Friends: The Complete Series (4K UltraHD) [4K UHD]

I'm 40 and had never watched FRIENDS until a year ago on HBO MAX. I mean I had seen a few episodes here and there as a teenager because my best friend's parents were obsessed with it and never missed an episode but that's it. I was one of those teenagers who was against anything super popular and mainstream (why? No idea. I think that was just a 90s "cool" thing?). My husband was the same way and had actually never seen a single episode. WELL, boy were we missing out! We both were absolutely hooked pretty much from the very first episode to the very last. When I decided to watch the series for a second time I didn't want to deal with commercials so I went ahead and splurged on this box set. I'm so glad I did. I'm currently on my 4th rewatch and it's now my all time favorite sitcom. Every character is so funny and so lovable, this show makes me laugh even when I'm in the worst of moods. It's also the only sitcom I have ever seen that is perfect from the very first season. I find most sitcoms to be pretty cringe worthy during at least the first half of the first season but not with FRIENDS. If you thought you were too cool to watch it (like I did when it was originally on the air) then think again and give it a shot. You'll probably love it (I mean the fashion and nostalgia of the 90s and early 2000s alone makes me really happy) I'm so happy I gave it a chance! About time.

Worth every doggone penny for the laughter and joy of rewatching the best show ever.

Got this used and it's not good quality; you can't watch it all the way through all of the episodes

Dang, 190$ bones was a lot to drop on a set of a TV show that isn't even my favorite, but i love Matthew Perry and Matt LeBlanc. I didn't own the show yet so i decided to go whole hog on it and i am glad i did.This is not a review of the show but the quality of the 4K release, specifically. To start off, the actual packaging is delightfully slimmed down so two seasons are in each separate case and it is so much better this way to reduce clutter. There is a separate standard blu ray case with two full discs of additional bonus features, and an included booklet with an episode listing for all the discs and chapters for the bonus discs.Now for the real wow part to me-the video quality of the show itself. It does not use DolbyVision, however, they are in HDR and i must say, for a relatively older show, WB clearly gave love to one of their most popular series. The colors and sharpness even in the early seasons are instantly noticeable and gorgeous! Fantastic job, i must say, as a techy kind of guy who has a large physical media collection, this is one of the best looking TV shows out there, even going against something newer like Better Call Saul.The other wonderful part of this set, is that unlike a lot of 4K discs, you can stop this, turn off the player, and come back to it later. It instantly pops up with a "Resume where you left off" button! Yay! No trying to fast forward to where i was before. Great stuff.Ultimately, if you are a Friends fan, this is the best possible set for you but that price is kind of ridiculous, even though it is well made. Also, if you already own the DVDs or Blu Ray releases, this becomes less palatable. It really is a beautiful release though.

Good collection item . No flaws

This is a great set, all the discs played perfectly and they're packaged very well. The picture looked wonderful.

I am very happy I decided to upgrade my series of Friends from DVD to Blu Ray. The series has never looked better than it does here! All ten seasons have been formatted from the original film negatives to widescreen instead of it's regular 4:3 aspect ratio,and scanned in HD. The results are stunning! There are details I had never even noticed before in the apartment and various sets. Colors pop and are very vibrant, textures are very noticeable, and clarity is very strong! I never thought the DVD's looked that great to begin with. The picture was a bit murky and washed out on all the seasons in my opinion. On the Blu Ray release, that is no longer the case. It's almost like watching the series for the very first time! The Audio is 5.1 Dolby Digital and all the episodes sound great. Each season contains the bonus features ported over from the DVD releases, plus a bonus disc of all new bonus features and a nice book that serves as an episode guide for the entire series. The only downside to this set for hardcore fans, is that it does not contain the extended versions of certain episodes like the DVD releases did. Bonus features on season 7 on the blu set has the extended versions for four episodes that season, but that is the only season on the blu set that has the extended versions. For me that doesn't really matter because I have them on the DVD 's and after watching the Blu Ray set, I will probably never look at the DVD's again. This will always be my go to because the show looks so amazing in HD and widescreen. I can't reccomend this set enough for fans of the show who want to have this great series in their collection!

What's not to like? If you were a fan of the series, here it is and it's as excellent as ever. If you didn't like the show, don't buy the set; it's still Friends, it hasn't changed.The packaging leaves a lot to be desired, sadly. In the interest of space it is very compact, which is fine. In the interest of keeping cost down it is very cheap and by cheap I mean the hinge that holds the disc pages together inside the clamshell case falls apart every time I open it to change discs. The book-like plastic pages that hold the discs are not attached along the spine to the clamshell like other sets I have, so it's all loose - open carefully or they may fall out. After a bit of use, I imagine these pages will no longer snap back together - they don't hold together anyway, so this will go from poor to non-functional. Not great.Shipping was as stated - very fast, 1 day. Yay!