by O.Supreme » Fri Jan 10, 2020 5:16 pm
Hrmm...There are some bootleggers who don't even try (paper sleeves, blank labels etc...), and some who are very crafty trying to match official details and packaging down to the smallest degree. About 2 years ago, I was at the CA State Fair, there was a guy who had a booth set up with a TON of OOP dvd's of many movies, TV shows, anime etc... One of the dead giveaways though was his *Official* Song of the South DVD. Another give away is that most pirates have a harder shrink wrap on their items than the typical *softer* shrink wrap you get from online/B&M retailers.
The only official non DVD's I've ever encountered were WB's MOD (Manufacture-On-Demand) items. A few years back, I got what appeared to be an official copy of Yellow Submarine on DVD. It works fine, but it is clearly a DVDR, got it on Amazon as well. Unfortunately even official channels (not 3rd party) are sometimes duped by convincing counterfeits as well. My rule of thumb is, if the price is too good to be true, it probably is.
There are no more good TV Shows, only ones that haven't disappointed me yet.