Getting the entire series on DVDs that I'm happy with has been a real pain. I've always wanted the whole series on video. We got a VCR for Christmas, 1988, when I was almost 14, and around that time the local CBS affiliate starting running them in syndication five days a week at 9 AM. Of course, I w...

The early character development clearly notes Higgins not wanting him there. If it was a setup from the get go the writers would have set a different tone in the early episodes. In the very first season (1.12 - Thicker Than Blood) we find out that "Higgins not wanting him there" was just an act, i....

It's hard to get a good look at TC's watch because he wore it on the wrong side of his wrist, so shots that would normally show the face just show the buckle of the strap. I skimmed through Skin Deep and only saw two shots that showed the face, and neither was close enough to see much. However, it l...

but in the '80s, as today, a real suppressor would have been an NFA-restricted item So is every full-auto firearm that's ever appeared in a movie or TV show since 1934. There were plenty of full-autos used in MPI, including in this very scene. NFA items aren't a problem for Hollywood productions; t...

Actually, I just compared some episodes from different seasons and now am even more confused. It seems that even in one season there are many different levels of quality and sharpness between episodes. (To be clear, I'm still talking about the british FF release here) The DVDs are all over the plac...

However, even though a true remaster, meaning scanning all available 35mm camera negatives and arranging every episode back together again digitally (shot for shot) would be best... I never had high hopes in that regard. I'm afraid that's just too much work and too costly in their mind. So the next...

I've been wondering for a long time whether this might be because of the fire that reportedly happened at some time at Universal's archives. Were the master tapes for the later seasons destroyed in that? Are there better copies that could be scanned? Hopefully they're not using master tapes at all,...

MaximRecoil, that's awesome! It's the right color too! :D I bet it's lots of fun in the dirt. Thanks, and yeah, it was done up like the "General Lee," probably in the early 1980s, considering the shape it was already in when I got it in '94. I'm guessing they used vinyl stickers for the "01" on the...

Give me a good ol' Ferrari 308. :D Yeah, that's a pure car, especially the European version that didn't have its design influenced by bureaucrats mandating oversized "5 MPH bumpers." The only body style I like better than the 308 is the second-generation Dodge Charger (and luckily, those came out a...

For consoles from Atari 2600 to Super Nintendo I use a 32" RCA CRT TV that I bought new in 2005 That's hard-core. I'm a huge Atari fan, and I modded all of my Ataris with UAV and added S-video output. I feed that through a RetroTINK 2X-Mini into my Vizio 43" TV. Looks great, but it doesn't look lik...

but old TV shows just don't seem right to me on anything other than a CRT TV. Not even a flat screen TV? :shock: My PC monitor, which I got in 2006 (and it was already about 2 years old at the time), is a 22" Mitsubishi Diamondtron, which is the same idea as a Sony Trinitron (flat CRT with an apert...

I would be perfectly happy with the DVD releases if they'd been done right, because I watch Magnum, P.I. on a standard-definition CRT TV, the same as I did when it originally aired. DVD quality (when done right) is beyond NTSC broadcast quality, so it's more than enough to max out the potential of a...

Hey, that's written by our resident firearms expert MaximRecoil! Looks like he's a phone nut too! Fun post, thanks. Indeed. I have several Western Electric phones, including a Fortress payphone that still functions as an actual payphone, so the joke that MikeS mentioned isn't a joke here because it...

Interestingly, neither the Magnum, PI Colt owned by ISS nor the one on display at the NRA Museum (which is now closed) appear to be the one in this screenshot: http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3180/2998203127_64b1875f21_o.jpg Note the apparent scratch on this Colt's slide near the end. Yeah, that pro...

When did the supernatural stuff creep into the series? By that I do not mean "A little voice in my head..." but things like solving stuff through Magnum's dreams? IMO, Severals episodes gave the opportunity to TM to maintain his "psychic" abilities while experiencing 'dreams' or visions', and espec...