Star Trek: The Original Series (Season One) - HD DVD Review (1 Viewer)

[Jeff Ulmer]

I have to agree with Jari that in most cases ratings are not that good a reference, especially over time. Many things I would have considered A grade back when I began reviewing would be severely downgraded now.

I think the whole idea of messing with the original effects shots is terrible, but any compression artifacts or other video anomalies (like edge enhancement) on any HD format is inexcusable.

 

[HighDefDiscNews]

Jeff, I feel that way to a degree myself about looking back on past reviews and how I'd maybe re-rate them now...

 

[Ed St. Clair]

Thanks for the review.

If you would be so kind to help settle my concern for EE on this title (I've only seen the theatrical presentation). Of coarse I mostly noticed it along a blk outline against a lighter backround; such as pants, hair, & the blk boxes in the trial room. Greatly appreciated.

 

[HighDefDiscNews]

Nothing of that nature present in this HD transfer. Was probably just the projection setup you were viewing the demo on... I'm guessing it was a comic book convention or Star Trek convention...

 

[Paul_Scott]

IGN has a review up that seems to mirror Justins quite a bit as far as the video and overall value/impression


I'm wondering if we are going to get the same kind of macro blocking in the blacks of space, that can be seen in the title sequence of Donners cut of Superman 2?

 

[HighDefDiscNews]

I'm glad someone is agreeing with what I said even if it is IGN.

 

[Mike Frezon]

Justin: I asked this in the thread in which you posted your review of Ratatouille, but got no answer.

On what type of system are you viewing/reviewing these discs? Components, hook-ups, both video & audio, etc.

 

[Nelson Au]

I was curious about the equiptment too and I found this page on Justin's site which shows the hardware: http://www.highdefdiscnews.com/?page_id=2

 

[Lou Sytsma]

This review should make us TOS fans happy.

This quote -

"Remember, regardless of the cleaning, this is an old show shot on a television budget so it doesn’t compare to today’s big budget extravaganzas."

- addresses why some reviewers seem underwhelmed by the visual presentation.

As to the effects matching live action this quote is of interest:

"the teams at Paramount have respected the source material and built the CGI elements to match the "feel" of the show. Yes, there are some new perspective shots of the Enterprise for added effect. At the same time, all the ships have been animated to move and act like the original model did. They’re also designed to look like a clean version of the models as to not look modernized at all. Even purists should be proud of the effort and end result in making this series match Roddenberry’s original vision right down to including the 1.33:1 cropped versions of the effects shots in every episode."

My set should be here by the end of the week so I make my own determination.

Edit to add another review.

And another.

The last two are from a fan's perspective. Fan sensibilities aside both are very impressed with the set.

 

[Ed St. Clair]

I saw it at the theater.
Thanks for answering though!

 

[Arnie G]

Mine should be delivered after work today. I can't wait!