UPDATED 9/21/07: New video preview of the remastered episodes and interactive features. DVD is now available to order in the Star Trek Store. Also, check out the new Toshiba phaser remote promotion!
It's been hinted at before but now it's for real! Coming November 20, 2007, the dazzling Star Trek Remastered series is being released in a 10-disc HD DVD/DVD combo-disc set, marking the first release of Trek product in the high definition format.
Released by CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment, the Star Trek Remastered episodes are, quite literally, the ultimate way to view the classic series. With the original camera negative as the source, combined with new 21st-century computer generated images and remastered sound, Star Trek looks better than it ever has. Viewers across America have been thrilling to these episodes in syndication over the past year, but the real benefit here is the ability to see these episodes uncut, and in crystal-clear definition.
Besides the beautiful picture, HD DVD contains interactive features available only on this format. Also, as detailed on the Page 2 press release (see below), this set has numerous new special features. Of particular interest to fans will be "Billy Blackburn's Treasure Chest: Rare Home Movies and Special Memories." Blackburn was mainly a background player on Star Trek, but he was also named as Lieutenant Hadley in "A Piece of the Action" and seen in numerous episodes and in various disguises.
Other features include "making of" documentaries and a 3D Interactive Enterprise Tour where viewers can explore the ship's interior and exterior while piloting a shuttlecraft.
The set will feature all-new packaging in a futuristic, clear case. The suggested retail price will be $217.99.
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