DVD packaging...

[RandyS]

Re: DVD packaging /Blu-ray

The $100.00 a season price tag pissed me off more though.

With Star Trek: Enterprise - The Complete First Season DVD set selling for
$56.99 at Bestbuy.com and now (Spring 2009)
a list price of $69.98 (Spring 2009) [down from list price$100. initial release in 2005]

Star Trek: Enterprise - Complete Series [27 Discs] - DVD $206.99 Best Buy (Spring 2009)


with Trek seasons now being remastered to HD for release on Blu-ray and pricing at:
Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 1 (Blu-ray)
List Price: $129.99
Bestbuy.com $69.99 (Spring 2009)

Star Trek: Enterprise - Complete Series is already in HD and probably the Blu-ray design is being started for 2010 release. If they make a few more special features & commentary tracks it could realistically be out in 2010 on Blu-ray. Paramount Home Entertainment/CBS DVD will have to put out something from the Trek franchise on Blu-ray in 2010. This seems the most likely candidate with minimal work to get it on Blu-ray. I think we'll have a heads up 6-8 months before with another drastic price reduction in Enterprise - complete seasons on DVD as we saw in Feb.2008 3 years after the initial DVD season releases.

my guess is they will stick with the $69./season approximate price for the initial Blu-ray release of all Trek seasons. If they do a complete series box a few years later they would drop the price a lot.

How much would you be willing to spend for a season of Enterprise on Blu-ray?
If it is doubledip for the Blu-ray would you ONLY purchase the Complete Series on Blu-ray?

I have absolutely no intention of ever converting to Blu-Ray. I have spent the last six years spending a fortune upgrading my video collection that I built on VHS from 1986-2003 to regular DVD, a process that is still underway. I have no intention of spending ANOTHER fortune to upgrade again, just because another format has become available.

 

[jefferiestubes8]

VHS, DVD, Blu-ray consumer home video formats

I have absolutely no intention of ever converting to Blu-Ray. I have spent the last six years spending a fortune upgrading my video collection that I built on VHS from 1986-2003 to regular DVD

RandyS I am going to guess you do not own a HD-capable television monitor.
May I point you to this post?
and a follow up with the next generation being planned for 2015.

DVD development started in 2003.
The DVD-Video format was first introduced in Japan in November 1996, in the United States in March 1997.
In the U.S., mass retailer sales of DVD-Video titles and players began in late 1997

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD#History

Your 6 year wait [from 1997] to adopt a superior standard-definition consumer video medium is what cost you the fortune. Nothing personal RandyS but planning ahead on major purchases makes for a better investment in the things you own.

 

[RandyS]

^No offense taken. And as a matter of fact, last year I just got a 1080p compatable Vizio 32 inch Hi-def flatscreen TV.

And it isn't just the money. I watched my friend's Blu-ray DVD (He doesn't even have a player yet, he plays the discs on his game console), and it didn't impress me. I honestly couldn't tell the difference between that and regular DVD.

 

[Starbreaker]

You really can't tell that much a difference until you look at them side by side, I think.

 

[jefferiestubes8]

DVD and Blu-ray HD quality/resolution

last year I just got a 1080p compatable Vizio 32 inch Hi-def flatscreen TV.

Viewing distance is a major factor.
RandyS please see these two threads for the difference in quality.

 

[Captain Fine]

I only have ENT 3/4 on DVD and all of DS9. I don't really like any of the packaging. I prefer the BSG seasons, although they get battered easily. The movies are well-packaged.

 

[Jonathan Archer]

I was planning on replacing them for the slim-line versions out here in the UK. But finding undamaged card cases is all but impossible. Those sitting on shelves in HMV tend to look more than a little battered. Shipping from online sites, results in sets arriving in much the same condition.

I bought mine in the UK slim case boxes from play.com. Only £17.99 a series and the boxes arrived in A1 condition