Product Details

• Actors: Hal Linden, Max Gail
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002OOWL5W
• For more information about "Barney Miller: Season Four [Blu-ray]" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Please release the remaining seasons of Barney Miller!, January 6, 2011

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MusicFan "MusicFan" (VA) - See all my reviews

"Barney Miller" is, by far, one of the best shows of the last 40 years. I bought the first three seasons and would gladly buy the remaining seasons -- if they were available!

Please release the remaining seasons of this great show! "Barney Miller's" fans are waiting!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love this show, December 28, 2010

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David (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

Great characters, writing, acting, etc. Just a great show that I remember from my childhood. I've bought the first three seasons on DVD and can't wait till they RELEASE THE REMAINING SEASONS OF THIS SHOW.

15 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars another message to Sony..., July 6, 2010

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William Sommerwerck "grizzled geezer" (Renton, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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Once upon a time, in the days before Ronald Reagan succeeded in re-convincing America that material wealth and shallow religiosity were the sole defining features of American society, it was possible to make TV comedies that were both "socially pertinent" and extremely funny. "All in the Family" and "Barney Miller" represented the crest of that short-lived wave. It's one of those very rare comedies that, in terms of acting and writing, can be compared with the best dramas. (I find it amazing that, despite being a comedy, police say "Barney Miller" is the most-accurate depiction of police life they've seen.)

Both series are "social documents", and deserve public preservation in a readily accessible format. I don't know how much it costs to transfer a single season to DVD -- I'd guess $25K to $50K. At that price, you don't have to sell a lot of sets simply to break even. Sony should easily sell enough to turn a decent profit.

20 or 30 years from now, when the tapes have deteriorated to the point where they can no longer be played, people will be asking "Why weren't they preserved?", especially when it could have been done at relatively low cost, and made Sony a few bucks in the process.

How often have the Sony executives browsed the Columbia catalog and thought "Why wasn't the camera negative for this picture taken better care of?" "Barney Miller" is no different. Whatever is not intentionally preserved /will/ almost certainly be lost.

PS: I asked a friend "in the business", and he sent the following...

"In real numbers, I think it's about $1000 per show -- probably more if there's extensive fixes to be made to the original 2" quadruplex master videotapes. If they did a real digital restoration (which is what the company I'm freelancing for specializes in), it'd probably be several times that. Then the actual DVD authoring is probably about $5000 per disc (round numbers). Once you do all that, it's a buck a disc for manufacturing."