Product Details

• Actors: Hugh Laurie, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard
• Format: AC-3, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 26
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Universal Studios
• DVD Release Date: August 25, 2009
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B002C3GTLM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #43,849 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Get a full dose of TV’s most incorrigible and wickedly funny doctor in every episode from Seasons 1-5 of House M.D. Hugh Laurie can’t be beat in his three-time Primetime Emmy®-nominated role as Dr. Gregory House, a medical genius who’s not so wise when it comes to his personal relationships. Join him and his talented staff as they solve physical maladies that leave everyone else baffled. Co-starring an outstanding ensemble cast, it’s the brilliant series with “smart writing, fascinating stories…” (Josef Adlain, Daily Variety) that has kept audiences addicted from one season to the next!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

64 of 71 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a good purchase for several reasons, September 26, 2009

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calvinnme - See all my reviews
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This review is from: House, M.D.: Seasons 1-5 Collection (DVD)

First, House is still in production for at least this current sixth season, so when the series does end you can probably expect a "Complete Series" set with extras not in the individual five season sets that are simply being bundled together here.

Second, buying separately is a better deal. Seasons one through four are easily found for around twenty dollars a season and season five for a little more than that if you are willing to shop around.

It is true that the original Season One was on dual sided discs, but season one is being reissued next month on single-sided discs, so you can easily escape that problem. I was burned by the original dual-sided season one set, so I can advise you avoid it.

I obtain my three star rating as follows:
House as a series is thoroughly entertaining. I could watch Dr. Greg House watch paint dry and feel like it was time well spent, so I give the first five seasons 5/5 stars.
This is not a good deal any way you look at it - as a completist or a bargain hunter, so for value I give it 1/5 stars.
Averaging the two scores together I give this set 3/5 stars.

26 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Let the Buyer Beware, December 28, 2009

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Deborah Muldawer - See all my reviews
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This review is from: House, M.D.: Seasons 1-5 Collection (DVD)

I should say that I bought the boxed set for seasons 1-4 and I bought season five separately, but if the producer is the same for this newest box set, you'd be better off buying the set at a store with a generous return policy.

When I got my set, I was thrilled. Then, as I played through each season, I started to see skipped scenes and freezing and episodes starting in the middle instead of at the beginning. In two cases, I didn't get to see the resolution of the cases at all.

Because it takes so long to watch all the episodes, by the time I realized there was a problem it was too late to return the set. I notice that the set I bought is no longer being produced; I assume that the manufactor is simply making seasons 1-5 instead.

To pay $100.00 for defective disks is unconscionable. I love the show but certainly wouldn't recommend this set to anyone.

25 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Save yourself some money...., September 11, 2009

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Aekero - See all my reviews

This review is from: House, M.D.: Seasons 1-5 Collection (DVD)

..and buy the seasons seperately. The seasons all added up are currently $15 less than this boxed set, and this set makes no mention of any special features that buying them seperately doesn't include.

Soooo, unless you just have to have a boxed set (which the 6th season won't fit in), I'd just buy them by themselves. (obviously all at once else shipping makes the savings moot)