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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: dx31701 (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 17:00:32 on Feb 09, 2005

I won't be jumping on a "DVD2.0" bandwagon either. I don't have a HDTV, just a decent flat-tube NTSC TV. I won't buy any HDDVDs, or Blu-Rays, until it is absolutely clear what the standard will be. I'm perfectly content with plain ol' DVDs for now, and wouldn't be in any hurry for the next standard if none had been announced.

However, the picture quality of the TNG DVD's is such that I just couldn't recommend them to anybody. The next standard will come, they'll be released on it, and they'll be better. I can wait. Especially when I think of how infrequently I would watch any one episode, and how I can rent or record (even on DVD) them all for now.

I also won't be in any hurry to replace my existing DVDs with the next standard, either, except perhaps for a very few favorites.

I think HD-DVD has a chance to win, even with the better specs on Blu-Ray. For video, HD has more efficient compression, so the storage capacity difference is not as big a quality difference as it might sound. More importantly for the consumer video market, HD-DVD just sounds like the one you should want. It has that name recognition thing happening - you already use and love DVDs, and you already know that the new TV standard is called HD. HD-DVD, then, sounds like the "right" next DVD medium to accompany HDTV. I know that's a cheesy logic train, but such is marketing.

I don't really care what wins as long as the DVDs I have will play on the next gen players. Let the rich guys fight it out.

So is the HDTV that will replace your PAL TV the same standard as the HDTV that will replace my NTSC TV? Or will we still have two different standards?

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