Customer Reviews

ADVENTURES IN PARADISE-24 DVD SET-65 EPISODES

5 star:		(4)
4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(3)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(4)

 

 

It is nice to have all the episodes but the picture quaility is lacking.
This series is excellent as far as the story lines but the old films need to be digitally enhanced.

I have this set in the original black and white, and I noticed there were originally 91 episodes to the entire show. I would like to find out when, where and if the missing episodes will ever become available. I would like to complete my collection of this TV Series so I can enjoy the whole show and pass it on to my kids. Gardner McKay made the entire show a success. Hopefully the ABC Corporation will acknowledge that this series is worth releasing all 91 episodes and make them available soon.
Thanks.

Many of the episodes are repeated on multiple discs. There are actually only 51 unique episodes in the three volumes I received.

Although 2-3 of the episodes were unwatchable, the majority were in good shape and were a joy to watch. We saw one a night for quite a while and thoroughly enjoyed reliving our youth when we had first seen the series.The Tiki is a neat boat and the areas of the South Pacific were beautiful back in the fifties. Gardner McKay was a hunk!

The sellers on Amazon would not ship to my address in Thailand, so I bought this exact same set of 3 on eBay and for $98. Sure, the quality is lacking. In fact there are 3 episodes that were just not watchable. I've watched the first two volumes so far, I like to spread them out, and there are 6 episodes with NO SOUND, so I didn't watch these. I also bought the first 3 years of "Rawhide" and these are very clear. So, why do I give 5 stars? Back in 1960 I was a kid and loved westerns, but every night of the week, day after day of westerns and even a kid gets tired of them. And then those stupid variety shows (Milton Berle) 3 or 4 times a week. Adventures In Paradise was a very refreshing change and this 3 year series was one of a kind. And looking back on things, Adam Troy, played by Gardner McKay was a very good 'role model', although this term was not in use yet. If I remember correctly, our TV set back in those days with those 'rabbit ears' was no more clearer than these copies for sell here.

I purchased this set and was extremely disappointed to see that they were copies made directly from TV, probably using Betamax or VHS. They are snowy and unwatchable. My daughter also purchased this set was very upset, having paid more than one hundred dollars for them. I subsequently found another source and the quality is superb.

Whoever owns the rights to these shows, please can you sell them to someone who can give them the treatment they deserve ! It was a great old T.V. series but the quality of these D.V.D.s is lousy. I have older T.V. shows that have been remastered or whatever it is they do & they are of great quality, if only black & white but who cares about that. I sent mine back for a refund & happily got it. I would pay top $ for better quality.

The quality of the transfers on these discs is just appalling. Somewhere, someone has the original b/w films. Please do us all a favour and re-master them, instead of peddling these third rate quality transfers on amazon customers. I, too, would pay good money to see this fabulous series given the treatment it deserves.
After all, it's the reason I jumped on a ship out of Australia and became a captain in the Merchant Marine.
Amazon should not even be selling such poor quality merchandise.

I was happy to recieve these cds of adventures in paradise. It takes me back a ways but unfortunatly some of the episodes are not easy to watch as they flutter and the sound is bad. But over all, it's fine. thankyou

The general production of this product is poor - particularly the vision and sound quality. Some DVDs have background noises that overpower the audio of the episodes.

While some loss of vision quality is expected in old movies etc - the poor vision & sound detracts from enjoying many of the episodes.

Better production is essential.