A Blu-ray Experience and Question

[Ssosmcin]

The start of act 2, as the Enterprise approaches Tantalus V. 15+ minutes into the episode.

 

[Kor]

With TV prices decreasing, as well as frequent sales, I would suggest going to a 40" or 43." Then you'll notice the difference even more.

Kor

 

[Methuselah Flint]

The start of act 2, as the Enterprise approaches Tantalus V. 15+ minutes into the episode.

Thanks!

 

[ZapBrannigan]

I made my Saturday trip to the store and bought a second copy of the Bluray set. Now I've meticulously QC'd it: all twenty discs are there, and all have been checked in the player to ensure they're labeled right. Next Saturday I'll take the defective set back to the store with receipt and get that charge reversed on my credit card, and the whole matter will be settled.

Re: the difficulty of getting each disc off its plastic hub without fear of breaking the disc, I didn't return them to the hubs. I put all 20 discs in individual CD window envelopes, the stack of which fits nicely in the outer clamshell case, so it looks the same on the shelf. The inner binder with its difficult hubs will just be stored away.

I used the same kind of envelopes for the terrific 33-disc Bewitched set, but for an entirely different reason. Those discs came simply stacked in a circular plastic well, meaning you have to handle all of them to get at any of them. Again, the stack of envelopes fits nicely inside the outer slip cover, so it works out fine.

 

[tomswift2002]

I currently own this edition of the remastered DVDs (eBay photo):

I'm not an expert, but the set above strikes me as the absolute high-end of DVD resolution and quality. It's gorgeous. I'm basing that on my Samsung TV: 32-inch diagonal, 720p HD (1366 x 768), contrast ratio 35,000:1. To my untrained eye, it seems like these DVDs deliver something very close to HDTV.


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Yeah, those DVD's are encoded 480/24p, which is Progressive video. 480p will always be sharper than 480i, as with 480i there is blurring present so that you don't get any aliasing, or "staircase" effect, from the combining of the 2 fields in a 480i image. Of course any DVD/Blu-Ray player can easily convert 480p DVD's to 480i for output by composite, S-Video or component. The earlier sets were encoded at 480/30i which was the same as the video masters that were used.

 

[Steve Gennarelli]

Let me ask this important question....I don't have the Blu Rays yet...but would like to know this....
I hate the "remastered" version's theme song with the new version of the song which I absolutely hate.
Is it easy to watch the opening teaser scene, then toggle to the original opening theme and then to toggle back to the remastered first scene that shows you the title of the episode ? Just curious as this will determine whether I buy the BluRays or not.

 

[Ssosmcin]

You can choose the "mono" sound mix and have the original music and most of the original sounds over the new FX.