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Miami Vice was the one TV series that I couldn't wait to be delivered on DVD. I expected this series to shine on DVD!
When I picked the first season set up, I rushed home, unwrapped it and threw the first DVD in my player. The picture quality was below average and the DVD freezed several times.
I later learned through an article in Video Business magazine that the reason for the glitches are the double sided discs using the DVD 18 format. The plants producing these discs are running over capacity and it is a quality control issue. Several studios are acknowledging the problem and switching from DVD 18 to DVD 9 on certain DVD TV titles. These single sided discs have more durability. Warner Brothers recently switched producing the West Wing and Dukes of Hazzard from DVD 18 to DVD 9. Universal Studios had not commented. I'm hoping Universal Studios corrects this problem and reissues Miami Vice on the standard DVD 9 format.
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I agree with the previous reviewers that Season 2 of Miami Vice was one of their strongest seasons, and I am enjoying the episodes. Still, there is no denying that these releases are of very very poor quality, resembling something you would expect from bootleg copies bought from the street. There are NO special features at all. The picture quality is a miserable transfer, heightened by the high quality DVD picture of a miserable transfer. This is a cheap quality production. I guess they spent all their money getting the music rights, and ran out of cash when it came to producing a clean picture, with extras. For die hard Miami Vice fans only. Hopefully someday we'll get a quality redo of this mess.
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The quality and content was awesome. I just love hearing Jan Hammer's dark soudntracks and seeing the spectacular renditions of my favorite episodes - without commercials.
This could only be topped by having all of Jan Hammer's tunes played in succession. Many of his tunes have been released on various albums, but some of the good ones are missing.
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I love that they have put this series on DVD. I already have both of them and I hope they come out with all of the seasons. I was wondering if anyone knew the name of the song that is playing when sonny picks up his girlfriend at the airport in the yankee dollar episode. If anyone knows please let me know.
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This DVD of Miami Vice is the reason why the show was so popular. You see the show hit it's stride in season 2. The biggest reason to own this is to see the first episode of season 2 the Progigal Son. Some might argue that this is not that important of an episode but the 90 minute episode pretty much defines Miami Vice and distills the look and the sound totally. From Jan Hammer's instrumentals to the pastel colored suits and the whole look of the backgrounds and interiors this is the 1980's and this is Miami Vice. Even though this episode is set in New York City at least two music videos were made from the footage of this episode. (Note why weren't they included with the DVD's?) To me just this episode is important because it defined for me the 1980's and the whole look of the show. It's what I will show my 6 year old nieces and say this is the 1980's. I know there are other episodes that are good on the DVD but Progigal Son to me is what Vice is all about. To me it represents the best of that show and felt like a movie, and not just some episode that is a throw-away. If nothing else check this episode out just for the music used in it. That and Glen Frey's "You Belong To The City" is featured twice in the episode. Getting just this episode finally on DVD was worth the price tag after all these years.
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