Star Trek: The Original Series - Season Two (Blu-ray) HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

 Hey Rick!

I figured I wasn't the only one to notice! I just did a comparison and the original mono track is there. Funny how the enhanced sound effects covered up some of the subtle musical instruments used on the score. Especially after the first commercial and you see the Enterprise and Constellation fly-by and then see the Doomsday Machine. The music is so covered over by the sound effects.

I have not seen the Tribbles disc yet, thanks for the heads-up on that one! Sounds like the new sound effects are almost jarring on the TAS episode. I look for it.

Anyone with the Sharp BD-HP20U have any success getting this set to play?  Sharp released a firmware update on Oct. 5 (version HU9071500) that I downloaded and installed on my player tonight.  Still nothing.  All the bonus features will play, which they did before the update, but not the episodes themselves.  Very frustrating.  I deliberately avoided watching these when they were aired on TV because I wanted to experience them uncut and in High Def, and now that I have Season 2 but can't watch it, it's killing me.

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I'm in the same boat as you brother..........

Got it 'day one' and my sharp 20U  won't play it.

I didn't know about the update though, but I guess it doesn't matter if it doesn't help me for this set.

I'm going to have to buy a new player by Xmas and get down to watching these episodes.

 Sorry so many of you guys are having issues with this set.

Not to rub salt in the wounds, but I wanted to comment some more about how amazing this set is. I watched another favorite and anticipated episode for me, Metamorphosis. 

The blu ray continues to reveal so much more. I've seen this one so many times, it's a great story with a nice emotional payoff in the end. (I still have issues with how they alter the character in First Contact, but I can see how he could become a changed man after all those years with the Companion)

What I noticed more this time was how the heck they were able to make that small soundstage look so big! The on-stage effects for the planetoid mist or fog are really well done. Some shots, like the long shot when Cochrane first sees the shuttlecraft is amazing. There is a long shot where he's very far away and I never noticed a vivid green spot light coming down on him against the purple sky color. Cochrane's house was also interesting for me to see as it looked like such a complete set. I noticed this more this time. His "antiques" were much more clearly visible. Elinor Donahue's hair piece was much more obvious. With so many close-up shots of her and Shatner, it wasn't hard to see! Shatner's skin tone was so clear too. He looked so young!

The new CGI Companion does not really match the on-planet optical effect, but I can see they probably gave it a different look for the in-space shots when it's at warp.

A really great episode for me. Great story, great music score and really well executed. Star Trek at its best.