Magnum P.I. - The Complete Collection [Blu-ray]

Magnum pi 🕵️‍♀️Is one of my favourite tv series of all time. I already have the whole series 1-8 on dvd which I’ve watched many many times. There are some shows that come along that you can watch time and again and this is definitely at least for me one of them. So when I seen it on blu ray I didn’t have to think twice about getting it. £116 was a pittance to pay for this on blu ray. When it arrived the first thing I did was put the first disc in the player of my old set just to get a comparison watched it for 10 mins and to be fair the picture wasn’t that bad. Next came the new disc. The first thing I noticed was the music on the new disc it sounded very tiny but seemed to go fine after just a couple of minutes. Now for the clean up. Is it worth £116 if you already have them on dvd and the picture isn’t that bad? Well the clean up is not spectacular by any means but what you have to remember is this series is about 35 years old so it’s not going to be spectacular and if you are expecting that my advice is don’t waste your money. But for me someone who loves the series and will watch it time and again it is very much worth it. The clean up is better of course it’s better there are afew things I’ve noticed that are much better. Like the black is now black and not gray. It still has grain in them but lots of it has been taken away. Just to note mine came in 8 ordinary size dvd boxes with 4 dvds in each which was a massive bonus because I hate them big boxes that hold loads of dvds the boxes hold 4 and they are very strong. It’s a really well put together set. The question is is it worth £116?? YOUR DEAD RIGHT ITS WORTH IT. ITS MAGNUM P.I.

Some other reviewer left a bad review and complained of excessive noise in indoor scenes. I went to the exact moment they took a screen shot and it looked a lot better on my TV. I wonder if they had their contrast or sharpness turned up all the way like some people do because they think it makes things more "HiDef." Oh and I always disable noise reduction and other filters on my TV and players so yeah.Yes, the indoor scenes have some grain, some scenes more than others but really it is no worse than any other HD transfer of television from this era. Even big budget blockbusters viewed in the cinema back in the day had visible grain, especially indoors. They also said the DVD looked better. I'm sorry but that's just ridiculous. The DVD release of this show was of very poor quality, the colours and brightness were terrible. It was incredibly bland and dark. This is so much an improvement over the DVD that it boggles my mind that someone would say something like that. Take a look at any outdoor scene and it looks fantastic. It's bright, vibrant, colourful and sharp. The exact opposite of the DVD.I would definitely recommend this, it's a good boxset overall and way better than the DVDs.

Good value for money

This is my second purchase of a complete boxset of a cult TV show from the 1980s after Miami Vice, which incidentally, has also been issued by Fabulous. As a result, my comments are very similar, i.e. we are lucky in the first place to have such vintage material released in HD, with an image quality which, in many instances, is strikingly superior when compared to the standard DVDs. Just like MV, it's too bad no subtitles have been included (hence 4 stars instead of 5). About the show itself? Well, you are either a fan or you are not. Me, I will only say "OH MY GOD!"

well the wife was going home for vacation for 3 weeks, i booked off a week just to fix up some things around the house (yeah right) i had bought some coconut cream, pineapple juice, white rum and a whole lotta ice, what else can a red blooded man enjoy more then sipping some pina coladas on a tuesday afternoon other then doing it while watching Magnum PI in vibrant/flawless HD. Its been on my wish list for a long time and yea i no your gonna ask yourself is it really worth it? sure bills need to be paid but sometime a man needs to treat himself and trust me this is definitely worth it.by the way it was a coin toss between this and The A Team Blu ray collection which i already own on dvd but i know i made the right choice.

Brilliant complete set loving going back to my youth

Two large DVD cases - in a nicely illustrated, but thin and tight fitting card slipcase.The DVD cases are good quality. The eight series are spread over the 'book' style platters in the large cases. The DVDs are physically well made,clearly marked and nicely illustrated. There is one DVD per platter side and the DVDs are easy to access, insert and remove.The quality is as good as I've come to expect from DVD versions of TV series of this age. I'm not an expert in these matters by any means - I watch either on a laptop PC or a budget 42" TV with DVD player - but, to me, the audio and video are fine (and far better than the usual standard definition TV broadcasts).Back in the day, I had watched Magnum irregularly when it originally aired on TV, and liked it. More recently I'd noticed Magnum intermittently on TV bit the shows were riddled with advert breaks and of poor broadcast quality. Unfortunately, the Magnum DVDs were very expensive (£100+), so I waited until they dropped under £50 before buying them.Watching thes DVDs, I had forgotten how many Magnum episodes there were. Eight series! But Its even better than I remember it, so the more the merrier.

Wrong region.

**This is a region B Bluray and will not play in standard U.S. Bluray players***Having said that, this set is pretty impressive. For a product of the 80's, the transfer to bluray looks great, and the colors are vibrant. I am into season two and have had no problems with the disc's. The sound quality is also above par, with no anomalies.As far as I can tell, there is no subtitles, which is unfortunate, but not unexpected. The price I paid was cheaper than some t.v. box sets I have purchased in the past. The only real con, is the time it took to arrive, however, considering it shipped from he UK, its not a con at all.If you are a Magnum PI fan, and have the means to bypass the region lock, this is a great set if you can get it on sale.

Lástima que no esté en español...Idioma Inglés subts. en inglés imagen 4:3, 720x576. Imagen y sonido aceptables.En autozoom para emular 16:9 no distorsiona y aparentemente no se ven las imágenes anchas o estiradas.

Zugegeben, diese Box mit allen acht Staffeln von „Magnum, P.I.“ macht weder optisch, noch ausstattungsmäßig viel her: In einer Schachtel aus dünner Pappe findet man zwei extradicke, stabile aufklappbare Jewel Boxen aus Plastik mit 24 (Season 1-4), respektive 21 (Season 6-8) DVDs auf mehreren Trays und ohne Booklets. Das Inhaltsverzeichnis (Titel der Episoden) ist jeweils auf die Rückseite der Cover gedruckt. Das war's! Kein Schnickschnack, keine Bonus-DVDs, praktisch keine Extras.Alle Folgen sind ungekürzt und, da es sich um eine britische Box Collection handelt, nur in der Origalversion vorhanden. Aber da „Magnum“ auf Englisch unvergleichlich viel besser ist als in der deutschen Synchronfassung (allein der Kontrast zwischen Magnums sich immer wieder überschlagende Stimme mit amerikanischen Akzent und Higgins' perfektem und blasiert klingendem Oxford-Englisch [eine Meisterleistung vom gebürtigen Texaner John Hillerman] machen einen Teil der Komik der Serie aus), kann man getrost darauf verzichten. Das Bildformat und die Auflösung entsprechen dem damaligen Fernsehstandard 4:3, in dem die Serie gedreht wurde, so dass man auf einem Full-HD- oder sogar UHD-Bildschirm keine Wunder erwarten darf. Aber gemessen daran ist das Bild gut und weitgehend rauschfrei.Über den Inhalt und die Qualität der Serie braucht man, glaube ich, nicht viele Worte verlieren. Die Mischung aus spannender Krimihandlung, sympathischen und teils skurrilen Personen, Humor und exotischen Schauplätzen lässt „Magnum“ auch heute, fast dreißig Jahre nach Erstausstrahlung, noch frisch erscheinen. Wer braucht da das geplante Remake? Die Kommentare auf dem Off und das Durchbrechen der vierten Wand durch Tom Sellecks (Magnums) Spiel mit dem Zuschauer − „I know what you're thinking... and you're wrong/right“ − sind legendär, die kritische Einbeziehung der Vietnamproblematik seinerzeit bahnbrechend. Viele berühmte Gaststars haben im Lauf der Serie mitgewirkt: Sharon Stone, Ernest Borgnine, Frank Sinatra, Romy Schneider und José Ferrer traten unter anderen auf, Orson Welles lieh Robin Masters die Stimme, um nur einige zu nennen. Es gab Crossover-Folgen mit „Simon & Simon“ sowie „Murder She Wrote“. Alles das findet man natürlich auch in diesem Box-Set.Wer also schon immer den kompletten „Magum, P.I.“ haben wollte und des Englischen mächtig ist, dem sei diese Kollektion wärmstens empfohlen.

Was für eine herrliche tolle Serie mit klarem HD-Bild.Ich habe Magnum zuvor nie geguckt, obwohl ich als Kind sehr gerne 80iger Jahre Serien geguckt habe.Diese Serie hatte es irgendwie geschafft an mir vorbeizugehen.Nun kann ich es endlich nachholen.Bin bis jetzt sehr zufrieden mit der Serie und der Qualität der Episoden.