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

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: JediFonger (Odo's file, contact) @ 19:23:46 on Feb 08, 2005

i see those same problems with earlier X-Files transfers. i really think all film to DVD transfer should go through lowry process, or one similar to it. at the very least wash it!

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By: Gitch (Odo's file, contact) @ 19:27:41 on Feb 08, 2005

Quite aside from me not having a HD telly at the moment, I'm not going any where near the DVD2.0 formats until I know which way the wind blows. Europe is running behind the US on the HD front at the moment. We have recently started switching over to higher definition digital broadcasting in large numbers, with set top boxes allowing us to pick up no-subscription digital services through a standard ariel for about$50. Satellite and cable broadcasters offer their content almost exclusively in digital. The UK government expects to turn off the analogue transmitters between 2010 and 2012. There aren't many HD TV sets available yet, but new sets are more like large computer monitors with 1280x800 resolutions. I suspect that an appropiate set top box or integrated chip would allow these sets to play any standard thrown at them.

As for the HDDVD/Blu-Ray debate - I think it is too early to call, with many of the major games companies backing Blu-Ray, which has much larger storage. It might not even be an issue. The DVD-R/DVD+R debate was a red-herring with dual format drives almost ubiquotous these days. Even DVD-RAM is catered for. I doubt it will be long before somebody licenses both technologies and builds a combo drive. Its still essentially the same technology as CD-R, just with different frequency lasers and data standards - which are largely under the control of software anyway.

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RE: Well, they don't... | Report this post to moderator By: JediFonger (Odo's file, contact) @ 19:23:46 on Feb 08, 2005

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