Wrapping up loose threads (and maybe starting new ones)

This is a quick follow up to yesterday's post. I was about half done with my original task when I shot off onto the Trekkie tangent. Since I had a few extra minutes today, I decided to go ahead and finish what I was working on. As a refresher, I was curious to see how much it would cost per episode to own an entire sci-fi television series on DVD. My initial large list was whittled down to ten due to a couple of criterion: the series had to have been concluded and all of the seasons had to have been released on DVD. So, without further ado...


Cost per episode

1. Firefly ($2.50)
2. Star Trek Voyager ($2.83)
3. The X-Files ($3.12)
4. Star Trek Next Generation ($3.28)
5. Babylon 5 ($3.36)
6. Star Trek ($3.37)
7. Crusade ($3.46)
8. Star Trek Deep Space Nine ($3.62)
9. Battlestar Galactica ($3.75)
10. Farscape* ($5.28)

* This was the only show that does not have a complete series DVD boxed set. All four seasons have to be purchased separately. I would expect this price per episode to go down once the complete series set is released.

And, just for good measure:


Number of episodes

1. The X-Files (202)
   
2. Star Trek Next Generation (178)
   
3. Star Trek Deep Space Nine (176)
   
4. Star Trek Voyager (172)
   
5. Babylon 5 (110)
   
6. Farscape (88)
   
7. Star Trek (79)
   
8. Battlestar Galactica (24)
   
9. Firefly (14)
   
10. Crusade (13)

Now I wonder how that compares with non sci-fi TV show DVD boxed sets? I should probably pretend I never had that thought...