In our last, and most-packed-with-info-yet,
news item for the upcoming
Seinfeld DVD releases, we gave you some detailed information about what the releases would look like:
Seinfeld - Seasons 1 & 2 will be out on DVD in November (18 episodes, 4 discs, $49.95 SRP). On the exact same day you'll be able to buy Seinfeld - Season 3 (22 episodes, 4 discs, $49.95 SRP). And both boxsets will be combined together into a gift set packaged with one (1) of the gifts, probably chosen from those pictured above ($129.95 SRP). We don't have exact release dates yet, but we're watching for them.
Each release will be packaged in individual "thinpak" slim cases for each disc, within an outer slipcase of either plastic or board (probably chosen from the designs pictured above). Extras will include participation from all four major cast members, plus Larry David and others. The video is being remastered in high definition.
So what is that release date in November? We're still 2 months away from an official announcement, assuming Columbia TriStar goes by their usual pattern on this one. So anything we tell you today could be wrong. And, even if it's right, Columbia could go ahead and change the date and MAKE it wrong.
But today we received word from reader Abby Knouse, who noticed that an online CD/DVD retailer called "CDUniverse" (aka "VideoUniverse") has a listing for the
Seinfeld - Seasons 1 & 2 box set up, for consumers to sign up if they're interested, and they show a
November 16 release date on that.
We're kind of taking our chances in reporting this information early, since the official announcement hasn't been made yet. However it IS news that our readers want to know, and we are cautioning you to take it with a grain of salt.
Stay tuned, and we'll see what happens. Our thanks to Abby for alerting us to this.
Correction (7/8):
Our article above had previously stated that CDUniverse was taking pre-orders for the
Seinfeld release. The Director of Marketing there contacted us this morning and pointed out that they are NOT actually taking pre-orders at this time. Rather, they are taking emails for those interested in receiving notification of its release. Which is, frankly, no different than we are doing here at TVShowsOnDVD. We have changed the article accordingly, and we regret the error.
