'Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 1' Coming July 24

[paaron46]

Exciting news! Still no word on pricing yet though.

http://bluray.highdefdigest.com/5230...ek_tng_s1.html

[Krawk]

We've sort of become spoiled with Blu-Ray, many sets come out less expensive than when they were on dvd, here's to guessing between $60-80 per season on street date. I seem to recall the dvd sets were over $100 on street date.

[kjordan2001]

We've sort of become spoiled with Blu-Ray, many sets come out less expensive than when they were on dvd, here's to guessing between $60-80 per season on street date. I seem to recall the dvd sets were over $100 on street date.

I can only hope they're about that price. $100+ a season is way too much to pay. I remember the DVD seasons were as much as $120 or more.

[Vidfreek]

I'm sorry but I could never justify paying that much for a season of this or any other show, Paramount has always been ridiculous on their season pricing, especially for Star Trek and honestly there is no reason these should even come close to costing that much, its an old show, thats still in reruns, thats already had a DVD release, these should come out at like $50 a pop, its a catalog title for goodness sake, if they were priced at that, I MIGHT consider adding these into my collection as I never got to see a lot of the seasons of this one. But in general I almost never purchase TV shows as I dont rewatch most of them again, and when they cost this much, its even more reason not to pick them up, plus not having the time to revisit a series like this doesnt help either, too much other stuff to watch that I havent seen before

[Bane]

I'm sorry but I could never justify paying that much for a season of this or any other show, Paramount has always been ridiculous on their season pricing, especially for Star Trek and honestly there is no reason these should even come close to costing that much, its an old show, thats still in reruns, thats already had a DVD release, these should come out at like $50 a pop, its a catalog title for goodness sake, if they were priced at that, I MIGHT consider adding these into my collection as I never got to see a lot of the seasons of this one. But in general I almost never purchase TV shows as I dont rewatch most of them again, and when they cost this much, its even more reason not to pick them up, plus not having the time to revisit a series like this doesnt help either, too much other stuff to watch that I havent seen before

Well, in this case the work that is going into restoring the show justifies a higher than normal cost. I'm not saying $100 or more is reasonable but for an hour long show having the money put into it that it is, I don't find $80 too outrageous.

[Dr Kain]

This would be good news, but it probably has a low SRP of $149.99. Why? Because Star Trek is a rip off. I will not buy anything Star Trek until they are on sale for under $40.

[g_block]

I'll wait until the seasons are below $50 a pop like I did with the Twilight Zone Blu-Ray seasons...

[Josh Z]

I'm sorry but I could never justify paying that much for a season of this or any other show, Paramount has always been ridiculous on their season pricing, especially for Star Trek and honestly there is no reason these should even come close to costing that much, its an old show, thats still in reruns, thats already had a DVD release, these should come out at like $50 a pop, its a catalog title for goodness sake, if they were priced at that, I MIGHT consider adding these into my collection as I never got to see a lot of the seasons of this one. But in general I almost never purchase TV shows as I dont rewatch most of them again, and when they cost this much, its even more reason not to pick them up, plus not having the time to revisit a series like this doesnt help either, too much other stuff to watch that I havent seen before

CBS has sunk a lot of money restoring every one of these episodes from the original camera negatives. That money will have to be recouped somehow.

People seem to lose perspective when it comes to TV box sets. Season 1 of Star Trek TNG had 26 episodes. At about 50 minutes each, that's almost 22 hours of content, or the equivalent of 11 movies. Plus a whole bunch of brand new bonus features that CBS commissioned for the set.

[Doctorossi]

People seem to lose perspective when it comes to TV box sets. Season 1 of Star Trek TNG had 26 episodes. At about 50 minutes each, that's almost 22 hours of content, or the equivalent of 11 movies. Plus a whole bunch of brand new bonus features that CBS commissioned for the set.

That doesn't change the fact that it's a catalog TV season and it has to compete with other catalog TV seasons on the shelf. CBS can explain their pricing however they want to and the explanation could be entirely valid, but there's a precedent set for this kind of product in the market and that's still the bottom line.

I think the issue here is that people haven't lost perspective on TV boxsets. Their perspective comes from years and years of releases with price-points that make the Star Trek sets appear very expensive.

[Bouncy X]

to those who already have the dvd sets, are any of those extras listed repeats or is this all the new stuff they promised? just curious and assuming its all new, i wonder if they'll port over the dvd stuff.

[fitprod]

I think the issue here is that people haven't lost perspective on TV boxsets. Their perspective comes from years and years of releases with price-points that make the Star Trek sets appear very expensive.

It's more like almost all consumer have developed a sense of entitlement. With the slashing and burning of prices over the years, thanks initially to Wal-Mart, and Netflix's all you can eat streaming, everyone thinks it should only cost $5 or less for any type of media.

fitprod

[fitprod]

to those who already have the dvd sets, are any of those extras listed repeats or is this all the new stuff they promised? just curious and assuming its all new, i wonder if they'll port over the dvd stuff.

The original DVD content is being ported over.

fitprod

[pantsofdoom]

I've always felt like the pricing of anything Star Trek deters others who may be interested in getting into the Star Trek universe. I've never seen TOS on blu for less than $60

[Doctorossi]

It's more like almost all consumer have developed a sense of entitlement.

Expectations built upon a market rate =/= a sense of entitlement.

If a 2-liter bottle of Coke or RC was $2 and a 2-liter bottle of Pepsi was $5, would you describe me as "entitled" if I expressed displeasure with the price of Pepsi?

[paaron46]

Expectations built upon a market rate =/= a sense of entitlement.

If a 2-liter bottle of Coke or RC was $2 and a 2-liter bottle of Pepsi was $5, would you describe me as "entitled" if I expressed displeasure with the price of Pepsi?

Yeah. There's no sense blaming the consumer on what they think is fair pricing for a product. Either they buy it or they don't, and most of that choice is based on competitive pricing. If Best Buy has these seasons for $79.99 and Wal-Mart has them for $59.99 I'm buying them at Wal-mart. Anyone would. Even though the sets may be worth $79.99 would someone really buy them at a more expensive price out of principle?