Paramount releasing Star Trek on HD DVD

[Lord_Stewie]

hey guys,

I don't understand studios sometimes. However, paramount announced that they will be releasing star trek season 1 exclusively on HDDVD .

check out the link.
http://www.dvdtown.com/news/press-re...on-hd-dvd/4621

[GasCat]

Extremely

I can't post what I think or I would be banned.

[mike79]

luckily for me, I never liked star trek, but it still anoys me that a neutral studio releases exclusively on one format. Maybe they will make it up by releasing Transformers exclusively on Blu?

[buckshot]

I hope it looks like crap. never cared for star trek. a few of the movies are cool. maybe they'll release those blu ray exclusive. wrath ok khan exclusive to blu would be cool.

[dialog_gvf]

Originally Posted by buckshot

I hope it looks like crap. never cared for star trek. a few of the movies are cool. maybe they'll release those blu ray exclusive. wrath ok khan exclusive to blu would be cool.

I've been watching the re-mastered TOS. It's pretty cool to see the old shows cleaned up with totally new FX shots.

Gary

[dialog_gvf]

It was mentioned at CES. The HD DVD PG paid for this "exclusive" period like they did for The Matrix from Warner.

I was hoping Paramount would reconsider. But, I suppose a contract is a contract.

SRP: $217.99 for Season 1.

This for a format who's supporters whine that people aren't interested in paying over $200 for a PLAYER.

Gary

[MasterXeus]

Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

SRP: $217.99 for Season 1.

This for a format who's supporters whine that people aren't interested in paying over $200 for a PLAYER.

Gary

Price sounds about right, I wouldn't pay that much for it, but I guess there are people out there. After all how many people bought Sopranos Season 6 Part 1? They spent 89.95 to 129.99 for a half season. I’m sure they’re going to buy the Part 2 (and the price will most likely be about the same as part 1) so they’re going to spend somewhere around 179.90 to 259.98 for a season of the Sopranos

So going by the Sopranos, Star Trek Season 1 doesn't surprise me.

[Lord_Stewie]

paramount has been good to BD lately, i don't see why they would do such a thing.

[supersix4]

Originally Posted by MasterXeus

After all how many people bought Sopranos Season 6 Part 1? They spent 89.95 to 129.99 for a half season. I’m sure they’re going to buy the Part 2 (and the price will most likely be about the same as part 1) so they’re going to spend somewhere around 179.90 to 259.98 for a season of the Sopranos

well I'd pay
800+ for a huge blu-ray box set of sopranos lol ... I really hope its not gonna be 200 a season if that comes out but like with the sopranos they had it on ebay brand new 5 weeks after it came out for 55.99 buy now unopened so people could probly find those deals on trek.

[Jim L]

Originally Posted by dialog_gvf

It was mentioned at CES. The HD DVD PG paid for this "exclusive" period like they did for The Matrix from Warner.

I was hoping Paramount would reconsider. But, I suppose a contract is a contract.

SRP: $217.99 for Season 1.

This for a format who's supporters whine that people aren't interested in paying over $200 for a PLAYER.

Gary

At this price level, it will have about the same effect that the Matrix releases had -zilch!

HD DUD owners are not typical early adopters. I get the distinct feeling a lot of them are only Xbox 360 owners who bought the add-on and can barely afford it.

Quality is not their top concern and I don't think ST-TOS has the draw that the movies did. I liked the series, but I think that putting it on HD would have minimal benefit over the DVD and I don't think an old TV series is worth this kind of money - just for season 1!

[akadkins]

$217!?!! I wouldn't even pay that for a Blu-Ray version and I'm a big Trek fan. What research by any idiot shows that anyone would pay that much? That's just stupid...

[seanjohn21276]

I don't really care about having the show on BD, but the movies are another story. The six with the original cast and the ones with TNG crew.