation. The show reminds me of a Crime Drama because of how much focus the put on the Mystery illness of House's patient. There is a lot less focus on character development, so when House's staff gets switched out, you feel nothing. When the series was nearing it's end, they developed the character of one of House's staff, why they didn't develop the one with the terminal illness is beyond me, because it would kept the focus on Medicine. There were only two episodes without cases, and that constituents a bad episode. I wish they would have ended the series with one final case, and the death of Wilson from cancer, because that's a really good reason to quit being a doctor, you couldn't save your best friend. Despite his horrible bedside manner House really does care about his patients, because most of them survive. If House can't save you, who can?

Very swift delivery, product exactly as described, and so far (though I've by no means watched it all - there are something over 70 episodes) I'm enjoying it very much. Each episode follows the same formula, someone gets seriously crook, and House and his team have to find out what's wrong, and alongside there are the 'office' politics and the characters' personal 'issues'. The acting is good, and Hugh Laurie is outstanding as Dr House, who despite being eccentric, irascible, curmudgeonly, arrogant, witheringly sarcastic, manages also to get us to care about him and his work, and actually rather like him too. If all eight series continue to be as entertaining as the first this will have been a very good investment.

お疲れ様です。 日本語版を含む、あらゆる言語の字幕と吹き替えを選択できました。（Blu-rayディスクの凄さを感じました。まさしくこれは我々の最適の未来です。） 言語の学習に最適かと思われたのですが、売ってしまいました。 買い直そうか妻に相談中です。 ただ、こんなに高くなかった様な……？

para todos aquellos que alguna vez vieron algún capitulo y les gusto o que ya gustaban de esta serie este paquete es simplemente maravilloso, contiene todos las temporadas perfectamente organizadas, divididas en cajas por separado en un gran paquete, llegaron exactamente como me los imagine, en la caja sellada con plástico, con un ligero golpe en una esquina superior nada visible, ademas de estar cada caja de discos sellada igualmente por separado, contiene un pequeño libro con datos de la serie, personajes y demás, pequeño pero bien elaborado, la caja y demás son materiales de calidad, sin duda una compra muy buena. Es la primera cosa de la que pongo fotos por que de verdad que se las merece, quede sumamente sorprendido y feliz por esta compra, vale su costo completamente.

Yo he comprado la edición en blu ray del Reino Unido, y vienen todas las temporadas con el doblaje español. Y como suele ser habitual en estos casos, a un precio muchísimo mejor que la versión española, cambiando únicamente el idioma de la caja y caratulas. Poco se puede decir sobre esta serie que no se sepa. A nivel técnico, la calidad de imagen es buena, aunque las primeras temporadas es algo inferior, nada sorprendente teniendo en cuenta que la serie se inicio hace ya casi 12 años. En este pack están todas las temporadas en formato panorámico 16:9 (el estándar de las televisiones actuales).

Excellent buy.Quality DVD.well packed .since it was region free it's playing in my blue ray player.picture quality is superb.