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DVD SALE: Warner Archive

Media maniacs like me are always on the lookout for obscure TV shows and movies that have long been unavailable on DVD. Now studios are responding to our thirst by pouring out lesser-known titles exclusively through online storefronts, cutting out the middleman and enabing enough profit to finally release these unsung gems, campfests and subsequent seasons.

Right now, Warner Archive is hosting a Memorial Day sale that takes 30 percent off single DVDs and 20 percent off multi-disc sets (which are usually already a significant savings over individual discs).

Be sure to take a look at their offerings -- then come back here soon to learn more about this sudden TV and movie DVD bonanza.

I'm writing a more extensive feature story on online archive goodies, to be posted shortly in our homepage DVD spot to the right of For Better or Werts. It'll outline offerings from Warner, Shout, MGM, MTV and other production entities.

And it'll include lots of links to quickly and conveniently connect you to all the goodies they've got going.

I've watched several Warner Archive titles, from last season's CBS series Eleventh Hour to NBC's still-superb 1983 TV movie Emmy winner Special Bulletin, a riveting breaking-news tale shot on videotape to approximate TV coverage of an ongoing terrorist situation. The quality has been good, considering few of the titles are specifically restored for DVD.

Check back shortly for more on this great new opportunity for connoisseurs like us to flesh out our DVD (and download!) collections. But shop the Warner Archive sale now! (It ends Monday, May 31.)

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Diane Werts has been glued to the tube since she can remember, growing up in a household where the TV came on first thing in the morning and stayed on till bedtime and beyond. She worked for the USA Film Festival, then for The Dallas Morning News writing about everything from Shakespeare to macrame art to rock music (and has the hearing loss to prove it). She moved to New York's Newsday to edit their glossy TV magazine, then returned to writing about television, specializing in its stranger permutations. She's a past president of the Television Critics Association.

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