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  1. Paul_Scott

    HTF HD-DVD Review: Star Trek: The Original Series Season One

    maybe I zoned out for a bit and didn't catch this- but I thought the commander was just an implanted illusion- so the commander wasn't there, and he didn't get to examine the evidence- see the movie as it were- the way Kirk, Spock, and Pike did. Even if they transmitted a recording of it back...
  2. Paul_Scott

    HTF HD-DVD Review: Star Trek: The Original Series Season One

    no show is perfect- modern or classic- but I just don't have near the same amount of consistent problems with say, the first season of Have Gun Will Travel, Twilight Zone, or (to a lesser extent) the Fugitive, that I'm having with ST. So I would kind of have to say Bosh on classic material being...
  3. Paul_Scott

    HTF HD-DVD Review: Star Trek: The Original Series Season One

    I'm not eager to rewatch either of those two eps. In Balance Of Terror (another "WWII ep"), I understand why fans would cite it since it contains canonical background on the Romulans- otherwise there was no real 'substance' to the Romulan threat. They destroyed those stations but why? to what...
  4. Paul_Scott

    HTF HD-DVD Review: Star Trek: The Original Series Season One

    No, it's not that aspect I was referring to. I've been skipping around the set, not watching the discs in order, and it seems like I've hit quite a few eps that over use deus ex machina, display character behaviour that changes from one commercial break to the next, and are just in general...
  5. Paul_Scott

    HTF HD-DVD Review: Star Trek: The Original Series Season One

    well I'm not someone who knows the episodes back and forth, a lot of the ones on this set I have no memory of even seeing once before, and the abruptness of the fade to cgi and end credits has been noticeable to me on several eps. A minor thing- but it is noticeable (to me). Hate to say it...
  6. Paul_Scott

    HTF HD-DVD Review: Star Trek: The Original Series Season One

    I watched Operation: Annihilate last night and so far it contains the one bit of CGI that made me wince- when the satelites first turn on. The 'seeding' shot didn't bother me, but the next CU of the satelites themselves seemed too slick and too cartoony. I also am suprised by how many clunkers...
  7. Paul_Scott

    HTF HD-DVD Review: Star Trek: The Original Series Season One

    I haven't seen this mentioned so I don't know if it is a flaw with my set or the way my A1 process the streams (still on 2.0 firmware) but when using the Starfleet Access and selecting the Genesis icon- two frames come up, but there is only live video in the one frame on the right where you get...
  8. Paul_Scott

    HTF HD-DVD Review: Star Trek: The Original Series Season One

    I completely understand this attitude. Popular art is cultural (as well as personal) history. It can be entertainment too- but in that sense, it's little more than product- no matter how well crafted and well liked it is. And product is product. It can be reshaped, re-packaged and resold over...
  9. Paul_Scott

    HTF HD-DVD Review: Star Trek: The Original Series Season One

    My set came in from Deep Discount today. Since it went out last Wednesday, and Thrusday was a holiday, this may be the fastest yet I've ever recieved anything from them. Even more startling , the set came in two layers of bubble wrap, and secured in the box with even more packing paper. Never...
  10. Paul_Scott

    HTF HD-DVD Review: Star Trek: The Original Series Season One

    The new tweaks are generally good, but the show really needs more of them ...Far More! for example: when the characters are having a conference to discuss strategy or a new ominous plot development, there should be objects floating around in the background. It could be just stuff like a...
  11. Paul_Scott

    HTF HD-DVD Review: Star Trek: The Original Series Season One

    Just in case anyone misses it, I don't want to call their attention to it needlessly. I have no memeory of seeing these specific eps before. Man Trap was far and away my favorite of the three. I was always wondering which episode that creature was from in the closing credits. Great creepy design.
  12. Paul_Scott

    HTF HD-DVD Review: Star Trek: The Original Series Season One

    I would have thought there would be a lot more people rushing in to comment on the set, but I guess most people looked for a good price on-line so there will be a wait till it gets into more hands. Those pictures are cringe worthy. I 'm going to be opening my box from DD up with a mix giddy...
  13. Paul_Scott

    HTF HD-DVD Review: Star Trek: The Original Series Season One

    I haven't watched the previous releases, but the sound on the disc I had was quite soft. I normally have my revciever set between 18 and 14, and for these eps I had to put it at 10...and that was still a little quieter than I would have liked. The themem music sounds great, but Shatners voice...
  14. Paul_Scott

    HTF HD-DVD Review: Star Trek: The Original Series Season One

    Got a chance to watch the eps Tomorrow is Yesterday and Court Martial from Netflix. Disc itself was pristine, but the first time in it wouldn't load ("no disc" code). First time I did get it to load menus were sluggish and stuttered (the menus are more for flash than they are functionality- it...
  15. Paul_Scott

    HTF HD-DVD Review: Star Trek: The Original Series Season One

    I stopped in BB while I was out this morning to get a gander at this set, and shake theirs up and see if I could guage how prevelant loose discs were. I was shocked to see how small this set actually is. In fact, the Close Encounters set is taller by about 1/16". It looks like this is the exact...
  16. Paul_Scott

    HTF HD-DVD Review: Star Trek: The Original Series Season One

    thanks for the review Pat. I just realized something. For these big multi disc sets, why don't these studios start using DVD-sized versions of plain cardboard record jackets for each disc and then house them all together in a simple carboard (or plastic) slipcase? The jacket itself would...
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