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Star Trek TNG DVDs
pgudge writes "startrek.com had a post about the paramount release of Star Trek The Next Generation on DVD. Claimed a around $100 for the season pack, including 7 DVD's. And that other season are to be released every other month thereafter. all done in Dolby Digital 5.1. Release date expected 26th march"
Good way to watch them without suffering through TNN's ridiculous image
squashing technology (Proudly proving that in the future everyone is
either a pro wrestler, or shaped like a pear!)
Great!
This means I'll be able to download the shows real soon now on Morpheus, Gnutella or EDonky2000!
I kinda like watching TNG on TNN, it's weird, I know, but it adds to the atmosphere. So much of Star Trek is like a big party, a community, I don't always feel right watching it myself in the comfort of my own home, I like the feeling that millions of losers are watching it with me. Anybody else catch techTV's little stints at the Star Trek Experience lately? Excellent, nothing like an interview with a real Klingon to remind you that the culture is out there, not on your DVD shelf.
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Yeah, right! All this really means is that there will now be DIVX copies of Next Gen online.
All seven discs are encoded with the Macrovision(TM) AntiCopy process. The above information pertains to the North American release only.
:o)
When are we getting them in region 2? Will ours be macrovision free? As we know only you US guys copy them to VHS for leet pirate salez
This post is not serious
But somehow, watching them years later, especially after going through the entire run of B5 and being a bit older, I find that many of the episodes really, really suck badly.
They simply don't hold up well at all.
And while the first season of most shows usually pretty weak, I find it took a long time for TNG to really get anywhere. The early episodes of the first season are especially painful and I find them completely unwatchable.
I'll just pass on the DVDs and remember TNG for how I saw it then and avoid any reruns. Let the pleasent memories remain.
I hope more TV series are released in this fashion. For example, Farscape is still 2eps a disk, making it unweldly to get. If you consider that you can cut the cost of production by having one large inset booklet and combined packaging, it's much more reasonable on both end of the sale.
"Pinky, you've left the lens cap of your mind on again." - P&TB
"I can see my house from here!" - ST:
As you corny as you say the first episodes were (I disagree, but I digress), they are still better than half of the damn crap on tv today.
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This is a great concept, if for nothing else but the marketing involved. At the end of every season after the second one, there was a season finale cliffhanger. You will get to the last DVD in the series and go, "well dang, I gotta have the next season!" Then you run out and pop down another C-note!
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I am dissapointed to find out that these DVDs are in full frame only. While today full frame is more popular, what about in a couple years? If a program was shot in widescreen, it needs to be presented in widescreen, at least as an option on DVDs. Also, I don't like the face that the episodes are out of order and the fact that the box height doesn't match that of a normal DVD case. Other than than, they look great, but at $100/season, I for sure expect widescreen and standardized cases/episode ordering.
-James
the extra features usually aren't pirated, just the main feature.
the difference in quality between cable (or digital cable) broadcasts and the dvd probably isn't noticeable after it's been compressed with divx, and if you're a rampaging collector, you'll buy the dvd anyways. and in most cases it would be to replace the collection of vhs tapes that the shows were recorded on, or to pick up that one episode from season n that they're missing.
they broadcast the episodes for free for chrissakes. i'd feel just as bad about downloading the episodes as i would asking a friend to tape the show for me.
How much video you can stash on the disc also depends on the resolution and the quality of the compression.
Sure, they could've put more on each disc, but you'd likely have noticed the difference. In fact, if you use the maximum allowed bitrate (10.08Mbps), you can only hold about 107 minutes.
These facts all come from your DVD Demystified site with the help of my friend Math.
Step 1. www.warnerbros.com
Step 2. Do a search for Babylon 5 under DVD heading.
Step 3. Fork over dough for intro movie. Cost = 14 + 4 Shipping. $18.00 total.
Step 4. Begin saving dough to buy Seasons if / when they come out.
L2
"That's no moon"... Obi-Wan Kenobi
I hate to be topical, here, but we are not Borg. The "Slashdot Community" is no more a single hive-mind with but a single thought than any other broad-based subculture (I remember someone explaining to me that this is why the gay community has such a hard time getting anything done).
When you see one article with folks flaming the MPAA and saying that they (MPAA) needs to be stopped, and another which raves about some new DVD, why would you assume that the same people are interested? Slashdot is correctly reporting on "News for Nerds", it's not censoring "cool MPAA stuff" because it would hurt some particular cause any more than its censoring anti-MPAA stuff; nor should they!
Now, I very much see the value in pointing out to the "ooh, shiny thing" audience that these brand new nifty DVDs are brought to you by the folks who want to stamp out fair use as if it were a plague, but let's not expect that EVERYONE will listen. Many folks who are geeky enough to care about what Slashdot says have no interest in fair use and what it means to them. I consider this their loss, but it's a valid point of view.