Psych: The Complete Collection [Blu-Ray]

I don't know what it is about these two guys (James Roday and Dule Hill) but I've got a permanent soft spot in my heart for Gus and Shawn. I was approximately in the same age group of their characters when they were on the air and maybe that is why I found their humor relatable. Even now, though for the most part, I've outgrown some of the overt slapstick-style humor and over the top hijinks, I love this show. If it was any other show, I probably couldn't bear to watch it. Yes, as some reviewers have commented, some of the comedy is silly... But it somehow just feels right coming from these two characters and it's just good fun. I love Dule Hill and James Roday in these roles. I still regard Psych is one of my favorite dramedies of all time. I read the reviews before I purchased this set and I was reluctant to purchase even though it was being offered at a super great price of $43 at the time. That's the cheapest I had ever seen it on Amazon and I really wanted it. That's just a little over 5 bucks per season and I had never seen it cheaper than that. In fact, I had once seen it offered for $199 and as much as I love these guys and this show, I definitely wasn't paying that! But there were so many negative reviews about the quality of the packaging and the quality of the discs themselves. I'm probably about six or seven discs in and I haven't had any problems with skipping or blurriness. (I sure hope I don't start experiencing issues as I go on. If I do, I'll be sure to update my review.) As for the problems that some cited about the quality of the disc case and packaging, I have purchased DVDs of currently popular series like NCIS Los Angeles and Elementary as well as the complete sets of several other shows that are no longer on the air. Some of these have what I consider to be cheaper packaging and more problematic packaging than this. I've had experiences where you have to press that little button that holds the disc in place so hard to release a disc that you're in fear of breaking the disc. I've had instances where the rod that holds the entire library of discs in place just completely became detached from the case and will no longer stay in there firmly. If you open the case too fast, they all go flying out. Trust me, I've had to crawl on my hands and knees and reach under a piece of furniture more than once to retrieve a disc that fell to the floor and rolled away due to this problem. However, I've had no problems with the Psych case. I don't regard it to be that cheap. At least it's no cheaper than any others that I have purchased recently. Overall, I think it's an absolutely great set and I have really enjoyed the opportunity to watch these guys again (along with the rest of the cast). Such great fun! I've even turned on some of the commentary (which is something that I rarely do because it usually bores me to tears) and I have looked at some of the bonus features to get some insight into what the creation of this series was like back then. Pretty interesting. So far (fingers crossed) I am glad that I ignored the negative reviews and made the purchase.

Let's begin, To start, this is one of USA Network's best shows. I grew up on the renaissance of great TV coming out of the works on their channel. It started with Monk (a show that demonstrated one of the network's first attempts toward character-based entertainment). From there, the likes of Suits, White Collar, Mr Robot, Graceland, Royal Pains, Covert Affairs, Burn Notice, In Plain Sight, Necessary Roughness, Fairly Legal, Sirens, and many others blossomed and turned the network into an entertainment powerhouse on cable. Yet with the laundry list of titles above, some of which (like Monk, Mr Robot, Suits, White Collar, and Burn Notice) rate higher to me over the rest, Psych remains the best show of the lot IMO. And then around October 2014, USA graced us with finally releasing the entirety of the series in one collectible package. That is what is pictured above. But how does the package work? It's a neon-yellow case that is open on one side. The innards slide out easy enough. The front of the innards is an unfoldable page, spreading out to the left and giving you an episode listing, along with a summary of the extras each season has. The DVDs are held in a multipage plastic book, two discs to a page (the tabs are the ones that pivot down at one end with a push, not the four arrow-style ones that point inward and can break more easily). In testing out the durability, I found that every disc was nicely secured with their tabs, to the point there was no spinning or movement that would cause any wear in-transit. This is a double-edged argument, because you will have to put a bit of work to push the tabs down to work out each disc. The only issue I would cite with this style of packaging is that the pages have only a thin bit of plastic to hold them down like a spine. It can break with carelessness. Fortunately, I treat every purchase I make with the greatest possible care; I've only had one instance of bad packaging truly ruin the watchability of a disc. Other than that, when all this is packed up together, everything feels nice and secure and looks great on a shelf. Seasons 1-6 are about 4 discs each, while Season 7 and 8 are 3 discs (surely to reflect the dwindling down of the ; there is also a bonus disc hiding in its own sleeve in the cardboard cover. Overall, I feel as if I got one of my favorite shows in a nice solid packaging for a great price. Just be sure if you do order it, order it through a place like Amazon. They packed mine up nicely in a shrinkwrap-cardboard holder in the delivery package. Any third party sellers are risky, for they could ship it cheaply and risk it getting damaged in packaging in transit. I give it a 5/5 (the slight book-style format is the worst this set suffers, but is manageable and not worth a whole star being taken away). This show is truly great. If you're a fan of character-driven shows, mysteries, comedy, and pineapples, you'll enjoy this.

No le pongo 5 estrellas porque en cuanto he abierto el plastiquito el cartón de la caja se ha separado porque estaba reventada. No sé si ha sido de fábrica, en el almacén o en el trayecto. Evidentemente he revisado los DVDs y había dos temporadas en las que los discos no estaban en su sitio y bailaban por la caja. Por suerte todavía se leen. En cuanto al contenido en general, la serie es impresionante y tiene mucho contenido extra que estoy deseando ver. En general es una buena compra y por eso le pongo 4 estrellas.

This is how a complete series Blu-ray set should be done. The series looks fantastic, it doesn’t have any of the compression artefacts that are present on the streaming versions available. It’s also jam packed with special features. Almost every episode has an audio commentary with members of the cast and crew discussing the episode as it plays. That sort of stuff might not be for everyone but for the people who love that it’s awesome how much is crammed into the set. If you haven’t seen the series then I’d really recommend it. It’s probably one of the most fun procedurals out there and the performances are top notch. Great show.

J'adore cette série !! Seul bémol, il n'y a que la version anglaise et sans sous-titres, je trouve que ce serait utile de le souligner dans la description ou le titre

love Psych and i'm so happy to finally have my own collection, i've seen some people complain about getting the wrong blu-rays sent to them but luckily i got all the right ones and the package wasn't damaged, the only thing i can really complain about is the slow shipping, took several weeks to get here and they used Asendia which i had never heard of and they were not very transparant, didn't tell me about where the package was and when contacted didn't reply, they didn't even say that they had transferred it to Postnord, luckily i check postnord semi regularly so i saw it. point is good product, only problem is the delivery

Playing great on my Australian Blu-Ray player, and super hyped to not only have a better quality version of the deities, but to finally have a physical copy of the 3 movies.