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-->--'''Creator/BradJones''', ''WebVideo/DVDRHell''.

'''IMPORTANT NOTICE:''' When posting a show, if you know where the show can be illegally obtained, don't post it. Just say that copies exist out there on the Internet, and leave it at that. (Think of it this way; if the link becomes too popular, it might get taken down.)

{{Netflix}}? {{Creator/Hulu}}? iTunes? Not there.

{{Netflix}}? {{Hulu}}? iTunes? Not there.

''Try'' not to be angry that you can get the complete ''Series/TheBradyBunch Variety Hour'', ''Series/VanPires'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The PJs}}'', ''WesternAnimation/RobotAndMonster'', ''WesternAnimation/MakingFiends'', ''TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace'', ''HeyDude'' and ''Series/{{TJ Hooker}}'' on DVD but not ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'', ''WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', ''Series/OutOfJimmysHead'', ''WesternAnimation/TheBrothersGrunt'', ''ShiningTimeStation'', The Original Version of WesternAnimation/FrostyTheSnowman, or almost any music video of Music/TheBeatles.

''Try'' not to be angry that you can get the complete ''Series/TheBradyBunch Variety Hour'', ''Series/VanPires'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The PJs}}'', ''WesternAnimation/RobotAndMonster'', ''TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace'', ''HeyDude'' and ''Series/{{TJ Hooker}}'' on DVD but not ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'', ''WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', ''ShiningTimeStation'', or almost any music video of Music/TheBeatles.

''Try'' not to be angry that you can get the complete ''Series/TheBradyBunch Variety Hour'', ''Series/VanPires'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The PJs}}'', ''WesternAnimation/RobotAndMonster'', ''TwoGuysAGirlAndAPizzaPlace'', ''HeyDude'' and ''Series/{{TJ Hooker}}'' on DVD but not ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'', ''WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', ''ShiningTimeStation'', the 1960s Series/{{Batman}}, or almost any music video of Music/TheBeatles.

After steam stops shooting out of your ears, the question you're asking is probably... why? Well, a typical answer is that the television companies (correctly or incorrectly) don't think there's enough of a market for it to be worth releasing them, but it's not always their fault... ''directly''. An all-too-common cause is music rights. ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'' halfway fell victim to this with the show released to DVD, but the most of the popular music was omitted and replaced with Countdown Singers-esque soundalikes. ''WesternAnimation/BabyBlues'' wasn't as lucky as its DVD may never see the light of day due to the theme being "Its All Been Done" by The Music/BarenakedLadies. Royalties play a large part in it.

-->--'''Creator/Brad Jones''', ''WebVideo/DVDRHell''.

-->--'''[[WebVideo/TheCinemaSnob Brad Jones]]''', ''DVD-R Hell''.

The tape circulators could've probably hazarded a guess, but ''absolutely '''nobody''''' else saw the TV-on-DVD boom coming. TV on {{VHS}} had been tried, sure, but it wasn't even barely successful for even music-compilation heavyweights like Time-Life and Columbia House for several reasons:

''Try'' not to be angry that you can get the complete ''Series/TheBradyBunch Variety Hour'', ''Series/VanPires'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The PJs}}'', ''WesternAnimation/RobotAndMonster'', ''TwoGuysAndAGirl'', ''HeyDude'' and ''Series/{{TJ Hooker}}'' on DVD but not ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'', ''WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'', ''WesternAnimation/{{Recess}}'', ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', ''ShiningTimeStation'', the 1960s Series/{{Batman}}, or almost any music video of Music/TheBeatles.

''Try'' not to be angry that you can get the complete ''Series/TheBradyBunch Variety Hour'', ''Series/VanPires'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The PJs}}'', ''WesternAnimation/RobotAndMonster'', ''TwoGirlsAGuyAndAPizzaPlace'', ''HeyDude'' and ''Series/{{TJ Hooker}}'' on DVD but not ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'', WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'', ''WesternAnimation/Recess'', ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', ''ShiningTimeStation'', the 1960s Series/{{Batman}}, or almost any music video of Music/TheBeatles.

''Try'' not to be angry that you can get the complete ''Series/TheBradyBunch Variety Hour'', ''Series/VanPires'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The PJs}}'', ''WesternAnimation/RobotAndMonster'', and ''Series/{{TJ Hooker}}'' on DVD but not ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'', WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'', ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'', ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', the 1960s Series/{{Batman}}, or almost any music video of Music/TheBeatles.

''Try'' not to be angry that you can get the complete ''Series/TheBradyBunch Variety Hour'', ''Series/VanPires'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The PJs}}'', ''WesternAnimation/RobotAndMonster'', and ''Series/{{TJ Hooker}}'' on DVD but not ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'', WesternAnimation/WhateverHappenedToRobotJones'', ''WesternAnimation/TheMarvelousMisadventuresOfFlapjack'', ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', the 1960s ''Series/{{Batman}}'', or almost any music video of Music/TheBeatles.

''Try'' not to be angry that you can get the complete ''Series/TheBradyBunch Variety Hour'', ''Series/VanPires'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The PJs}}'' and ''Series/{{TJ Hooker}}'' on DVD but not ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'', ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam'', the 1960s ''Series/{{Batman}}'', or almost any music video of Music/TheBeatles.

Watch it online? You'd bookmark it in a second... until the company that owns the series threatens the video provider that legal consequences will ensue unless they remove the content.

And please accept our apologies if you [[IThoughtItMeant thought]] this Trope was about [[Literature/TheRing a certain woman in a well]].

''Try'' not to be angry that you can get the complete ''Series/TheBradyBunch Variety Hour'', ''Series/VanPires'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The PJs}}'' and ''Series/{{TJ Hooker}}'' on DVD but not ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'', ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam!'', the 1960s ''Series/{{Batman}}'', or almost any music video of Music/TheBeatles.

''Try'' not to be angry that you can get the complete ''Series/TheBradyBunch Variety Hour'', ''VanPires'', ''WesternAnimation/{{The PJs}}'' and ''Series/{{TJ Hooker}}'' on DVD but not ''WesternAnimation/MuppetBabies'', ''WesternAnimation/KaBlam!'', the 1960s ''Series/{{Batman}}'', or almost any music video of Music/TheBeatles.

After steam stops shooting out of your ears, the question you're asking is probably... why? Well, a typical answer is that the television companies (correctly or incorrectly) don't think there's enough of a market for it to be worth releasing them, but it's not always their fault... ''directly''. An all-too-common cause is music rights. ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'' halfway fell victim to this with the show released to DVD, but the most of the popular music ommited and replaced with Countdown Singers-esqe soundalikes. ''WesternAnimation/BabyBlues'' wasn't as lucky as its DVD may never see the light of day due to the theme being "Its All Been Done" by The Music/BarenakedLadies. Royalties play a large part in it.

After steam stops shooting out of your ears, the question you're asking is probably... why? Well, a typical answer is that the television companies (correctly or incorrectly) don't think there's enough of a market for it to be worth releasing them, but it's not always their fault... ''directly''. An all-too-common cause is music rights. ''WesternAnimation/MissionHill'' halfway fell victim to this with the show released to DVD, but the most of the popular music ommited and replaced with Countdown Singers-esqe soundalikes. ''WesternAnimation/BabyBlues'' wasn't as lucky as it's DVD may never see the light of day due to the theme being "Its All Been Done" by The Music/BarenakedLadies. Royalties play a large part in it.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes/MagazinesAndDesktopPublishing

# The outrageous amounts of shelf space needed for even '''one''' season of a series; a 22-episode season of an hour-long series needed eleven VHS tapes to fit on, though two-per-tape was the standard even for 22-minute-without-commercials shows (for which five episodes could fit on a two-hour tape), which even carried over into some DVD releases.

Even after the first wave started (thank HBO, specifically ''Series/TheSopranos'', for popularizing this wonderful thing of ours), they didn't sell nearly as well as they do now because of their frankly ''outrageous'' prices compared to today's. Additionally, copyright law is [[CalvinBall low, spooky voodoo]], and licensing something like a song for your show, licensing it for reruns, and licensing it for home video are not the same thing. And nobody wanted to pay more money for something that they would, in all likelihood, never use ([[ItWillNeverCatchOn "Television shows? On home video?]] ''[[ItWillNeverCatchOn By the season?]]'' [[ItWillNeverCatchOn Nonsense."]]). So here we are.

'''IMPORTANT NOTICE:''' When posting a show, if you know where the show can be illegally obtained, don't post it. Just say that copies exist out there on the internet, and leave it at that. (Think of it this way; if the link becomes too popular, it might get taken down.)

And please accept our apologies if you [[IThoughtItMeant thought]] this Trope was about [[TheRing a certain woman in a well]].

''Try'' not to be angry that you can get the complete ''BradyBunch Variety Hour'', ''VanPires'', ''The PJs'' and ''{{TJ Hooker}}'' on DVD but not ''MuppetBabies'', KaBlam! , the 1960s ''Series/{{Batman}}'', or almost any music video of Music/TheBeatles.

After steam stops shooting out of your ears, the question you're asking is probably... why? Well, a typical answer is that the television companies (correctly or incorrectly) don't think there's enough of a market for it to be worth releasing them, but it's not always their fault... ''directly''. An all-too-common cause is music rights. Mission Hill halfway fell victim to this with the show released to DVD, but the most of the popular music ommited and replaced with Countdown Singers-esqe soundalikes. Baby Blues wasn't as lucky as it's DVD may never see the light of day due to the theme being "Its All Been Done" by The Barenaked Ladies. Royalties play a large part in it.

There once was a show. YouKnowThatShow. It was a really good show. TooGoodToLast? Perhaps. Or maybe it was [[SoBadItsGood something else]]; it's just as likely that it's the NostalgiaFilter speaking. Still, you'd love to relive the memories, and share it with your friends.