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No Plans for STAR TREK Animated Series on DVD in Near Future?

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By BWilliams / 11:16, 8 February 2005 / General Star Trek

The latest word on the status of STAR TREK: The Animated Series is that it is very likely not to see its release on DVD in the near future from Paramount Home Entertainment, according to Pocket Books writer Kevin Dilmore. Further reports of a March 15 DVD release date have also been pegged down as rumor, based on sources close to Dilmore.

In a post on the PsiPhi BBS dated February 6, Dilmore wrote, "I had an e-mail exchange a couple of weeks ago with a pair of people who I consider to be the authorities on this subject. Here's what I was told.

"I checked in with Martin Blythe of Paramount Home Entertainment (who is no longer with PHE as of a few days ago), who said that Paramount had no plans for TAS on DVD. Period. he went on specifically to say that a release date of March 15 that had been circulating through various Internet news reports was strictly rumor.

"David Lambert, a contributor and reviewer for the wonderful web site TV Shows on DVD, was quick to remind me that the talk regarding a TAS release on DVD cited Columbia House, not PHE, as the company responsible for the release. That noted, he said that he had not been able to confirm the release at all, let alone one on March 15, from anyone at Columbia House.

"So, there you have it. Trust me, I'm trying to keep an eagle-eye on this because I very much want to write this event up for the (STAR TREK) Communicator. However, I can't be everywhere. I recommend that anyone interested keep checking in with TV Shows on DVD for the latest scoop (not just on this but on ANY TV-related DVD releases). That's where I look."

You can read Dilmore's original post here.

Dayton Ward, who has co-authored a number of TREK novels along with Kevin Dilmore, has also reported that the animated TREK series may not be released on DVD.

"Anything you've heard about Paramount and TAS DVDs is unsubstantiated rumor," Ward said on the PsiPhi BBS. "Paramount Home Video never released any info that they were planning a DVD release of the series, and Kevin Dilmore confirmed with one of their reps that the March 15th release date was a rumor put out by somebody else. They have no immediate plans to release TAS, as their TREK priorities at the moment are on finishing out the 'collector's editions' of the movies and ENTERPRISE season sets."

You can read Ward's original post here.

Please bear in mind that official word from Paramount has yet to be released regarding the status of TAS on DVD.



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By: Cylykon (Odo's file, contact) @ 12:56:03 on Feb 08, 2005

HD-DVD is right around the corner and First Contact is to be PHV's first HD-DVD release. PHV should rush the rest of their Star Trek catalog out on regular, non-HD DVD so that they can turn around and sell them again on HD-DVD.

I was f^Hscrewed by PHV when they abandoned laserdisc in the middle of season two of Deep Space Nine. I then sought out the japanese LD boxed sets at great expense, but they only released DS9 and Voyager up to season 5...

PHV is run by morons... and that's why they probably won't be able to interpret an HD-DVD boycott as the
fan's lack of interest in their screwed up release of their catalog.

DS9 on DVD is so over-compressed that klingon foreheads stay glued immobile to the screen when the actor's head moves as he speaks. Proof positive that PHV doesn't give a shit about the quality of their product.

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RE: Well, they don't... by dx31701 @ 15:06:46 on Feb 08
    RE: Well, they don't... by Gitch @ 19:27:41 on Feb 08
       RE: Well, they don't... by dx31701 @ 17:00:32 on Feb 09
          RE: Well, they don't... by Gitch @ 23:23:18 on Feb 10
    RE: Well, they don't... by JediFonger @ 19:23:46 on Feb 08

RE: Well they have 3 years to fill... | Report this post to moderator
By: Jadzia-Dax (Odo's file, contact) @ 12:17:20 on Feb 08, 2005

Well you know, TAS's 30th anniversary came in 2003 and startrek.com had some commemorative interviews, etc., dedicated to it. And THAT is when they should have released the DVD set. It just seems like a stupid missed opportunity considering that it would have required minimal work to do.

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