23 of 26 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good, Dec 11 2010
By E-van 618 - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Scrubs: The Complete Collection - 26-Disc DVD (DVD)
This is an excellent collection for any fan of the show. I myself love the show and what better way to feed your scrubs appetite than with this ultimate collection. I, however after watching the collection have realized that there are a few glitches with it. I don't know if the movie studio was rushed into releasing this collection before given enough time to properly review it. I have a feeling that is what happened. The episode selection option gives you the option to watch single episodes at a time instead of watching them all. However with this option sometimes the episodes freeze at the end after the credits have rolled and the title screen wont load. I have found that I have to push stop and then play again to get the disc to work. Other than that and a few other glitches it is a good collection.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good set, minor drawbacks, Jan 30 2012
By Michael Robbie - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Scrubs: The Complete Collection - 26-Disc DVD (DVD)
This is not a review of the show itself, but of this particular set.
Complete series sets can be hit or miss. Usually, they include the same discs as each individual season does, packaged together in some manner. I, personally, am a fan of slim cases in a set like this. This set uses slide-in pockets. I will say the presentation of this set makes it one of the more interesting ones I own. The outer box is designed to resemble a doctor's clipboard, and comes with a JD name tag, a photo-booth style photo strip of the characters, and a strange holograph of the cast which when tilted shows an x-ray-like view (with some rather strange objects appearing within).
There's a paper wrap-around that explains what's in the set and must be removed before the box can be opened. The box flips open like one of those clipboards with a storage area below.
Inside is where the folders with the discs is found. The folder is designed to look like patient charts. The are individual "folders" with tabs for each season. The 9 folders are bound together with bolt-like objects. They are not tight to the folders, so they move around a lot. I can see this causing damage if they get handled frequently, since the folders are made of thin cardboard. The spine is left open, so it is clearly designed to remain in the larger box which takes up a fair amount of space, and "SCRUBS" is only written on the longer dimension. You will not easily be able to store this set alongside season sets of other shows for this reason.
My biggest gripe with this set is that after season 2, the episode titles no longer appear on the discs. In addition, there is no supplement with episode titles or descriptions. Seasons 3-9 still have which episode numbers are on each disc written on them, so you can always reference Wikipedia or something if you want the episode details.
The $108 price point works out to about $12 a season. The season sets individually range from $14-19, so it's a good value for the price.
All in all, it's a good looking set with a few minor drawbacks. I highly recommend it for any fan of the show.
17 of 22 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A must have not worth every penny., Jan 25 2011
By Brown Bear - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Scrubs: The Complete Collection - 26-Disc DVD (DVD)
First and foremost I would like to say that I am a huge fan of the show Scrubs. My heart was broken when my ex-roommate skipped town and stole ALL of my DVDs to include seasons 1 through 8 of Scrubs.
I got an e-mail from Amazon.com announcing that they were having a sale on some shows on DVD. The season 1-9 Collectors set was among the shows named and I jumped at the chance to repopulate my DVD collection with this fantastic show. My DVD's got to me in a very timely manner (considering I am stationed in Afghanistan). I as a tad disappointed when I opened the box and found how large the case was that held all of the DVDs (I thought the case would be around the average size so it would fit nicely on my shelf at home). I was too excited to have my DVDs so I overlooked that detail. When I opened the silver case that housed a smaller book of DVDs the disappointment came back. The picture of the case looks very nice but in person it's a bit weak and could tear apart from flipping the pages to get to the next DVD. Now there's the possibility that this is just my case and not any other, but I'm rating what I have in front of me.
The product description goes on to describe that the boxed set comes with a Sacred Heart Badge, a photostrip of our favorite and commonly seen characters and a x-ray film sheet. In my opinion, it's not worth buying the boxed set for the items. It is worth buying the set, however, if you're looking for the added bonus material. As a student screenwriter, I find great joy in watching bonus footage, to include comic reels and behind the scene looks. However, not everyone takes joy in the same things as me.
So any fan of the show would be better of buying each season slightly used whether it be from here or from your local video store. It's the die hardcore fans of this show that should take to buying this as I felt it was only worth the price when concerning the bonus material. I overall rated this show a 4 simply because of the quality of the case the DVDs came in and the fact that it seems that ABC simply reboxed the DVDs from individual seasons.