DVD packaging...

[T'Baio]

Wasteful much?

Holy shit, did these DVD's really need the massively ugly, hugely impractical, grossly space consuming blocky outer case?

Jeez...what a waste.

 

[Middleman]

They stink! Most of the trek DVD boxes are a pain in the butt.

 

[Freman]

That's cause they are supposed to be all futuralistic or something.

 

[Penguin]

Just got Season 4 have yet tto open it.


Will let you know my opinion if I cut my hand on it.

 

[Michael]

I gotta agree, they are a bit clunky and not particularly easy to handle. However, they look cool.

 

[SFRabid]

Big package but easy to use. Not as bad as my TOS DVD cases.

 

[Smiley]

ENT and TNG have the worst packaging for bulk and ease of access to the discs. VOY and TOS are the easiest to use, and the other two fall somewhere in the middle. The movie packaging is the best of all.

 

[Skywalker]

All the Trek series' DVD sets suck. I wish they'd just gone with sets of slim cases in a simple box, like most TV shows do nowadays.

 

[Captain59]

I also don't know why the series set in the UK got that nice box, and us peeons in the US get that cheap cardboard bottom?

 

[Thena]

It was pretty, and it made the sets really stand out on the shelves. But if you wanted to watch them frequently like a good fan, the packaging was a pain in the ass. I ended up getting a CD/DVD wallet to hold my ENT DVDs.

 

[Saga]

its a pain. ok, let me break the case in half...slide the little sleeve off, and try and not break the little middle thingy that the dvds cling to. i'm always afraid i'm gonna break a disk.

 

[RandyS]

They stink! Most of the trek DVD boxes are a pain in the butt.

I don't know. I thought they were an improvement over the cheap shit that DS9 and Voyager were packaged in.

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

 

[Saga]

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

same here. i bought all mine second hand.

 

[TEACAKE'S PLEATHER DOME]

We have them all in slip cover cardboard here now (Aus). They look great. I got a beautiful limited edition box set with the 4 seasons in a box with pictures of the ship on it. I waited until those plastic coffins had finally given way to the slipcases because the plastic coffins were 189.00 a season here (!!!!). Slip cases, 40-60.

I have one plastic coffin, it's TAS. I have never been able to shut it properly since opening it! Terrible things.

 

[KimMH]

Bought them as they came out - I think Paramount killed an entire field of plastic to package mine. They don't actually see the inside of their coffins too often!

 

[Praetor]

Clearly it can't be the fancy-shmancy plastic boxes that make the sets expensive, since the TNG/DS9/VGR sets were cardboard (albeit relatively complex) and still cost a LOT.

I'd have settled for good ole Sony-style plastic cases in a thin-cardboard box, honestly, if the price were lower.

 

[Ethros]

Why I waited for the slimline R2 versions

 

[nx1701g]

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

same here. i bought all mine second hand.

I got them all recently from FYE for $39.99 each.

 

[jefferiestubes8]

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?

 

[ChristopherPike]

I was originally impressed with the design. But since then, going through a ritual each time of taking the discs out and putting them in a temporary case, that does become a pain.

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.