New Spurs Championship Box Set?

[spursfan09]

Thats cool, but they should wait until this run is over. The Spurs can still win a few more.

[objective]

the fact that this set covers all 4 years is very disappointing imo.

All the other non-dynasty box sets for le teams cover a single season, usually all the finals games (including losses) and sometimes CF games too. This is just a way to job over Spurs fans, who now will probably never get to see the 99 WCF against Portland on dvd, or the 03 WCF against Dallas, or the 05 WCF against the Suns. Even the series against the Jazz would be worthwhile.

All the spurs get is compressed footage on 8 discs of 16 games. Judging by the way the other sets are with games per disc ratio, I would guess that even the 16 games on this set are going to be edited, maybe severely in some cases considering how the other sets are.

Last year the Heat get a 13 disc set to just cover one single season (12+ le dvd). 12 games get covered over the 12 discs, Finals + ECF.

88-89 Pistons dvd set: 11 discs for 10 games. the entire 6 game ECF and the entire Finals + program.

93-94 Rockets dvd set: 8 discs for 7 games in the finals (eigth disc is the le program).

90-91 Bulls : 6 discs (5+1) for 5 games

84-85 Lakers: 7 discs (6+1) for 6 games

[goliath]

Who woulda thought in the late 80s early to mid 90s we would be arguing about whether the Special Edition Championship Box Set should include highlights and games of one championship or all four.

[braeden0613]

I still havent even received my championship dvd for SI. last time i ever do that

[RuffnReadyOzStyle]

Spurminator, I hope that's the case. I'd love to have the games on DVD to watch over again. It'll be out in a couple of weeks, I just want to know for sure what'll be on it.

You could already get the games from Google video! I think it costs about $4 a game.

I want to get every playoff game of the 4 championship runs so I can watch them any time, but Google video won't sell NBA outside the USA due to "rights issues". Nor will they or the NBA reply to my letters/emails (6 so far) about this issue, the ers. The NBA treats its OS fans like .

Stern, get your act together on the intellectual property side and help us OS bruthas out!

[exstatic]

I still havent even received my championship dvd for SI. last time i ever do that

SI ed me in 2003, so I don't deal with them any more. I got the stuff, and was subscribed. Of course, I forgot to not renew, so they got me for another year, but so that wouldn't happen again, I cancelled the card. Do they run it, and not renew? No, they run it, it comes back cancelled, so they renew me, and then immediately mark me as not paying!!! I went to the BBB, and got the charge and the late/non payment removed, but they have lost my business.

[duncan228]

Am I the only one that taped (DVD) all the games?
Playoffs and Finals.
Wins and losses, I keep them all.

I thought most fans did that.

I bought the DVD too, and I'll buy this new box set.

But I tape the Spurs all the time. Regular season I keep only what I want, but I tape them all. You never know when it'll be a game you'll want to own.

[hsxvvd]

Thats cool, but they should wait until this run is over. The Spurs can still win a few more.

Agreed. This time next year, they'll be releasing the 99, 03, 05, 07, 08 Dynasty Collection DVD!

[hsxvvd]

You could already get the games from Google video! I think it costs about $4 a game.

I want to get every playoff game of the 4 championship runs so I can watch them any time, but Google video won't sell NBA outside the USA due to "rights issues". Nor will they or the NBA reply to my letters/emails (6 so far) about this issue, the ers. The NBA treats its OS fans like .

Stern, get your act together on the intellectual property side and help us OS bruthas out!

Same problems here, NBA coverage on-line is terrible for us Aussies.

I can't even subscribe to ESPN Insider, I don't even know why I wanted to, it was a while ago, but the worst part is the technical support too, no OS telephone support and they DON'T REPLY to EMAILS!

[SRJ]

Am I the only one that taped (DVD) all the games?
Playoffs and Finals.
Wins and losses, I keep them all.

I thought most fans did that.

I started doing that in the mid-90's, but I decided not to after the 1995 WCF.

I know it's incredibly, stupidly supers ious of me, but I won't do it.

[duncan228]

I started doing that in the mid-90's, but I decided not to after the 1995 WCF.

I know it's incredibly, stupidly supers ious of me, but I won't do it.

I understand supers ions.
And because I do tape them all, I have to continue to do so!

I put my can of Spam on top of my monitor March 1st.

And we all know about Kori's lucky bra!

Good Karma is always a good thing!

[Budkin]

This set looks amazing... I can't wait!

[baseline bum]

Wow... we get a box set of 16 of the greatest games in franchise history, and we're complaining?

Gotta get this, just for games 4 & 5 of the 99 Finals (my tapes look really bad after 8 years).

[Reggie Miller]

Wow... we get a box set of 16 of the greatest games in franchise history, and we're complaining?

Gotta get this, just for games 4 & 5 of the 99 Finals (my tapes look really bad after 8 years).

Heck, my tapes of games 2 & 4 from 2007 already look ragged. Oddly enough, the game 3 tape is still virtually pristine. Go figure...

I need game 1. I think I must have taped game 2 over it. Game 2 was a surreal experience for me. A friend (also a Spurs fan) and I went to see the Braves v. Cubs in Atlanta. During the baseball game, we kept hearing that the Spurs were running all over Cleveland. We caught the fourth quarter in a sports bar near Turner Field, and got to see only the "scare" near the end when Cleveland made a game of it. When I finally saw the tape, I wished I had stayed at home to see it!

[spurscenter]

Bring this on HD DVD

[Boulevard1]

Gotta get this, just for games 4 & 5 of the 99 Finals (my tapes look really bad after 8 years).

Absolutely. The quality from all my tapes of the '99 playoffs are badly deteriorated. I can't wait to see those games at MSG. Robinson and Duncan were defensive monsters.

[J.T.]

Bring this on HD DVD

The Spurs are too boring for HD.

[exstatic]

Bring this on HD DVD

I shudder to think what the price point would be for an 8 disc set in HD. $250?

[Spurminator]

Doubt you'd be able to get the 99 Finals in HD anyway, since they probably weren't filmed in HD.

[gospursgojas]

There are plenty of great highlights from games in the finals I would love to see in live action....

Bowens block on Chauncey
Nazr's Block on Big Ben
Malik Dunking on Mutumbo
Dave trying to do the same but then missing
Dave's curtain call
AJ's baseline jumper

I know some of this stuff is on the DVDs that are already out, but still I want to watch a whole game and watch it happen as it did.

[spurscenter]

wow, i applaud the NBA on this

[ancestron]

You could already get the games from Google video! I think it costs about $4 a game.

I want to get every playoff game of the 4 championship runs so I can watch them any time, but Google video won't sell NBA outside the USA due to "rights issues". Nor will they or the NBA reply to my letters/emails (6 so far) about this issue, the ers. The NBA treats its OS fans like .

Stern, get your act together on the intellectual property side and help us OS bruthas out!

Google Video doesnt sell NBA games anymore. I had a whole bunch of games downloaded from the 2006 season that i paid 3.95 each for and now the files dont work anymore becasue all NBA games have been removed. I did get my money back though, which was a good thing. I think there is still somewhere to download games but I dont know where or how many are available.
From what I heard the NBA is compiling a complete digital archive of every game ever played and will have it available online within the next few years. They will also have advanced search features, like if you want to see all the buzzer beating, game winning 3 pointers from the 1994 season, or if you want to see all of Rasheed's technicals, Kobe's dunks, Duncan's blocks, etc. you will be able to search for all games and specific points of the games that contain them, as well as making your own highlight reels and uploading them for public ratings.

[SKINNYPIMP210]

I Just Pre-ordered It. I Hope This Is Worth It!

[zekes]

The San Antonio Spurs capped off a memorable season by sweeping the Cleveland Cavaliers in the NBA Finals for their 4th NBA Championship in nine years.

Relive the building of the Spurs dynasty with this special collection of all 16 NBA Finals game wins from the four championships in 1999, 2003, 2005 and 2007.

Own the DVD October 30th by purchasing it at your local H-E-B or Best Buy locations or look for it wherever DVDs are sold!

[FromWayDowntown]

Absolutely. The quality from all my tapes of the '99 playoffs are badly deteriorated. I can't wait to see those games at MSG. Robinson and Duncan were defensive monsters.

I recently transferred my tapes from 1999 to DVD. I'd agree that the quality isn't great, but it also isn't too bad, and at least I've got them at that standard for an appreciable period of time.

I am missing some games that I'd like to find to complete my collection -- I'm missing Game 3 of the 2005 Finals (not like I'd be anxious to watch that one again) and Game 3 of the 2003 WCF (which I would like to watch again at some point). I'm pretty sure, though, that Kori has put the squeeze on things like trading NBA video, so I'm not sure how I'll ever get those games.