Not so pricey when you consider that.

It’s stupid. We have the screens to watch 1080p now. We have the medium to sell it on. The only reason to hold back is just to sell more videos a few years down the line.

This isn’t a criticism of this particular release, just 1080i in general. Why bother with this lame intermediate stage when we can have a much better picture quality with current technology?

I support CBS-D 100%, I like the project, I don’t own The Original Series on DVD yet and I’ve been holding it off until the TOS-R came out. Hell, I don’t have an HDTV or an HD-DVD player either. Crap’s expensive. I wanted the Standard transfers, and hoped there’d be a more modestly priced Standard version of the Remastered episodes. Wide screen, not chopped like in syndication, everything but the definition.

The price’s fairness depends on if you’re rich or poor. Or, rich and thrifty or poor and don’t care about throwing money away … but I buy the current … “not going to kill me” priced DVD sets to support them already. They’ve gotten plenty of my support, and they’ll get plenty more when I finish buying one series and start another.

So just shoplift it to spite Paramount, and applaud CBS-D for working so hard to give you a great “modernized” The Original Series. Don’t complain that it’s not THAT great. Remember, it was free.

Afraid of getting caught? Have a friend do it. Ethically against it like a good Trekkie should be? Ethics work great in the 23rd Century, but food costs money too, back here in 2007.

Instead of them ripping you off, rip them off instead. They have no qualms about doing it to you – they’ve already done it. Some one some where has pre-ordered this thing.