Written by James Fohl

It seems that in every store I go, from the local drug store to the dollar store down the road, everywhere is selling these one dollar DVDs. Chances are you have seen them; they come in a hard paper cover instead of the traditional DVD case, and sport graphics of 1950's TV shows, old movies, or cartoons that nobody has probably heard of before.

One Dollar DVDs Deliver 1950's Television, Movies, Cartoons

It's apparent that several companies are producing the discs, mainly comprising of content from the 1950's, and now discs are available with a wide variety of different materials. As mentioned before, you can grab a disc with several episodes of an old TV show from the 1950's, or a classic movie that you probably have seen on either the AMC or TCM television channels. Other discs have mixtures of different 1940's – 1950's cartoons on them.

The Digital Transfer Of The 50's Material Is Quite Good

The discs are pretty cheap, at a dollar or less each, and deliver what they promise. The transfer of the old TV shows to the digital format is actually quite good, and the people who produced the discs took time in designing the menus for the discs. All in all, the discs deliver what they promise.

But the real question is, who really wants to watch SPACE STORIES a pathetic sci-fi show from the 1950's, or episodes of I Love Lucy, when you can just turn on your television and watch them for free. The answer is, amazingly, a lot of people, as the cheap one dollar DVDs are a huge success in stores such as Wal-Mart (which retails the one dollar DVDs for a mere eighty eight cents) as well as the numerous dollar stores.

A wide variety of TV shows are appearing in the cases of the DVDs arriving in stores that will interest people. Before, I passed the dollar DVDs because to me, they were not even worth a dollar, and I would rather spend my dollar on something such as a bottle of soda, but lately I have been finding myself searching through the DVDs and have been finding TV shows such as Dragnet, All in the Family, Miami Vice, Mister Ed and other classic television shows. The discs give me a couple of episodes for a mere dollar, and I find these DVDs excellent to have for my car's DVD player when I am stuck in traffic during rush hour.

Next Time You See The DVDs, Instead Of Passing, Take A Look

The next time you pass by these displays of DVDs (as mentioned before, they are EVERYWHERE) take a look into what kind of material are on the DVDs; you might be pleasantly surprised. Even if you buy one, and it does not turn out to be good, just remember that you only spent a dollar; not five, ten or even twenty on the disc, and you can always use it as a Frisbee.