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It is Official : Paramount Home Entertainment Goes with Blu-ray

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By GustavoLeao / 07:19, 21 February 2008 / General Star Trek

The Hollywood Reporter received an exclusive announcement from Paramount Home Entertainment on Wednesday saying, "We are pleased that the industry is moving to a single high-definition format, as we believe it is in the best interest of the consumer," the statement reads. "As we look to (begin) releasing our titles on Blu-ray, we will monitor consumer adoption and determine our release plans accordingly."

No further details were given. Still no word if Paramount will release the final two seasons of "Star Trek" the Original Series Remastered on HD DVD as they did the first season or if they will now release all three seasons on Blu-ray.

The four other majors committed to Blu-ray are Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (along with its distributed MGM Home Entertainment label), Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment and Warner Home Video (including distributed labels New Line Home Entertainment, BBC Video and HBO Video). Mini-major Lionsgate also has been an exclusive Blu-ray backer since the start.

More info at the Hollywood Reporter.



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By: peter0302 (Odo's file, contact) @ 09:49:22 on Feb 21, 2008

Isn't the remastering finished, or at least almost finished?

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By: Terry212 (Odo's file, contact, web site) @ 09:25:05 on Feb 21, 2008

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TrekToday was reporting that the collapse of HD-DVD meant that further remastering was actually cancelled, both in terms of actual execution and in terms of future release, since Toshiba was apparently bankrolling it.

It's very possible they (or their source) got it wrong. It would be interesting to get some confirmation to see what the deal is. I'm not in favor of the altering/remastering, but at the same time they might as well finish the whole damn thing if they've gone this far.

Al

I'm sure that just means that they're doing a new contract with a new company.

It's not hard to put the completed remasters on Blu-Ray is it?

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RE: Interesting by prometheus 59650 @ 09:48:02 on Feb 21
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