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'Star Trek: The Next Generation' Blu-ray Bound in 2012!
Wed Sep 28, 2011 at 03:25 PM ETTags: Paramount, Disc Announcements, CBS (all tags)
Paramount and CBS will be boldly bringing the classic sci-fi series to Blu-ray starting in 2012!
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" will be released in high-definition Blu-ray, starting with 'Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Next Level' - a Blu-ray sampler including the episodes "Encounter at Farpoint," "The Inner Light," and "Sins of the Father" on January 31, 2012 followed by a season-one set to be released later on in the year, and subsequent seasons beaming down after that. Each of the 178 episodes spanning The Next Generation's seven seasons will be transferred to true high-definition 1080p for release in the Blu-ray format and, eventually, for runs on television and digital platforms in the U.S. and across the world. "Star Trek: The Next Generation" will, as fans know, be celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2012.
"Fans have been clamoring for a high-definition release of "Star Trek: The Next Generation,"" Ken Ross, Executive Vice President and General Manager of CBS Entertainment, said in a statement. "Transferring the series to high-definition presented difficult technical challenges, but our team has come up with a process to create true 1080p HD masters with true HD visual effects. We can’t wait to show fans how pristine the series looks and sounds with our upcoming Blu-ray releases."
CBS is, in fact, returning to the original film negatives, a mother lode of material encompassing 25,000-plus reels of footage, and editing the episodes together precisely as they were when they originally aired between 1987 and 1994. Visual effects will not be upconverted from videotape, but instead will be recompositioned. The freshly cut film will ultimately be transferred to high definition with 7.1 DTS Master Audio. And all of the work is being done in conjunction with respected, longtime Star Trek figures Denise and Michael Okuda, who are on board as consultants."
Suggested list price for the sampler Blu-ray is $21.99.
You can find the latest specs for 'Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Next Level' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it's indexed under January 31, 2012.
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- Discs mentioned in this article: (Click for specs and reviews)
- Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Next Level (Blu-ray)
'Star Trek: TOS - Season One' Blu-ray to Unveil New Exclusive BD-Live Content
Thu Jul 02, 2009 at 12:00 PM ETTags: CBS, Disc Announcements (all tags)
Trekkies will find new exclusive content courtesy of their 'Star Trek: The Original Series - Season One' Blu-rays this week.
CBS Home Entertainment says the new content will feature bonus video including roundtable discussions with special effects producers Mike and Denise Okuda, Dave Rossi and Neil Wray, as well as David Gerrold -- Tribble inventor and writer of the fan-favorite "Trouble with Tribbles" episode.
Fans can also get the experts’ take on the Season One Blu-ray bonus features and what they are looking forward to in Season Two.
HDD really enjoyed the work on the first season Blu-rays. It's great to see CBS continuing to add value to this high-quality release and we applaud the company for their hard work and dedication to this franchise.
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- Discs mentioned in this article: (Click for specs and reviews)
- Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 1 (Blu-ray)
CBS Forms Blu-ray/HD DVD/DVD TV Unit; Classic 'Star Trek' to Lead Title Brigade
Thu Jan 18, 2007 at 04:35 PM ETTags: Disc Announcements, TV on HD, CBS, Star Trek (all tags)
A first step in bringing their TV titles into the high-def arena, CBS has launched a new home entertainment unit to handle DVD, Blu-ray and HD DVD title releases, with the newly-restored original 'Star Trek' series leading the charge.
The company's new division, CBS Home Entertainment, will operate as part of the CBS Paramount Network Television Entertainment Group, and will distribute all upcoming next-gen and standard-def disc releases via Paramount Home Entertainment.
With a stable of over 120 current series and a substantial library of more than 2,600 titles, CBS has an extensive and diverse catalog of television programming to exploit. Some of the company's current shows include 'Jericho' and 'Criminal Minds,' both of which are broadcast in HD, plus such long-running reality shows as 'Amazing Race' and 'Survivor.'
The new unit plans an aggressive increase in their TV on DVD output in 2007, with planned growth of an estimated 20 percent. Though no comparable plans have been announced by the new unit for Blu-ray and HD DVD, the possibilities are still exciting for both of the next-gen formats. That's because with only handful of TV releases thus far on Blu-ray and HD DVD, the platforms continue to be starved for television content.
Though CBS Home Entertainment has not yet announced any official release dates for its first Blu-ray or HD DVD television titles, they did confirm that first out of the gate will be the one series most had already been expecting. After being re-tooled in HD for syndicated broadcast late last year -- complete with all-new effects -- 'Star Trek: The Original Series' will finally make its next-gen debut as an HD DVD/DVD combo sometime in the second half of 2007.
"The reason we chose to do that [an HD DVD/DVD combo] is to give us the ability to make high-definition transfers of the show available to people who don’t yet have high-definition players," Ken Ross, Executive VP of CBS Home Entertainment told The Hollywood Reporter.
A Blu-ray release for 'Trek' has not yet been scheduled, although after contacting Paramount, word to High-Def Digest is that the studio remains fully and equally supportive of both formats. So we can expect to see 'The Original Series,' and all other future CBS titles, on Blu-ray as well.
We'll continue to keep you posted on all CBS Home Entertainment Blu-ray and HD DVD release announcements as soon as they are officially announced. Watch this space!
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- Related links:
- CBS Pushes DVDs, Goods Via New Units [Home Media Retailing]
- Earlier on High-Def Digest:
- Paramount to Boldly Take 'Star Trek' into the Next Generation of High-Def? (Aug 30, 2006)
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