Customer Ratings & Reviews

Another great SciFi series. Fun for the whole family. Recommend.

One of my favorite shows, glad to see it all together in one big set now!

If you have watched Eureka you're missing a funny & entertaining show

Love this series! I ordered this before Father's Day and it finally came! other than that, I would re_order again as presents

very wierd, funny story lines Very Sci Fi, alot of fatasy

Great tv would highly recommend to all syfy enthusiasts

It's... okay. If it were a dollar more I'd knock it, but it's hard to pass up a complete set for this price even with its glaring flaws. Short version: If you want the complete series with slightly better video and much better audio than streaming offers, get this. Now. If you are a die-hard videophile and won't tolerate bare-bones packaging, regular bouts of iffy video quality and lack of substantive extras, then don't waste your money. Longer version... Viewing setup: Samsung Blu-Ray player, Yamaha RX-A1080 receiver also used for video switching, Sharp Aquos 1080p tv. VIDEO (C): Mill Creek has done a "meh" job of porting the series to Blu Ray. I say "meh" because the video quality is noticeably inconsistent. Most scenes have some level of video noise, and there are regular bouts of some of the most horrible video noise and compression strobing I've seen in years. It's most noticeable in darker scenes, especially in seasons 1 and 2. It gets better with later seasons but never completely goes away. I'm presuming it's a combination of source material and how the compression algorithm handles grain in darker scenes. The few scenes that absolutely pristine - beautiful detail, no grain or over-smoothing, and vibrant, accurate colors - make the remainder an extreme disappointment. It would be absolutely unacceptable if this were a presentation- or collector-level set. As a sub $40 option for the entire series, it's tolerable, but only because it's only slightly better video quality than streaming offers. The pristine scenes are a solid A to A+. Unfortunately the bad scenes are obvious and often enough to drag the overall grade down to a mere C. AUDIO (B): Audio 5.1 and is clear and free of extraneous noise. Dialog is clear, music has clarity and depth, surround is used effectively, and action scenes engage LFE acceptably well for a made-for-TV series. However, LFE use is both sparing and a bit thin. It's definitely not used to its full potential. The same is true for surround channels. They are present and do an acceptable job of enveloping the listener but they could certainly have been used to much greater effect. My presumption is that LFE and surround deficiencies are the result of the show's original production limitations, both budget and schedule. As it stands, they are more than adequate so long as you don't expect reference-quality audio. Not bad for a budget release. One notable issue with audio is Mill Creek's bombastic studio intro at the beginning of each disc. Audio levels are jarringly loud, almost painfully so. On my receiver, the comfortable listening level for episodes is -15 dB. To get the same perceived level during the intro I had to drop the level to -30. EXTRAS (C): Extras are limited to a few podcasts, interviews, and gag reels. They were obviously thrown together in haste and look to be a direct port from the Germany-language box set release several years ago. Okay for the set but not substantive enough to add significant value. PACKAGING AND MENUS (C+): The box is simple printed cardboard with minimal labeling. Discs come in two boxes, six to the box. The discs feel noticeably flimsy and appear physically thinner than most Blu Ray platters, so much so that I am consciously careful when removing discs lest I crack one. Menus are minimalist with a simple static background and plain-text choices. Nothing fancy but they work. OVERALL: I love Eureka. It's been a guilty pleasure of mine from the day the pilot aired. I was thrilled to see it on a US-spec box set, especially for the price. I should have been leery of it coming from Mill Creek but I let that slide. Unfortunately Mill Creek has lived down to its reputation for iffy video and barest of bare-bones offerings. It's acceptable given the extremely modest price tag, but only because it's A) a complete set at my fingertips for under forty bucks and B) offers slightly better quality than streaming. I can only hope SciFy or Universal sees fit to issue a reference-quality set at some point in the future.

The Eureka TV series is a 'playful' look at the many different fields of science and how they can impact our daily lives. Of course, things go wrong in the series episodes on an almost minute-by-minute basis, but that made for very interesting story lines. It would be nice to think that there was an enclave of brilliant people hidden away that were going to solve all our problems, but that just is not reality. However, the characters in the series usually solved their own problems with sometimes interesting results. I found the story lines to be interesting and partially grounded in real science, and the solutions to the different problems were also creative. It is too bad this series ended so soon as it was a different take on the issues of directed scientific exploration and research. It is also interesting to note how some of the story lines are actually starting to come to reality - Nuclear Fusion, Nanotechnology, more efficient propulsion systems for space exploration, etc. While final answers and products in these areas are not quite here yet, they are approaching quickly, and this series gives us a kind of -'what's next' view of the possible near future. I would definitely recommend this series to fans of SiFi and who have an interest in real science as well!

One of the best sci-fi shows I watched and enjoyed each episode