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Product Name: Star Trek: The Original Series - Season 1 [10 Discs] [DVD]
UPC: 400258352140
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
TOS Star Trek 1st Season Gold Cover
Just finished watching the first season DVD set. It's the 10 disc set with the gold cover. There's an inner slipcover with the plastic DVD case that comes out of it. The inner slipcover lists the episodes with mission Stardate. The DVDs were sealed new in box and arrived safely. They all played without a hitch and I enjoyed the Trek festival. The TV I watched them on is a 19" RCA and the image filled the screen without dark letterbox lines at top or bottom or sides. The first disc made me watch a movie promo ad before I could go to the menu but that was the only one that did. The menu is pretty basic. Three episodes per disc except two on the last disc. The yellow highlighted episode is the one that plays when Play is pressed. When it's done, it returns to the menu. After all episodes on the disc have been played there's a "More Data" selection. Each disc has additional features. I haven't watched those yet, just the episodes. As for quality I was worried about the episodes being altered with remastering, but they were as I remembered them with the possible exception of brighter views of the Enterprise against the planet the ship is orbiting. Some special effect sounds get very loud compared to voices, but it could be my DVD player.
Just bought my 1st DVD player and my first official TV boxed set was the 3 season TOS Trek set (gold, blue, red covers). Most of what I'll be watching will be older shows that come on DVD, not BluRay. Very happy to have control over when I want to watch shows. Classic Trek still airs on two local antenna channels 7 nights a week, but never know when that might end.
I began watching Star Trek in the 60's when it first aired, on a black & white TV. The first episode I saw in color at someone else's house was Trouble With Tribbles. TOS is still my favorite show.
Pros: Transfer to Blu-ray makes it look better than ever; the DTS HD 7.1 surround sound adds nice "punch". Original mono is available as well. Hey, it is "Star Trek: The Original Series, Season 1"!
Cons: Mostly minor: special effects not as "special" now, but, good for the time.
The transfer of this series to Blu-ray has resulted in it being and looking better than it was when it was first shown on NBC back in the '60s(I am old enough to remember watching it then). While the special effects may not hold up to today's standards; they were pretty good for a rather unsophisticated audience. It was the story/plot that was the important part of the show. The late Gene Roddenberry used his show to talk about the issues of the day(which a lot of good and bad science fiction has done for over a century); and used the show to good advantage. The special features consist of a feature going over the re-mastering the video and audio of "Star Trek(all three seasons)"; "All Access(PIP interviews and commentary, etc.)", the home movies by Billy Blackburn, various 'Easter Eggs', interviews and profiles; these all help fill out what made ST:TOS work. Highly recommended!!
