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Summary: Poor Picture Quality on the First Season , STNG
Review: As a Trekkie fan, I had eagerly anticipated this New Release.Paramount seemed to be doing everything right with STNG, after listening to Fans' complaints about the Original series... we get double the number of episodes per DVD and economy by buying the whole set... hurrah ! My disappointment is the Picture Quality COMPARE the picture quality with other DVD's you own (or even with the Original Series).... the picture quality of my STNG episodes looks like overly compressed .JPG images.... after taking so much care to ENHANCE the Original Series... why are we now sacrificing quality for quantity ? Was it necessary to use THAT much compression to get 4 episodes on a DVD or is there another reason ? I hope others will comment on this post... because I wanted to get ALL the seasons but I am really disappointed with the picture quality of this first batch... which I had been expecting would have been BETTER than the Original Series and certainly not worse !
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Summary: TNG Never looked so good!
Review: Star Trek The Next Generation never looked so good! OK, we all know that season one of TNG is considered by many fans to be less than perfect. But, is it really that bad? NO, it isn't. It may not be prefect but it is pretty darned good. Some of the episodes are stinkers, yes, but some are really very good. This set is well packaged, though not so well it seems as the European version which comes in a faux-prop case. However packaging aside, what do you get in this set? You get seven sparkling DVDs with one of your favorite TV shows on them, you get extra featurettes, you get better than broadcast picture and sound. You get no commercials!! The DVD menu is presented as an LCARS alike interface, so all Trekkie gadet [people] will get a kick out of it. The sound effects are nice. I haven't found the easter eggs yet, though I am sure that there must be some there somewhere. The overall product quality is high, although I had to return my set for replacement as disc one refused point blank to play "The Naked Now" because of disc reading errors. I have all the TNG episodes on VHS somewhere, and yet this DVD set is a *must*. The picture and sound quality give the episodes a real boost over the quality on my tapes. Comparing the DVDs to the purchased VHS versions, I can see that there is an immediate qualitative leap upward in the DVDs. But that's not all, this boost in picture and sound actually makes these older episodes more watchable. Is this set worth the [$] YES!! I purchase a heck of a lot of the epoisodes on VHS in the United Kingdom. At an average price of [$] for a pair of episodes, season one cost a grand total of [$], and that is for video tape, which a) wears out, b) gets mangled by your VCR if it goes on the fritz, c) has lower picture and sound quality, and d) does not include the bonus features. In conclusion, this set is well worth the money, it enhances the episodes by showing them as they were made, it has great quality, and some extras. Buy it!
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Summary: ST:TNG Season One on DVD
Review: The long awaited arrival of ST:TNG on DVD has arrived. This is much more than just "watching the episodes." ST:TNG became an instant favorite for a lot of people. While it does cost ..., it is well worth it. This is the Collector's edition. What good would buying Seasons 3-7 be without having the first two seasons? You wouldn't have a complete set, and it would be worth less money in the long run. Take Mark McGuire for instance.. he shattered the alltime home run record in 1998. People rush out and buy Mark McGuire collectable stuff. Anywhere from signed pictures, to T-Shirts. Three years later, Barry Bonds breaks his home run record. The people still have Mark McGuire collectable stuff that is already hard to find. It's sort of like that. You can't be a collector without the entire set. Enjoy the DVDs if you do watch it!
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Summary: Very Sweet
Review: I'm very excited to have begun my "Next Generation" collection with the Season One box set. Though I'm not much of a fan of the first two seasons - not after having loved season three, where things really got going - I am delighted to finally be able to watch the original episodes any time I want and of a quality that far surpasses VHS and even broadcast television to a degree. With seven discs in all and at least four episodes per disc, the packaging is slick and very, very cool. An episode index graces the inside front cover, and the seventh disc includes some nice supplemental materials, the juiciest of which is a documentary on how "The Next Generation" was conceived and brought to the small screen called "The Beginning". Each episode is presented in their original 4:3 aspect ratio, and you have the option to listen in 5.1 Surround or the original 2 channel stereo. Each has a scene index, called Chapter Logs here, containing at least eight chapter stops to aid in navigation of an episode. And speaking of navigation, the menus are easily recognizable Okudagrams and very easy to navigate through. Paramount has delivered a slick, polished and very, very sweet package with Season One and if all goes well, this is a sign of something very special to Trekkers everywhere. Well, Trekkers with DVD players and a several hours to kill. I'll be looking forward to the next slew of "Next Generation" season box sets in the months to come. Good job, Paramount.
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Summary: I've actually seen the DVD's
Review: First of all, I don't understand why people review somthing they haven't even seen yet. These reviews should be of the DVD's them selves, not of what you think of the first season as it's been available up to now. Now for my review: The picture quality is perfect, and the DD 5.1 sound is a lot better than the original 2 channel stereo version that was broadcast. My tapes of the series from when it was originaly aired are starting to deteriorate, so it's nice to be able to get a better version to replace them. thanx for reading.
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Summary: Great series, but special features wouldn't play.
Review: Received first season the day it was released.
I was so excited, not so much to see the episodes, as I have already seen the entire first season, but I wanted to watch the special features.
Only to my dismay, the special features on disc 7 wouldn't play on my Sony DVD player, manufactured in 2000.
Kept getting a "C1300" error, I'm assuming from the copy guarding.
(I was able to eventually watch it on my PC)
You think they would have tested the discs a little more extensively.
But all in all, if you're a Trek fan this is a must, if not for the picture quality, for the Dolby 5.1, it's incredible.
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Summary: IMAGE QUALITY ISN'T GREAT
Review: In trying to cram 4 episodes on 1 disc with 5.1 soundtracks on each, the image greatly suffers. There's many compression artifacts and heavy pixellation throughout. The only Star Trek DVD that resembles any clarity and has a clean picture continues to be Insurrection. The sound is fantastic however. Very clean and spacial.
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Summary: PURE JOY!
Review: ALL I CAN SAY IS IT'S ABOUT TIME! I've been waiting fo ever for this!
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Summary: Keep the Cost Down
Review: The idea of making a DVD of a season is great. But now that they are selling I noticed the prices are going up. I like these but not as much as over [dollars] for it. The industry needs to keep the price down ...
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Summary: Quality here, baby!
Review: OK, so you like ST:TNG, and you really want these DVDs, but you're scared of the price. Especially when you compare it to other Season Box Sets of other TV series. Well, here's the difference. The sound. Most other TV series DVDs are released in their broadcast Dolby Digital 2.0 soundtrack. However these ST:TNG sets have all been remastered in glorious Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround. Yes that's right. Paramount has done their fans right with these sets and remastered each and every episode in 5.1 Surround. Imagine the amount of work here. 178, IIRC, episodes all remastered in 5.1 Wonderful! Even the more expensive X-Files sets aren't in 5.1. So you're actually getting a bargain here. Looking ahead to next year and the DS9 sets, imagine watching the Dominion War episodes in 5.1 Surround! So without further adue, order this set and the remaining 6 seasons so you can experience the entire series before the end of the year. I have.
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