As you know a box set is a compilation of different musical recordings, movies, television shows, or other collection of related things that are contained in a box. That is why you can find your favorite movie, music or even books in a CD or DVD box sets. There are many popular programs that you can find on the box sets.
What are usually on the box sets?
There are different types of box sets that you can find in the market. They generally are
Musical Box Sets: that usually contain three or more CD (and sometimes DVD as well) covering a broad range of the music of a given artist or genre. Generally artists and bands with a long and successful career do have anthology or essential collections of their music released as box sets. These musical box sets often include rare and unreleased tracks of the artists that add more value to it.
DVD or VHS Box Sets: can include popular movies, television programs or sports broadcasts. This can very well include an entire season of a television program, movies from a particular director/actor, movies related to a particular theme, or films of series such as Star Wars.
Book Box Sets: may include a complete set of books by a particular publishing house or author. With the book box sets you can find by well known authors who have written several related books or whose work is considered historically important.