Ultimate TV Westerns - 150 Episodes

Ultimate TV Westerns content info
ULTIMATE TV WESTERNS - 150 EPISODES consists primarily of 1950s cowboy shows-- some famous, others obscure. Reported running time for this set is 80 hours-- however, other sources list it as "up to 70 hours" with one specifying 68 hours total.

Regardless, this is a treasure trove of old oaters that's certain to please fans of 1950s TV programming and westerns alike.

COLLECTION CONTENTS--

The Adventures Of Champion - Barry Curtis (1 episode)

The Adventures Of Jim Bowie - Scott Forbes (6 episodes)

The Adventures Of Kit Carson - Bill Williams (6 episodes)

Annie Oakley - Gail Davis (6 episodes)

Bat Masterson - Gene Barry (2 episodes)

Bonanza - Lorne Green (10 episodes)

Buffalo Bill Jr. - Dickie Jones (6 episodes)

The Cisco Kid - Duncan Renaldo (12 episodes)

Cowboy G-Men - Russell Hayden (5 episodes)

Death Valley Days - Sterling Hayden (3 episodes)...

ULTIMATE TV WESTERNS -Blazing Good Value!
There are numerous TV Western collections out there on the dvd praire and all showing real signs of age and neglect. However here is one thats sure to delight anyone who grew up playing cowboys & indians in the 1950's and 60's. Again, the quality isn't too bad considering they haven't been really professionally restored the way most movies are. But remember, when we first used to see them on TV at that time, the TV picture via the old aerial, wasn't always too great either. TV stations before tape, showed these episodes via telecine, that is they physically ran 16mm prints on special movie projectors. Even though the exspensively produced "Bonanza" was the first TV Western to be aired in color, thanks to those RCA sets which the show did so well at selling. The first show to be shot in color was "The Cisco Kid". Years earlier and on a shoe-string budget and with 16mm cameras. The producers were smart to predict that color was coming and gave that particular show an even longer...

Samples of some of the old classics and some obscure
My first frustration was not knowing what episodes are included in the set. On opening the packaging, I was disappointed to see that it is on 4 double-sided discs so there are no directory labels on the discs. Also, the disc id's are on the very small hub rings. Don't bother to check the Mill Creek website for episode contents either.

So, I tediously inserted each DVD and review the menus (flipping for each side) and what do I find... the side B's on two of them won't play in my best DVD player - Incompatible Disc!!

I swapped to a lesser quality DVD player and they play okay. However, the quality of the recordings is really sub-standard. The back of the case says "Digitally Re-Master on 4 DVD's". Take my word for it. Nothing about these recording is remastered!! The recording quality is inconsistant, some are nearly un-watchable, either too light, too dark, or too contrasty which can can make these old Black & white episodes look like they were record off the...

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