Product Details

• Actors: Martin Sheen, Allison Janney, John Spencer
• Directors: Jason Ensler
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC, Box set
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround)
• Subtitles: Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 45
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• DVD Release Date: November 7, 2006
• Run Time: 42 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (353 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000HC2LI0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #600 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The West Wing: The Complete Series Collection" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

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Item Type: DVD Movie
Item Rating: NR
Street Date: 11/07/06
Wide Screen: no
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
Language: ENGLISH
Foreign Film: noSubtitles: no
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

240 of 257 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars No English subtitles, packaging scratches disks, December 11, 2006

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R. C. Harris Jr. "Norway" (Oslo, Norway) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The West Wing: The Complete Series Collection (DVD)

The West Wing is by far the best television series I've ever seen. 5 stars for that. However this set, although nice to look at, has too many flaws for me to recommend it very highly. 3 stars for this set.

My main gripe is that there are no English subtitles. Why not? There is plenty of space on the disks and subtitles don't take up that much. The gain would be far greater than the cost!

I often have to rewind episodes three or four times to catch a phrase that I can't quite make out hearing the first or second time. There is often so much background noise (sirens, crouds, music, etc) that one can't make out all the brilliant dialogue by only listening to the audio.

The UK editions have English subtitles, so why can't the American versions?

Another gripe is the packaging. While it is very nice to look at on the shelf, cleverly designed with file folders holding each season, it is impractical and scratches the disks! The folders are hard cardboard and the slits (not even lined with felt or soft material) are so narrow you have to really press the disks in, damaging and scratching them up!

The UK boxed set uses 22 slimline DVD cases, holding two discs each, all packaged within season-by-season slip cases.

If your DVD player can play European DVD's, I recommend paying a little extra and ordering the UK version instead: ASIN B000I8OC08 on Amazon.co.uk. It has the same 21+ hours of extras this set has so you won't be missing anything except the booklet and script, which frankly doesn't add much value.

EDIT: As somebody kindly pointed out in the comments, seasons 1-5 have subtitles. Only seasons 6 & 7 are without English subs. Also, if you do consider buying the UK edition, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A REGION FREE DVD PLAYER, or that your player can play European DVD's. Read the comments to this review for tips on how to check your player. Thanks for voting and commenting! :)

67 of 73 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars How much do you really like the series?, November 20, 2006

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Jazifer (London, UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The West Wing: The Complete Series Collection (DVD)

There is no question in my mind the "The West Wing" was one of the greatest drama series on television ever. And if you've been holding out on buying the DVDs until this box set was released then I would suggest you part with some cash immediately. The issue for a lot of people reading these reviews, however, is going to be whether or not they are going to want to replace individual box sets with this release. I'm not going to suggest to you what the best move is, although in the next few days you're going to see my box sets on sale, but this is really a decision on whether or not you want a beautifully packaged set. That is what this is. The 'leather' folder the disks come in is perfect in terms of design for this series. The two 'books' that the set contains are glossy, and the pictures are beautiful. It is also a welcome change to see seasons 1 to 4 discs one -sided as opposed to the previous release. The individual folders that the disks here come in are sturdy enough and again well designed. However, I can't spot any additional extras on the discs. The foreward by Aaron Sorkin also isn't new - it's taken from the first Scriptbook that was released. So if you are a Wingnut, chances are you've seen everything here before and as I said it really comes down to the packaging and the fact that you were going to buy Season 7 anyway so why not splurge on this. I'm giving it 4 stars as opposed to 5 because I can't quite forgive the makers for Season 5 and also because it would have been nice of them to include something extra for the Wingnuts here considering it is us who are really going to be purchasing this set.

140 of 160 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars westwing the complete series, January 23, 2007

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Maria Amaro - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The West Wing: The Complete Series Collection (DVD)

Wow, what a joy it was to actually get my hands on this wonderful series.
It is everything I thought it would be, except that after season four, English subtitles are no more. Being a hearing impaired person, I was very very disappointed to find this out. The booklet never said...interestly the Individual box sets have English sub titles...So, If you're hearing impaired or deaf, buy the box set individually....it is a good series thought...