A video format used in countries outside the US
Info on 2004 Original Series Clamshell box set.
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It's the Country/region format. The US is NTSC, the UK (and others) PAL.
Blu Ray is in Regions. US is A. UK is B and so on.
@MacLover2000s Logos beat me to it
Blu Ray is in Regions. US is A. UK is B and so on.
@MacLover2000s Logos beat me to it
A video format used outside of the US and Canada. US and Canada use NTSC.
sry I forgot I sent info on PAL already
There was also SECAM, which was used in France and Eastern Europe. The joke for it went that it stood for "Something Contrary to American Methods."
Noice SECAM joke. Also, on my PAL DVD set of Season 1, I did notice on Where No Man Has Gone Before, the Desilu logo has more of an orangey tint to it. As well as The Naked Time, the Desilu logo is silent! There are a lot of coloring differences between the 29 episodes. And FYI: Where No Man Has Gone Before is the only episode in the 2004 DVD set that has the electric violin theme in the end credits just like the NTSC releases do.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/184S37GbjME4QWYL0coD4OywpdxYJr06p/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/184S37GbjME4QWYL0coD4OywpdxYJr06p/view?usp=sharing
The coloring differences.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/184S37GbjME4QWYL0coD4OywpdxYJr06p/view?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/184S37GbjME4QWYL0coD4OywpdxYJr06p/view?usp=sharing
The coloring differences.
Also sadly, I only saw the Rising Circle logo on only 2 episodes:
The rest of the post- '68 episodes have the 1995 Viacom variant of the CGI mountain logo at the end, and some have the original logo's music, which makes bad plastering.
- By Any Other Name
- The Omega Glory
The rest of the post- '68 episodes have the 1995 Viacom variant of the CGI mountain logo at the end, and some have the original logo's music, which makes bad plastering.
If you wanna see the odd Desilu logo:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1urfKCXFGx-9tAq1Nz36dn7aTbglnTqU2/view
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1urfKCXFGx-9tAq1Nz36dn7aTbglnTqU2/view
It's not shared appropriately for me.
I’ll work on it later.
Sorry about that!
I'd noticed that as well. That old show you had memories pop back in of, so then you look for a youtube clip or just order the home video release, pop it in, turn it on, and promptly upchuck. When revisiting an old favorite doesn't result in making a mess on the living room carpet that you don't want Fido to lap up, you know there's something truly special that transcends its inevitable trappings from when it was originally made. While even TOS has a few aspects that have not aged well, most of it holds up far better than to other shows of the time period revisited, and in ways still outperforms some modern shows as well. It's a testament.
As this thread is discussing versions of TOS on home video, I have a fascinating question. What audio changes are there (not the remastered versions where the changes are obvious) in the various releases. What version has the truest to the original soundtrack? I had a few of the VHS tapes, I watched the complete episodes on the SciFi channel, I had a few of the early DVD release, I have the clamshell, and I have the Blu-ray. I consider the original FX/sound version on the BR as definitive, but am I wrong? Did they make any changes to the sound for those various releases? The only thing I see is that the discs have sound compatible with various surround options. But does that mean actual sound editing or just filling the channels so it sounds good on a surround system. I've assumed the latter. I've heard that the LD release might be the best audio version available, but with the BR coming straight from the original source, I have my doubts. Plus the tech upgrades from the LD mastering to the BR mastering.
I need to dig up the posts I made on this but I can say that the mono mix on the blu rays is mostly wrong. Some episodes in the first season seem correct and after that only Amok Time is close to accurate. Any episode in the last two seasons with an exterior engine sound is incorrect. They abandoned the engine rumble before the first season ended.
The Naked Time is wrong (there was no engine rumble before) and any episode where Kirk's captain's log is drowned out by the engine rumble in season 1 is wrong (such as Dagger of the Mind).
The blu ray prints were tweaked and reassembled from more than one set of prints to be what they are today. They're not "direct from the source" as much as you think. Even the opening credits music in the first season is wrong in the earliest episodes. And nobody got the second season 1968 logos right (except for one or two anomalies).
As for the most accurate: the VHS/Laserdiscs are close but even they had some playing around with to remix them into stereo. The initial 5 VHS releases before they put out the entire series are probably 100% correct. They most likely just went right from the prints to tape and out to video stores.
The DVDs are all sorts of wrong. Sound mix wise, TOS is all over the map.
The Naked Time is wrong (there was no engine rumble before) and any episode where Kirk's captain's log is drowned out by the engine rumble in season 1 is wrong (such as Dagger of the Mind).
The blu ray prints were tweaked and reassembled from more than one set of prints to be what they are today. They're not "direct from the source" as much as you think. Even the opening credits music in the first season is wrong in the earliest episodes. And nobody got the second season 1968 logos right (except for one or two anomalies).
As for the most accurate: the VHS/Laserdiscs are close but even they had some playing around with to remix them into stereo. The initial 5 VHS releases before they put out the entire series are probably 100% correct. They most likely just went right from the prints to tape and out to video stores.
The DVDs are all sorts of wrong. Sound mix wise, TOS is all over the map.
I knew the engine rumble was an issue, but I had no idea it was used for all of season one then entirely abandoned.
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