We know, the wait is most definitely not enjoyable, but here's a few more details to hopefully tide you over until
Star Trek: The Original Series is finally launched on HD DVD. Reportedly, the disc will feature "never-before-seen footage exclusive to the next-gen edition," including behind the scenes 8-millimeter footage taken during the
original production of the show. Additionally, it's being hinted that the studio is planning to give Comic-Con attendees a "first peek" at the long-awaited release on July 26 at a special event, and while there's still no word on this title making its way to Blu-ray, we'd be fairly surprised if it didn't make the jump in due time.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Michael @ Jul 13th 2007 1:34AM
You ever think that if they were to just release Star Trek and the movies exclusively in HD DVD, it might be a big movement to end the war? I mean, this excites me like crazy! To be honest, the only reason I got the HD DVD add-on for my 360 was because I knew Star Trek was coming out on HD DVD, so that was why I took sides in the war.
hitu @ Jul 13th 2007 2:11AM
blu ray is better than hd dvd,so i am not going to buy star trek on hd dvd.
paloooz @ Jul 13th 2007 2:27AM
What makes Blu-Ray better than HD-DVD? I mean, right here, it says that Star Trek comes on HD-DVD. That means that HD-DVD > Blu-Ray.
Me @ Jul 13th 2007 2:31AM
Yeah right, they both use the same video and audio codecs, they both use the same protection for the most part, they are both capable of the same resolution. The only thing different is the size of the discs but i wouldnt necesserily say that makes Blu-Ray better, look at CD vs Minidisc.
Kevin Murphy @ Jul 13th 2007 3:00AM
@Me.
Blu-ray has a couple other minor technical advantages besides disc capacity, and the extra copy-protection on BD makes the studios happier, but all this is balanced by the fact that HD DVD is inherently cheaper, both the players and discs.
Andy @ Jul 13th 2007 8:09AM
the war is already over, thanks to Ps3. Only blind people did not see that.
Denis @ Jul 13th 2007 10:19AM
@Andy
You mean the PS3 that in last place in game console sales (being outsold by MS and Nintendo).
@Kevin Murphy
Extra Copy protection that is what I really want with my movies.....
Andrew @ Jul 13th 2007 12:26PM
What's interesting is that these are being released on DVD/HD DVD combo discs and ONLY combo discs. No DVD only release.
Terry @ Jul 13th 2007 3:19PM
True, no standard DVD and only on HD DVD means that it will sell like crazy.
Btw, here are some screenshots I found on the remastered version. Looks nice!
http://reviews.avsforum.com/showproduct.php?product=706&cat=3
Tom @ Jul 16th 2007 9:13AM
Owning both a bluray and a HD DVD player I must say that I am much happier with my HD DVD player. It has better quality, offers more features and is less expensive
Asterra @ Jul 27th 2007 2:18AM
A clarification on Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD.
Blu-ray has technical advantages: Theoretical disc capacity. Theoretical bitrate. In practice, most movies are single-layer, owing to aforementioned costs, meaning they are 5GB smaller than all HD-DVD discs.
HD-DVD has no technical advantages but does boast the decisive practical advantage of a video library which is 100% VC-1 or AVC. The Blu-ray library, on the other hand, is irreversibly plagued with a majority proportion of inferior MPEG-2 encodes. For an example of the consequences of this trend, witness closeup comparisons between the original and reworked Fifth Element. When the bitrate is starved, the codecs reduce detail to compensate. The film grain otherwise naturally inherent in a movie like Fifth Element, as well as non-artifact details of similar scope, are blurred, effecting a reduction in visual resolution and the infamous "Blur-ray" phenomenon that results in many Blu-ray titles looking scarcely better than DVD.
The sad footnote to these observations is that about 50% of all announced Blu-ray releases remain slated as MPEG-2 encodes. So HD-DVD will persist in trumping Blu-ray in the one aspect that matters significantly.
JeffDM @ Aug 4th 2007 12:37AM
Asterra; I've seen several MPEG-2 encoded HD titles that look far better than DVD and they seem to do very good justice to the original material. Everything I've watched so far was crisp and without artifacts. I think your 50% figure for going forward is also well off the mark, and sounds like part of a FUD campaign to me. Maybe about a third of the existing titles that I've watched so far are in MPEG-2 and so far, none of the new titles I've watched so far are MPEG-2, it's heavily biased towards AVC now.
Tim @ Aug 15th 2007 4:30PM
HD DVD has no region coding. It has Mandatory Managed Copy that can't be disabled. Two huge advantages.
Blu-Ray has no advantage over Blu-Ray other than disc space (and it's not a huge advantage given few releases even make use of it).
Diog @ Sep 15th 2007 10:48PM
I have seen the Prices for Blue-Ray Fall, as well as HD DVD. Now, I don't think that most people are going to go out, and Spend $500 on a Blue-Ray Player, then $30 per Movie! Thats just Stupid!!
HD DVD players are priced bellow the $100 mark, and the Movies are more reasonably priced. And our Economy suggest's that People are tighter than Ever with Money right now, so I believe that the HD DVD Format will Win the Battle!!
Besides, if they are the same in Qualiity, why would Someone pay more?!? Look at Sony!! They support the Blue-Ray format, but they don't realize that most people don't by the Sony HDTV's, as much as a more Affordable Brand, like Toshiba or Mitsubishi.
I have Always liked Sony, but they have Become an Elitist Brand, now. And they are making themselves sound like you have to pay-up to own their Brand now!! What the hell happened?!?