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I bought this because I want to own as much of The Simpsons on physical media as I can, at least officially, and this was the last season to get a physical release. (Tangent, feel free to skip: this Blu-ray set actually came out in 2010 to celebrate the series' 20th anniversary. It was actually the first instance of the show getting a Blu-ray release, though the movie had received one back in 2007. All the other Blu-ray box sets, for seasons 13-17, came later, and unfortunately seasons 18 and 19 only came out on DVD. Initially, Fox hadn't planned on releasing those two on video at all, but since they'd already put out season 20, and the type of people who'd own seasons 1-17 would almost certainly have picked up 20 as well, they didn't want to leave those people hanging.) I bought this set knowing that I wouldn't get much out of it, because I'm weird like that, so I can't really complain. All the other Simpsons box sets have a lot of extra value, because they're packed to the gills with special features. This set, in contrast, is literally just the episodes, save for a "sneak preview" of "The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!," which aired on Fox back in 2010, two days before this box set came out. If you aren't familiar, it was a (barely) feature-length documentary about the cultural impact of the series hosted by Morgan Spurlock. It's nothing to write home about in the first place, and to reiterate, the sole special feature of this box set is a preview for that documentary. Not a unique trailer for it, that would at least be mildly interesting, just the first three minutes, and like I said earlier, this thing aired two days BEFORE the box set came out. Who was this special feature for exactly? Again, you're not really missing out on much by not getting the whole documentary, but if you're going to make this your one special feature, at least give us the whole thing. (Another tangent: Apparently, the documentary was technically an episode of the 21st production season, getting a production code and everything--at least, according to Wikipedia. So one assumes that maybe they planned on releasing season 21 later on, before streaming became so ubiquitous, and would have just included it there. But that never happened, so here we are, stuck with a three-minute preview of a documentary that you'd have to go online and find unofficially to watch in its entirety, unless you taped it I guess.) By this point you know how you feel about season 20 of The Simpsons, and if you don't, it's on Disney+ so it would be silly to go out on a limb with a relatively expensive second-hand box set to find out. The season has its moments, I won't pretend it's on par with the golden years, but it's often entertaining and never unwatchable. The video quality itself is good, but I can't say I saw a difference between it and just streaming on Disney+. Of course I have a rock solid internet connection, so your mileage may vary. If you have a fancy sound system, the audio on the Blu-ray might fare noticeably better than streaming as well, but I couldn't tell a difference on my TV's internal speakers. (One last tangent: They at least had the decency to keep the first nine episodes on their own disc, with the other twelve on the second disc. The first nine were in standard definition, with a 4:3 aspect ratio, while the rest were in high definition and a 16:9 aspect ratio. [Tangent on a tangent: Those first nine episodes were actually holdovers from the 19th production season, which is actually a pretty common occurrence on this and other shows, hence the difference in format.] It's a small detail, and having one HD episode on the first disc wouldn't be a deal breaker or anything, but it would always bug me, you know? I'm glad they divided in cleanly.)Read full review
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THE SIMPSONS FINALLY ON BLU-RAY..EVEN THO IT IS SEASON 20 IT IS STILL THE SIMPSONS,,,THEY NEVER LOOKED SO GOOD AS THEY DO ON BLU-RAY...A MUST HAVE FOR ALL FANATICS OF THE SIMPSONS!!!!
I don't really need to leave a review on this item. If you are looking to buy the Simpsons season 20 on DVD more then likely you are going to buy it anyways.
well i bid for and won the simpsons season 20 and recieved the item quickly, also i was impressed with the quality seeing it on blu ray as opposed to seeing it in standard def on tv well worth what i got it for.If you are a simpsons fan and have either a PS3 or blu ray player that is high def ready i would suggest you check it out
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