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Star Trek HD DVD phaser promo details uncloaked

by Steven Kim, posted Nov 22nd 2007 at 9:33PM

Star Trek HD DVD phaser promo details uncloakedAll you trekkies who picked up a new Toshiba HD DVD player and the Star Trek: The Original Series set to go along with your new toy, perk up your ears Vulcan style. You should already know the CBS-Toshiba Federation have a phaser-styled remote promotion just for you. A $70 value, the remote will operate any Toshiba HD DVD player (if you have a HD DVD player, chances are it's a Toshiba) with Trek-style lights (ooh) and sounds (ahh). It's the perfect way to stay "in character" as you plow through the 10 disc set. In a press release, Toshiba and CBS direct you to a website to claim your phaser; but get to it right away -- the promotion only runs until February 29, or until the limited supply of this Federation-issue sidearm run out.

Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1 HD DVD review roundup

by Richard Lawler, posted Nov 19th 2007 at 2:05PM

Paramount's Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1 HD DVD boxed set has finally hit shelves, and we've just got to know if it's worth the price. That price is a heft $194.99 MSRP for the ten disc DVD / HD DVD combo set -- currently selling for around $135 at various online retailers -- and judging by the reviews, that may be its only notable flaw. Every review we've seen gave consistent praise to the audio and video quality of the remastered and retouched high definition transfers. The special features are also praiseworthy with some HD DVD exclusives, although digitallyObsessed notes a few are only available on the SD side. We have to wonder if Paramount might follow 300's lead and release a DVD-less set, but any Trekkies that pick this up can expect the best looking and sounding Star Trek: TOS ever.

Read - digitallyObsessed
Read - IGN
Read - The ManRoom
Read - PS3 Center
Read - High Def Disc News

Theaters to offer sneak peak of Star Trek HD DVD

by Steven Kim, posted Oct 11th 2007 at 1:19AM

Star Trek HD coming to theatersAll right, trekkies, time to bust your best Star Trek costume out of the mothballs! Not for Halloween, you Talosian smacktard, but for the big screen showing of the two-part classic Star Trek episode, "The Menagerie." On November 20th 13th, a week before the release of the DVD/HD DVD combo boxed set of "Star Trek: The Original Series Season 1", the episode will be shown in all its HD glory at 300 theaters nationwide. True fans demand more, though, so the theaters will also be showing a new introduction by Eugene Roddenberry and a "behind the scenes" feature. Follow the link for details on where you can catch 40-foot Kirk and how many bones it'll cost you.

Buy Star Trek: TOS HD DVD and a Toshiba HD DVD player, get an uber-rare Phaser remote

by Darren Murph, posted Sep 6th 2007 at 10:55AM

If you somehow managed to hold off on picking up a Toshiba HD DVD player along with eight free titles, and you eat, sleep, and breathe Star Trek, we've got a feeling your resistance is futile. In an admittedly interesting promotional move, Toshiba has teamed with CBS to offer those who purchase Star Trek: The Original Series HD DVD box set and any Toshiba HD DVD player a "limited edition Star Trek Phaser remote" that will operate Tosh's HD DVD players. Regrettably, there's no mention as to how many of these things will actually be handed out, but if you're even remotely (ahem) interested, we'd be on the ball as soon as the set lands.

Star Trek: The Original Series S1 HD DVD boxed set hits November 20

by Richard Lawler, posted Jul 26th 2007 at 2:21PM Breaking News

CBS and Paramount have lived up to their promise of more details on the Star Trek:The Original Series Season 1 HD DVD/DVD combo boxed set at Comic-Con, announcing the 10 disc set will debut November 20th. As seen in the HD broadcasts, the visuals have been updated, along with remastered audio with a Dolby TrueHD soundtrack. HD DVD exclusive special features include picture-in-picture video commentaries, an interactive tour of Enterprise, a documentary on the remastering process, rare home videos and additional information on seven of the episodes. All that Star Trek goodness that comes packaged in a "futuristic, clear case" with an SRP of $217.99, and still no word of a Blu-ray release.


[Thanks, Cameron]

New details emerge on Star Trek: TOS HD DVD

by Darren Murph, posted Jul 13th 2007 at 12:35AM

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.

CBS plans first HD DVD release: Star Trek TOS

by Richard Lawler, posted Jan 19th 2007 at 8:08PM

CBS has created a new division within itself, CBS Home Entertainment, specifically to focus on DVD releases. First up are plans to dive headfirst into the Blu-ray / HD DVD marketplace by releasing the newly-remastered-in-HD Star Trek series in the fourth quarter of this year on a DVD/HD DVD combo disc. No word on a Blu-ray release date, however like Paramount Pictures we can expect them to be nuetral in the format war. CBS Home Entertainment plans to roll out 85-90 releases this year, including content from Showtime. It's certainly interesting to see HD DVD releases planned already for the fourth quarter, especially since Blu-ray already won, but that notwithstanding, we'll see if Trekkies take to the combo disc trojan horse, opting for HD DVD players later to check out each episode in resolutions fit for their HDTVs.

[Via High Def Digest]

Remastered high-def Star Trek details

by Richard Lawler, posted Sep 7th 2006 at 2:31PM

Paramount Television has confirmed plans to remaster the original Star Trek series in high definition, despite not having plans to broadcast it that way yet. The lack of HD Star Trek broadcasts is simply because most stations don't have space to store the episodes before they're aired several days later, but whenever the equipment is ready, the episodes will be as well. They're promising to remain faithful to the original series, and not to change any key elements in the programs, just adding things like a missing phaser beam, a new CGI Enterprise for external shots, and an updated picture of Earth. The show will be broadcast in 4x3, with 40 episodes shown each year. It will take about a year to remaster all 79 episodes, which begin airing September 16th, with "Balance of Terror".

[Thanks, Tom]

Read - Enterprise Wasn't Bumped for Trek, Says Nogawski - Broadcasting & Cable
Read - TOS Remastered - The Trek Movie Report

Paramount releasing "The Ultimate Star Trek Movie Collection" on HD DVD

by Matt Burns, posted Jul 26th 2006 at 5:08PM


Captain Kirk is about to meet high definition. Paramount is currently working on remastering all of the original movies found in the Ultimate Star Trek Movie Collection into HD DVD. There is also a slight chance that they are going to do Blu-ray too. It just keeps getting better though. MovieWeb is reporting that the studio is also remastering all 79 original episodes into high-def as well. Are we going to stop there with the Star Trek news? Oh no. We've got more for you as it seems that they have ideas to release all four seasons of Star Trek: Enterprise on a high-def format too. We don't have any release deets for you yet, but you can expect to see it as soon as we do.

What does this mean for the HD DVD format? Huge or nothin' special? We vote huge.




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