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Season FIVE OFFICIAL TNG Blu-Ray Discussion Thread

As for season 5, I found out they are including the Best Buy features on this set. That is awesome as I've never seen them.
That would be the old standard-def Best Buy features though, right? All the Blu-ray seasons have had them so far, as far as I was aware.
 
Best Buy ad here:

Star Trek: The Next Generation Season 5 $57.99

Star Trek: The Next Generation Unification $14.99

Nice price! Especially when you remember what the DVD sets cost when they first came out.

And I'll be happily and without regret skipping Unification. Both parts are on the season set - so no point.
 
As for season 5, I found out they are including the Best Buy features on this set. That is awesome as I've never seen them.

Superb! Thank-you for letting us know. I have wanted to see the 1987 CGI test E-D ever since it was announced as Best Buy only VAM.

:bolian:

I was talking about the old DVD special features that were Best Buy exclusive. When I originally bought the set, I think I only got Season 6 from Best Buy, so you had the Data biography. I haven't seen any of the others.
 
Nice price! Especially when you remember what the DVD sets cost when they first came out.

And I'll be happily and without regret skipping Unification. Both parts are on the season set - so no point.

Aren't there extra bonus features on the Unification set?

Yes, exclusive commentary and documentary features.

With seasons 4 and 5 out now, there's "no point" to owning the BOBW and Redemption sets either, but I totally understand not wanting to buy individual episodes twice.

When I want to cherry-pick TNG episodes to watch, those single releases come in handy.
 
Wow, it really shows up how terrible some of the movie transfers are. Look at how much more naturalistic and film-like Unification is compared to ST6.

 
Ugh. TUC got the worst of the DNR treatments. I don't get why studios do that.

It also originates from a 1080i master. It shows signs of being deinterlaced. Some reviews think they just dusted off the cable TV master, cropped it, removed the added scenes and heavily DNRed it.
 
I just assumed they used heavy DNR because of it having heavier grain than the other films, due to being shot in 500 speed and processed at Super35. Either way, what a shame. The DNR didn't bother me too much with the other films, but with TUC, it's just rubber city.
 
The blu-ray.com review is up. The image shows a bit more noise than I was expecting and the colours dont seem as bold this season, however the image is still far, far away superior than its DVD counterparts.

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Star-Trek-The-Next-Generation-Season-5-Blu-ray/72074/#Review

I disagree. The colors seem just as bold to me. Look at some of the screencaps on our review to see what I mean.

Yeah, I wouldn't place too much trust in Blu-ray.com's screencaps. They appear to have too much yellow in them. TrekCore's appear more accurate:

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/49395
 
The blu-ray.com review is up. The image shows a bit more noise than I was expecting and the colours dont seem as bold this season, however the image is still far, far away superior than its DVD counterparts.

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Star-Trek-The-Next-Generation-Season-5-Blu-ray/72074/#Review

I disagree. The colors seem just as bold to me. Look at some of the screencaps on our review to see what I mean.

Yeah, I wouldn't trust Blu-ray.com's screencaps. They appear to have too much yellow in them. TrekCore's appear more accurate:

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/49395

I *thought* they'd done something weird. Yes, Blu-ray.com's screenshots have been post-processed with some weird color timing. :wtf:

The shots I post at TrekCore are totaly unaltered
 
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