Nothing Says Happy Holidays Like Heroin

I was watching a double episode of Intervention last night and after one of the commercial breaks something wonderful came on. Apparently, Intervention is available for purchase in a box set. They didn't come right out and say it but you know that they wanted to say this: "Makes a great gift at the Holidays." It's the perfect gift for that person who has everything. I can guarantee that they don't have the box set of Intervention.
Is it just me or is there a major difference between catching an episode on TV (or DVR'ing it.... whatever) and actually OWNING the box set and popping in the DVD intentionally?