Star Trek TNG DVDs 416
pgudge writes "startrek.com had a post about the paramount release of Star Trek The Next Generation on DVD. Claimed a around $100 for the season pack, including 7 DVD's. And that other season are to be released every other month thereafter. all done in Dolby Digital 5.1. Release date expected 26th march"
Good way to watch them without suffering through TNN's ridiculous image
squashing technology (Proudly proving that in the future everyone is
either a pro wrestler, or shaped like a pear!)
great! (Score:4, Insightful)
This means I'll be able to download the shows real soon now on Morpheus [musiccity.com], Gnutella [wego.com] or EDonky2000 [edonkey2000.com]!
TNN is bad? (Score:4, Insightful)
Macrovision? AntiCopy process. (Score:2, Insightful)
Yeah, right! All this really means is that there will now be DIVX copies of Next Gen online.
Will they play on your machines? (Score:3, Insightful)
When are we getting them in region 2? Will ours be macrovision free? As we know only you US guys copy them to VHS for leet pirate salez
This post is not serious
I was such a TNG addict back in the day (Score:2, Insightful)
They simply don't hold up well at all.
And while the first season of most shows usually pretty weak, I find it took a long time for TNG to really get anywhere. The early episodes of the first season are especially painful and I find them completely unwatchable.
I'll just pass on the DVDs and remember TNG for how I saw it then and avoid any reruns. Let the pleasent memories remain.
Re:This is better... (Score:3, Insightful)
I hope more TV series are released in this fashion. For example, Farscape is still 2eps a disk, making it unweldly to get. If you consider that you can cut the cost of production by having one large inset booklet and combined packaging, it's much more reasonable on both end of the sale.
Re:I'll wait for now... (Score:2, Insightful)
Uh huh. (Score:5, Insightful)
Slashdot (to MPAA): You fucking fascists. We hate you.
MPAA: But look at these shiny colors!
Slashdot: Oooh! How much?
Cliffhangers. (Score:2, Insightful)
No widescreen? (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:I was such a TNG addict back in the day (Score:5, Insightful)
At least DS9 had elements to it which made it more realistic (as realistic as sci-fi can get anyways) and had more interesting story arcs around several common themes. It allowed them to have more character development, and people actually went somewhere.
We see Nog start the series as a juvinile delinquent and over the years become a respected officer in startfleet. The most growth that any characters show in TNG is Data, and thats for little more than very poorly done comic relief.
The battles are more intense. Civilians actually get scared when things start blowing up around them. Children of captains somehow don't always aspire to join Starfleet. And sometimes, your most powerful allies are dishonest assassins who used to work for the other side, and if not for exile would gladly join up with them again.
MUCH more realistic in my opinion.
-Restil
Re:Legality Issues (Score:4, Insightful)
the extra features usually aren't pirated, just the main feature.
the difference in quality between cable (or digital cable) broadcasts and the dvd probably isn't noticeable after it's been compressed with divx, and if you're a rampaging collector, you'll buy the dvd anyways. and in most cases it would be to replace the collection of vhs tapes that the shows were recorded on, or to pick up that one episode from season n that they're missing.
they broadcast the episodes for free for chrissakes. i'd feel just as bad about downloading the episodes as i would asking a friend to tape the show for me.
Re:Can't they count? (Score:1, Insightful)
Sure, they could've put more on each disc, but you'd likely have noticed the difference. In fact, if you use the maximum allowed bitrate (10.08Mbps), you can only hold about 107 minutes.
These facts all come from your DVD Demystified [dvddemystified.com] site with the help of my friend Math.
Re:No widescreen? (Score:2, Insightful)
In other words, this is the sequence the writers thought they should be.
Re:great! (Score:5, Insightful)
and for 100$, it's a bargain
Re:Uh huh. (Score:5, Insightful)
Slashdot (to Microsoft): We hate you, go away!
Microsoft: But we've got DOA3 with realistic bouncing women
*slashdot hands over it's collective soul
Go ahead, mod this down. You know, deep down, that you are spineless and have sold out your beliefs for entertainment.
Re:Bab5 coming? (Score:2, Insightful)
Step 2. Do a search for Babylon 5 under DVD heading.
Step 3. Fork over dough for intro movie. Cost = 14 + 4 Shipping. $18.00 total.
Step 4. Begin saving dough to buy Seasons if / when they come out.
L2
We are not Borg (Score:3, Insightful)
When you see one article with folks flaming the MPAA and saying that they (MPAA) needs to be stopped, and another which raves about some new DVD, why would you assume that the same people are interested? Slashdot is correctly reporting on "News for Nerds", it's not censoring "cool MPAA stuff" because it would hurt some particular cause any more than its censoring anti-MPAA stuff; nor should they!
Now, I very much see the value in pointing out to the "ooh, shiny thing" audience that these brand new nifty DVDs are brought to you by the folks who want to stamp out fair use as if it were a plague, but let's not expect that EVERYONE will listen. Many folks who are geeky enough to care about what Slashdot says have no interest in fair use and what it means to them. I consider this their loss, but it's a valid point of view.