Stargate SG-1: The Complete Series Collection

I have watched only 3 of 10 seasons so far & have 5 disc that skip/freeze during playback. After problems with first couple of discs, I inspected the entire set & found at least 15 discs that are dirty, scratched over entire surface or deeply pitted. This did not happen during shipping- they came from the Factory like this. Definitely not something you expect to find in NEW DVDs. So please inspect your set ASAP before time runs out to request a replacement/refund from Amazon. I have requested a replacement today and hopefully this set will be in good condition.

Stargate SG-1 is awesome, unfortunately the quality of this set is horrifying! It was received with many of the DVD's damaged (scratched, dirty, pitted) but due to the size of the set I did not find the first, of many, DVD's that are damaged until after the Return period had expired. The packaging of the set is just terrible, there is no protection for the DVD's, it is just cardboard holders. If you do purchase this item, make sure you check every single DVD immediately.

I hope this was a one-time error (and I'm certainly going to be returning my copy of this set), but almost every single disc in the collection came through dirty, scratched, or both. Not all of them are unplayable, but I was "lucky" enough to discover that the very first one of them I attempted to play was indeed unplayable. Maybe it's because of the packaging, which is a bunch of cardboard sleeves that don't provide any safety to the disc whatever.

The set itself is exciting -- but no DVD is exciting if you can't play it. (And I tried four different DVD players, computer and standalone.)

ETA: My replacement copy is much, much better. Every disc I've looked at has been in perfect condition, and the unplayable disc from the first time around is just fine this time. Thanks to Amazon for a swift and painless replacement!

I am a big fan of this series - it rates 10 stars!

I am NOT a fan of the packaging. It is COMPLETELY UNNACEPTABLE.

Even though I am DESPERATE to have this series, I will NEVER buy this box set.

I have 3 series on DVD. Buffy, Angel and MASH. Buffy and Angel have fantastic box sets, with decent packaging that protects the disks. Both arrived in perfect conditon.

I also purchased MASH which is UNFORTUNATELY packaged in slide in sleeves like SG 1. The first thing I did was to buy a 50 pack of DVD sleeves, and remove the disks from the package. Even pre-use the disks had lots of tiny scratches, but fortunately they played. NO DISK SHOULD BE PACKAGED THIS WAY. For hundreds of dollars, you'd think they could put together a package that wasn't going to DESTROY the disks.

Well, guess what, I am not playing.

Manufacturers get a clue: take a look at the Buffy and Angel sets, and come up with something like that. Even after a couple of years of non stop play, my Buffy disks are in perfect condition.

Slide in sleeves destroy disks. DO NOT WANT.

Most TV shows spun off from movies are uninvolving and uninteresting ("Blade," anyone?), but such wasn't the case with "Stargate SG-1." Starting as a simple exploration series, the series expanded into a brilliant tangle of politics, aliens, and Earth's spirit and guts -- excellent writing, acting, and a sense of humor about itself and its characters.

The Stargate has been inactive for a year. Then a bunch of Egyptian-styled warriors come through and kidnap an officer. General Hammond (Don S. Davis) pulls Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) out of retirement, and sends him to Abydos to find out what happened. O'Neill is reunited with Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks) -- only to have Daniel's wife and brother-in-law abducted by the evil Apophis. A rescue attempt sparks off a war with the Goa'uld -- aliens who have been impersonating human gods for many centuries.

So the team SG-1 -- made up of O'Neill, Jackson, scientist/pilot Sam Carter (Amanda Tapping) and Apophis' ex-slave Teal'c (Christopher Judge) -- explore through the Stargate, finding plenty of hostile aliens, strange allies (the Unas, the Asgard), and humans scattered all over. Not to mention the gate-builders, who have ascended to another plane.

Frst they battle the arrogant Apophis, then the devil-imitating So'kar, and the malignant half-energy Anubis and his army of undead warriors. The Goa'uld power structure starts to splinter, and new secret organizations make power plays on Earth, as SG-1 uncovers the hidden legacies of humanity's ancestors.

Even after the Goa'uld storyline ends, things haven't ended for SG-1. Cameron Mitchell (Ben Browder) is given command of SG-1, and manages to gather the disbanded team back together, with the help of a quirky alien mercenary, Vala Mal Doran (Claudia Black). Together, they find that the Milky Way faces its most deadly threat ever -- the Ori, evil ascended beings who demand that everyone worship them... or else.

Previously all "exploration" sci-fi focused on people on ships. "Stargate" avoids the usual space opera approach -- even when ships are introduced, the main focus is on walking through a big stone ring. It's also full of real military, political battles (both on and off Earth), and a very plausible reason why everybody in the galaxy (more or less) looks just like us.

It's graced with elaborate, opulant sets, solid special effects, shoot-'em-up action from Marines and Air Force, and some truly kinetic space battles (including one that resembles the climax of "Star Wars IV"). The storyline stumbles somewhat in the last two seasons, with the sudden switch in villains and cast. But all ten seasons are sprinkled with very warm human moments -- Daniel's farewell to his wife, Sam bonding with a doomed little girl, and Teal'c's struggle for freedom.

Best of all is the snappy script. Some of it comes from Teal'c ("Undomesticated equines could not remove me"), but mostly from the tart-tongued O'Neill ("Well, I guess we all start shooting. There's blood, death, hard feelings... it'd suck"). Other characters get great lines too (" I think the circle means 'the place of our legacy'...or it could be 'a piece of our leg', but the first seems to make more sense").

The cast is nothing short of brilliant -- Anderson does a quirky, disrespectful, pop culture-lovin' guy with a hidden tragic past, while Tapping and Shanks are great as an enthusiastic geek and a smart, capable military woman. And Judge is absolutely astounding as Teal'c, who slowly turns from a stoic, tragic warrior to a warm legendary hero.

Corin Nemec had a one-season stint as Daniel's "replacement," and he makes a nice, eager young newbie, and Ben Browder channels much of O'Neill's quirkiness when Anderson left. Black is kind of annoying at times, but she's admittedly quite funny and quirky, with a tragic past of her own.

"Stargate SG-1" is undeniably the best TV spinoff, and one of the best "exploration" shows to make it onto the air... and stay there for a whole decade. Definitely worth seeing, from beginning to end.

Firstly I'll just say I adore Stargate SG-1, it's definately one of my favourite shows ever. However, this box set is a pile of rubbish.

Cheap and incredibly poor packaging not only let the set down regarding looks, but because of this cheap packaging they are scratched as well, and some of them appear to have unidentified materials - quite possibly bit of food - stuck on the bottom of them.

Unfortunately for me I only recently had a disc which had a big issue (season 5) while every other disc before it was 100% fine. As it seems only the later discs in my set are of such poor quality, I cannot return this set, leaving me with an expensive, damaged, sometimes unplayable DVD set.

My advice - avoid at all costs, the monetary saving just isn't worth it!

This was a replacement for my original order which was also defective. PLEASE NOTE: THIS box was dropped prior to it being shipped since the corner of the DECORATIVE box was dented; however,the manner in which this set of DVDs is being packaged from the manufacturer is the primary reasons for the defects. This replacement order had MANY of the cardboard pockets holding the disks damaged and scratched themselves and when the disks are slammed into those cardboard sleeves, apparently done by monkeys and perhaps while the disks are still warm from pressing, because I have NEVER seen so many disks so scratched and pitted straight out of a shrink-wrapped box. I truly DO want to purchase this entire set, but as long as they are packaged as they are, you run the risk that the majority of the disks will be damaged. Since there are 10 years worth, one can not check to see that all play without issues. My recommendation is that Amazon should stop carrying this set. There are NUMEROUS complaints about this same problem on your website and elsewhere on the net. The manufacturer should issue a recall...and something needs to be done for fans who are trying to obtain something they really care about. Thank you for "listening."

I was shocked to find the discs in this set dirty, scratched, and defective the very first episode on disc one froze and skipped after attempting to watch other discs I found the same problems amazon sent another set and again I found the same thing and have sent the second set back..I give up MGM did a bad job with this set its like they scrapped up all their returned discs and shoved them in a big box not caring what conditon they were in..I would not order this set its a complete gamble as to if you will find all discs working and there are a lot of discs

Stargate SG-1 was a great series, which is what makes it so much more unfortunate that I feel the need to advise anyone thinking about buying this series set not to do so.

Perhaps it's the packaging, but the disks seem to arrive in bad shape. I ordered this set, it arrived, and many of the disks were scratched and unplayable. I sent an exchange request, and a new set was quickly sent to me. Unfortunately, this new set was in even worse shape.

Now I'm just going to get a refund. It's a shame, but if you are smart, you will NOT buy this set.

I'm going to assume, if you are thinking of buying this collection, you are a fan of stargate. So it goes without saying, it is one of the best shows ever. To say this is my favorite series of all time, would be a vast understatement.

Now on to what most people are here to know. Previously, I bought the stargate disc sets when they first started coming out (remember the big boxes, they were a real pain to get to fit anywhere!). I paid full retail for them, and watched them countless times. These dvd's got a heavy workout. And cost quite a bit. I own season 1-9 in the original box. I didn't buy ten because of this coming out (and I had a season pass on itunes). With that said, buying this set was still a no brainer for me.

The 4 discs that are included in this package are very indepth. They contain many video features that are 45 minutes in length (discs 1 and 2), and 20 minutes for the other features. Some, like the directors series run 8 to 10 minutes. I would guess their is approximately 8 hours of bonus features. My only complaint is the first disc is letterboxed opposed to widescreen, and disc 2 only has 1 (mythology) in widescreen, the rest are also 4:3 letterboxed.

The other complaint I have about this purchase, are the containers that house the discs. Several of my discs arrived in bad shape. On my first batch I got 26 discs that had a good amount of scratches on them, 4 of those had glue or some other white mass attached to the discs. I was able to rid them from the discs using a cleaner, but this is still very bad.

I own both the buffy and angel collectors sets, and I think all collectors sets should use a similar style. Buffy takes up as much room as 2-3 of my other tv show cases, and all of the discs arrived scratch free because they use cd holders opposed to cardboard. I cannot forget my horrible experience with Alias, I could not find one disc without a serious scratch. The stargate discs with scratches were small, light, surface scratches. They were able to play through (just finished a marathon session) with only a few discs exhibiting slight problems. Thanks to amazon's amazing customer service, a replacement set is on it's way, and with luck, I will be able to replace the ones with flaws for those without. (I would recommend only buying this set from amazon, if you buy from other places the discs could be horribly damaged, and you would be unable to request another set)

On my small shelf, I can fit the whole Stargate Collection as well as 2 seasons of another show, on the same small shelf. (opposed to 3 of my original stargate boxes only), so economy wise, you cannot get any better.


The box is beautiful, it is more muted compared to the image you see in the description, and the Stargate water does not glow as it does in the image. I love this set, the care and attention that went into designing it is fantastic. You also get a small book, that shows you the episodes, tv guide line, and any special feature that is located on each disc.

I cannot wait for the future movies (coming in march and july), and I truly hope MGM will release this show in a High Def format.

I highly recommend purchasing this set, and I eagerly look forward to a blu-ray or hd-dvd release of this in the future.


---------edit 12/04/07--------

I mentioned in my review Amazon sent me a replacement because of the badly scratched discs (overnighted even, wow, way to go amazon!), sadly this brought new attention to details I did not notice prior.

First, the new box I got, most every disc was perfect, the packaging arrived pristine (minus the fact that the box seems to be of lesser quality (coloring wise) and the logo is on sideways). The part about the case stinks, because my original box was smashed on the sides thanks to UPS, so I either keep it (damage is minimal) or go with the box with the cockeyed logo (no thanks).

On to another problem. As I said, this new box set, almost every disc was pristine. There were disc's with scratches, but very very few (maybe 5, and those were very light surface scratches, most every other disc was mint!). What I noticed upon replacing damaged discs with those that were not, was the new discs (and my old) had different printing. Some had that cheap hong kong bootleg copy coloring going on, while other were perfect, deeply saturated, and sharp. What is sad is many of my damaged discs from my first batch where sharp, and the replacements seemed to be incredibly dull and blurry (not the picture quality, I have yet to check that on these new discs, but I doubt those are changed).

It seems the studio is using different companies to produce these box sets. Discs in each set are both faded, and sharp (different discs throughout the set), on their own, they are un-noticeable. but when you stack them up with a duplicate set, or your older disc's, it becomes increasingly obvious.

Shame on this company for not having better quality control and using the same printing throughout!