GREAT PRICE FOR THE WHOLE SERIES

Okay, let's get the thing you're wondering about out of the way up top. YES IT WILL PLAY ON US BLURAY PLAYERS. I don't know why they didn't make a bigger deal about this set in the US. It's great to have the whole series on Blu. It looks great and is everything you want out of a BluRay picture. It's pretty obvious by the fact that you have to select what language the menu will be in at the top every time that this set wasn't produced for just English speaking regions (in fact the art on the disc faces aren't entirely in English), so maybe that's part of why you have to stumble upon it...but yes, you'll be able to view it in your home in the States, with English menus, and all the original dialogue in the language it was recorded in, etc.

The packaging leaves a little to be desired. It's one of those space-saving packages (similar to how the Star Trek franchise has packaged their TNG or DS9 runs), and normally I don't mind that. But in this case they've gone even further with it and stacked discs ON TOP ONE ONE ANOTHER, two to a spindle for at least the first season. Very inconvenient if you want to watch something on disc 4--you've got to take out discs 1-3 first to get to it. And I don't think there are any "bonus features" anywhere in the set unless I'm just not seeing them--so no mini-documentaries or blooper reels. And that's a sad loss, but in general, you're getting 100% of the episodes in crystal clear picture and you never thought you'd get that in the US. If you're just looking to see the whole series and set it on your shelf, this will definitely do the job. (The packaging and lack of bonuses are what make this a 4-star instead of 5-star review.)

With the nature of the packaging, I'd also recommend going through and checking all the discs once you've received it. I found a couple that were jostled loose in shipping, but the packaging is tight enough that they weren't damaged. Worth taking the time to take a look though.

In general, it's worth the money and it'll be hours of fun.

Easy, On time, and no surprises. Would buy from again.

As advertised, cd case arrived damaged but dvds are fine.

I had previously owned two of the individual seasons of House and tried to watch it while it was on, but the date/time was never great for me. I loved the show from the beginning; when I got married, it fell to my watching priority list because my husband had never really watched it and by that time it was season 7 and he wasn't going to pick it up so late in the game.

Fast forward 3 years. While browsing one morning, I see that the complete series is the gold box deal. The price was great and since I missed the last 2 1/2 seasons (but heard they were fabulous), I really wanted to pick it back up.

The packaging is ok. All of the seasons are individually housed; together they are kept in a box. A number of the little plastic bits that hold the DVDs in the packaging were broken, so some of them slide around a bit. I actually have to store mine sideways to reduce disc movement. That doesn't bother me a lot. It's more annoying than anything.

The series itself is fantastic. I started over at season one and found that I enjoy the episodes just as much as I did the first time I saw them. Some I remember, some I don't. Some I think I missed altogether the first time around. My husband started watching it with me and he's hooked. He is impressed with the attention to detail and character. The plot lines are always interesting. While each episode (at least the first few seasons) could, in theory, be watched individually, the writers do a good job of keeping short sub-plots woven throughout the series. Most of them only last 5-6 episodes so they don't get tedious.