TOS-R Season 2 DVD Announced Officially + TOS Available On Adobe Media Player April 14, 2008
by Anthony Pascale , Filed under: DVD, TOS Remastered , trackback
Confirming previous reports, today CBS and Paramount officially announced that Season Two for the digitally remastered Star Trek The Original Series will be released on August 5th, 2008…on DVD only. In addition, a new media player from Adobe allows you to view all of the (classic) TOS episodes for free (with ads).
TOS-R Season Two
No details on special features or box art was supplied with the announcement (below), but it is expected the set will mimic the Season One release (pictured), except no longer on double-sided HD DVD / DVD combo disks.
Here is the full release:
Star Trek: The Original Series: Season Two Remastered Standard DVD Full Screen
Street Date: August 5, 2008
Actors: Bill Blackburn, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, Nichelle Nichols, Leonard Nimoy, Eddie Paskey, William Shatner
Genre: Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi, TV
Synopsis: ” Space…The Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship, Enterprise. Its 5-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations, to boldly go where no man has gone before !” The series is set in the 23rd century where Earth has survived World War III then moved on to explore the stars.
PRODUCT INFO:
Runtime: 21 Hr. 51 Min. 42 Sec.
US Rating: N/R -
Billy Blackburn being listed for the ‘cast’ indicates that the set should include more of his behind-the-scenes home movies. It is unclear why background actor Eddie Paskey (Leslie) is listed and yet George Takei and Walter Koenig are not. The two big questions now are pricing (which should be significantly lower than Season One due to no HD DVD info) and Blu-ray. Paramount have yet to announce any new Blu-ray titles.
TrekMovie.com will provide updates on DVDs as more information on the set comes to light.
UPDATE: Box Art and Pre-order
TOS-R Season Two is available for pre-order at DVD Empire for $68.90
set ships August 5th
More details HERE.
TOS (classic) available on Adobe Media player
The entire library for Star Trek: The Original Series is available for streaming on the new Adobe Media Player. Other CBS shows (as well as shows from MTV, Comedy Central and others) are also available. The player and episode views are free with ad support. Unlike previous releases of ad-supported streaming Trek, this one appears to work outside the US (It is confirmed for the UK…Int’l Trekkies, please send in tips on if you can or cannot watch Trek with the Adobe player in your country and we will add additional confirmed countries).
Adobe Media Player
Download the player for free at Adobe.com
Loading ...
Comments»
Waiting for a Blu-Ray version someday.
What a waste.
Whoop-dee-doo.
Yes, Season 2 coming soon. Let’s announce Season 3 soo I can put that on my list.
*Yawn*
Well, this will be good for the rental business…
I’m sure we’ll see Blu-Ray someday…
Decloaking . . .
Hey, didn’t someone say there is going to be a new movie one of these years? Or is that just a rumor??
Refracking.
I think it’s odd that blackburn’s name appears at the top of the credits..over kelly, over nimoy, and even over shatner..seems CBS-D is running out of special features…
I officially proclaim this decision lame.
Season Two: coming to woot.com very soon….
Let’s see:
Season One: HD-DVD only
Season Two: DVD only
Season Three: Blu-Ray only
Nice marketing Paramount.
It’s no wonder you couldn’t keep UPN afloat.
…
If they charge over $50 for this, it will rest quietly on store shelves for years. I know I wouldn’t pay more than that for it. And I have the first season.
mutter mutter mutter ripoff merchants mutter…
why not release on blue ray too???
8. todd
just a thought. the acting credits are listed in alphbetical order by last name.
#10 Except that Season One was HD-DVD and DVD but I agree with the sentiment.
Season 3 will be relased on WC (Wax Cylinder :)
@10 - call me old and cynical but surely it’s:
Season One: HD-DVD only
Season Two: DVD only
Season Three: DVD only
…
(studio with their hands over their mouths trying not to laugh)
…
Season One 18 months later: BluRay shininess in a totally new box
Season Two 24 months later: BluRay shininess in a totally new box
Season Three 30 months later: BluRay shininess in a totally new box
a funny thing happened on the way to the moon…. yikes. what the EF happened to this entire remaster project?
yo, AP - are they even giving you inside skinny on the new shows anymore? did this whole thing turn into a non-event or what?
I can’t blame it all on the format war, either. They should have planned for that contingency either way.
BEST!!
=h=
YOU GOTTA BE KIDDIN’ ME!?!
I cannot believe they are releasing the Remastered in standard def only! CBS/Paramount has some set on ‘em.
Why on earth would any one but them with the Hi-Def eye candy? Don’t get me wrong, if you wish to but them… well, it’s a free country (so to speak.) I’ve bought every incarnation of VHS/Laserdisc/DVD there is when it comes to Star Trek but… really?
I implore every one who visits this site NOT to buy any Remastered sets until it comes out on Blu-ray. Please!!! Send a message to CBS/Paramount and tell them the buck stops here!
No…..Thank….You.
…and here I thought management where I work is full of idiots. Paramount’s even worse.
#18 i agree
they should re-release season 1 in dvd and blue ray media
and season 2 in blue ray media also
The remasterd shots have very bad layout anyway.. if you compare the original layouts even though they had worse effects, they conveyed the story far better. Because they were done by good directors.. these new shots look like they were done by people who only know CGI.
PS. I am an animator so I know what Im saying… lol
I’m still waiting for season 1 on Viewmaster…
No HD? What’s the point? Paramount, please put these out on Blu-Ray.
20—:rolleyes:—everyone could do it better. Send your resume’ in to CBS-D with your review of their pitiful work. I’m sure they will snatch you up.
Will they give the effects another pass to clean up the inconsistent work?
As many others, no purchase from me until it’s ALL available Blu-Ray, no point.
no way in hell buying a non hd version.
Bought the first season and love it but I already
have tos DVD. Granted its not hd but hd is my final
purchases these days not sandard def.
Good going paramount or who ever makes these
Choices. Let go of your hddvd dreams and go
with the flow bluray.
just Tried the Adobe Media Player, i can CONFIRM it does work in Republic of Ireland.
I hope this new Season 2 DVD boxset will have a better, simple and user-friendly menu section. I hate the Season 1 DVD menu section that I think was poorly designed.
This is completely stupid, the remastered episodes on my Season One box look so much better in HD (ridiculously so in fact) that I’ll definitely have to wait until they release Season 2 on BluRay. Forget DVD when an HD transfer exists!
finally- i got the DVD/HD DVD for the DVD side alone- i just wanted to see the remastered episodes- will worry about HD quality later.
i just want to see the episodes themselves.
cant wait- even though the remastered episodes vary in quality n effort they still are better than the original prints n FX- watching them for the new FX is like watching them for the first time again.
wish everyone could enjoy them as much & yes i will buy the inevitable blue ray editions coming eventually.
If Paramount expects me to buy these, they better put them out on Blu Ray.
Adobe works in canada as well!
Star trek on player works fine in Sweden
There are days when I wish Paramount would just go belly up and sell their properties to other studios. Their slipshot support for next-gen DVD formats and their pricing for their Trek series to this point has just been ridiculous.
I really see no point in getting this either until they release a BluRay edition at a reasonable price.
BTW, what ever happened to the remastered shows on Xbox Live? After the first 20 or so, no more episodes have ever been put up.
[…] Źródło: TrekMovie.com […]
Waiting for the Blu Ray….wasn’t the whole point of this project to make TOS look good in HD? Paramount continues to amaze me with their ineptitude.
Don’t forget, this is the same studio who had to be guilted into restoring The Godfather by Steven Spielberg. The negative was literally about to disintegrate and the studio wasn’t interested in preserving it. It took Spielberg getting involved to get it done after Coppola had pleaded with the studio to no avail. That gives you a good idea of what Paramount thinks of it’s own properties.
Adobe player confirmed in Mexico!!!!
thanks Anthony
Blu-Ray please, Paramount/CBS. Not buying until then…
Hi it also works very fine in Germany !!!
Why hi-def for a show that wasn’t made for high-def? The sets weren’t built to high-def standards. The uniforms weren’t made for high def. Anything more than standard DVD will look CHEESEY The current DVD’s have all the detail that is needed.!
YAY! I’ve been waiting patiently for season 2 to be announced since the format wars. The quality on the standard side of season 1 was good enough for me so I have no complaints about season 2 being “dvd-only”. My only hope is for the box set to match my season 1 remastered set. Please, Paramount, that’s all I aks for.
Calm down guys… Since there isn’t a DVD/Blu-ray combo format, Paramount is just announcing the DVD option first. Once they sort out their Blu-ray schedule, the TOS seasons will begin on Blu-ray too. Remember, at this point, Paramount hasn’t announced Blu-ray releases for ANY movie… they’re still getting the logistics worked out after the switch back from DVD-DVD.
Whoops: I mean from HD-DVD :-)
I live in germany!
There is no Trek available on CBS!
Only CSI, CSI-Miami, CSI-NY,JERICHO (i like it!), BigBrother (I hate it!) and SURVIVOR!!!!
Hm, deja-vu. This argument has been had on the original article related to this topic. I will by DVD until I can’t because I can’t afford to buy the state-of-the-art stuff. However, for those who wish to hold out for Blu-Ray then do so. I’m sure CBS Paramount will release it on Blu-Ray soon enough. As the old saying goes “patience is a virtue.”
I grant you CBS isn’t the best company in the world but they were so heavily invested in HD-DVD so maybe they’re taking their time and making the switch properly. I wouldn’t want a rushed product because people were screaming over Blu-Ray. I’d rather have a quality product over a rushed product to placate someone. So, give CBS some time. I’m sure they’ll get around to it.
By the way, I also agree that they should announce TOSR on Blu-Ray as soon as possible since many people have made the upgrade and would like to have it in HD. In the meantime, have some patience.
Trek is available on CBS.com (not remastered) but not on the actual network CBS here in America. JERICHO is an interesting show. It’s not my favorite but it’s still interesting. I like NCIS, despite its inaccuracies on how law enforcement really works, but I think it’s a good show. I’m not a fan of CSI however.
I’m waiting for that release in HD-DVD!!! Love that Toshiba that I specifically purchased to get all three seasons in crystal clear HD-DVD! And it’ll be great, I can’t wait to see, uh, oh yeah, no more HD-DVD. I guess I’ll have to wait until the second and third seasons go Blu and then get a player.
I finally saw Let That Be Your Last Battlefield, thanks to the Adobe Player! :D
No Trek in the UK through Adobe…
My bad - it’s listed under CBS - Star Trek, so under C and not S.
So it works in Germany!! Hint for 44. it can be found under CBS Star Trek…
Great day for Germany!
The player works fine in the UK! Thanks Anthony :)
It really poor that people that have HD players, and just got them at Christmas 2007, and have already watched the HUGE difference in DVD versus HD-DVD must settle. You would think there would be “some” market left for HD DVD’s noting the number of players sold. It’s incredible how fast everyone abandoned this format. Maybe a class action suit at Toshiba would be a good idea…
Season One Rocked. Season Two, with “The Doomsday Machine” would have been incredible in HD.
A VERY annoyed Trek fan…
@ #51
THANKS!!!!
All I can say is that all you guys must be rich. Everybody is talking about blue ray and HD-DVDs. What about the people who can’t afford that stuff. I’m Sure they are happy about it.
#55
I agree. Not everyone can afford the HD stuff such as myself. So just it coming on DVD is nice. Besides, the cross compatibility is still there with Blu-Ray. Until they come out with a format that doesn’t work with a standard DVD, I’m sticking with the standard. They are cheaper and I get just the same entertainment value out of them as I would if I had them in HD.
Open letter to Paramount…
I’ll be waiting for Blu-Ray. Thanks, but no thanks.
And while your’re mulling over your options, revise the packaging of TOS-R when you do get around to a Blu-Ray release. The HD-DVD box was the worst box set design I’ve ever encountered, doubly so considering the outrageously high price.
The menu layouts weren’t so great, either, especially considering the outrageously high price.
And finally, how about a trade-in offer for us poor saps who bought in to HD-DVD. Maybe half-price on a Blu-Ray Season 1 when you inevitably release it?
I know, I know. You’re Paramount. Customer Service is Job #28.
Paramount has mishandled the merchandising of Star Trek ever since it acquired the show from Desilu. No matter who’s been running things (now including CBS on the TV/video side), no matter who the corporate parent has been, the studio itself has never really done right by its greatest “property.” The only thing that’s been consistent over the years is their ability to piss of the fans.
It just figures that they’d botch the HD release by opting for the wrong format. I’m lucky to have guessed right this time. I felt Blu-ray might be the winning format the first time I’d heard Sony was building it into the PS3. Not that I’m any genius — I would have expected sharper industry minds at Paramount/CBS Video might have reached the same conclusion.
If there are any studio lurkers reading, add me to the count of those waiting for Blu-ray of each season before I buy them. This second season SD-only release is just pointless. Are there some weird contractual reasons forcing this release? I hope that’s behind this, not some cynical belief that we as fans will just fork over for Trek-anything. I know there will be a Blu-ray release sooner than later, so why not make that now? And as nice as some of the new effects have been, they haven’t been so fantastic that I’ll buy an SD season set just for them.
#21. You have them in Viewmaster? Well, I’m holding out for the Betamax versions….one episode per tape! Funny post. This is huckster-vision of the highest magnitude! Paramount takes rip-offs to new heights! Why the hell would any thinking, sentient being with an HD or Blu ray system buy the second season in STANDARD DVD?? I do NOT have an HD or Blu Ray system but I have friends that do, and I find that kind of business practice appalling. They’re just going to release the Blu-Ray versions in a year or less, making complete and total fools out of everyone who bought it early. My friend actually bought the HD-DVD version and said it was an unwieldy mess; flipper discs with no ID markings on them whatsoever! No thanks! Sticking with the ol’ standard versions until Paramount screws its head on right and makes them $40 a season…then we’ll negotiate for the release of money from my wallet!
Not interested. I’ll wait until it comes out on Blu-ray.
just Tried the Adobe Media Player , it DOESN’T WORK in Italy!!!!!!!!!!!!
Why???????????????
THAT’S IT…I DOWNLOADED THE SOFTWARE AND IT WAS WORKING…
BUT NOT ANYMORE….DAMNNN!!!!!!!!
SO MUCHO FOR MEXICO GETTING TREK
I bought the first season and thoroughly enjoyed it on my now-orphaned HD-DVD player. But I’ll use Netflix for this DVD-only season. I presume that in a year or two acceptable desktop Blu-ray players will become affordable and CBS will offer Blu-ray remastered discs. #@%# format war.
Just checked..hmmm, doesnt work here in Sweden..too bad…neat player though, will try some of the other stuff….
Just read some of the other intl comments..it would appear that it initially worked and then they pulled the plug…i couldnt find it listed, when i did a search for star trek, did the show appear under CBS, when I tried to play an episode, the audio message was: this content is currently unavailable… goodnight from Sweden…until further notice..
The “Trek” content does not work in Japan. I just tried it and got only a voice telling me it’s “currently unavailable.” Too bad for those of us in Asia!
#40, I downloaded a few of the remastered episodes from Xbox Live in hi-def at 720p. The sets and costumes hold up quite well and the hi-def format’s increased color depth really brings out a richness to everything. As for the new FX, they were done in 16×9 and you could see a wealth of detail that never showed up in the standard def broadcasts.
It’s a real shame that CBS/Paramount stopped offering the remastered episodes over Live after the initial batch; they would have been the perfect stopgap until a BluRay release.
the trek content isn’t working in the UK at the moment either. Perhaps too many of us tried to connect to the site and it couldn’t cope…
I’m glad it’s not double sided any more, it seemed to get scratched to easily.
you have got to be jim kirk joking me !!! , the abode player does NOW NOT WORK IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND (it was working fine a few hours ago ) , you just get voice saying the contect is currently unavable. !! damit
ok. paramount must be getting dumb and dumb and dumb and dumb! no bluray no holodeck and no way im going to buy. ok the holodeck i can wait longer for. but no bluray. paramount as scotty likes to say.(are you daft!!!!!)also as kirk says. go to the devil! ok i know who is behind this at paramount. KHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.
Wow! They are releasing the second season set on my birthday. What a present!
#57 I am with you.
For me- No more Trek purchases until Remastered goes Blu-ray. I bought my HD-DVD player just for Trek, so I am out that $200, then I will be buying season one again, so I am out that $140– yeah, I want a trade in, but I am not going to cry so much over that (I will just keep season one around a good long time until the Blu season one gets to the discounted racks).
But what I won’t do, is buy this on DVD. I actually think that some of the episodes have been made worse by the remastering, but some are better. What is unparalleled is how the live action stuff looks in HD– so if this isn’t HD, then it isn’t for me.
While I am at it, I am excited that Voyager is now down to $35 a season. I never have bought that series or Enterprise (I own every other series in DVD, and some duplicates in VHS)– and there is no reason to get Voyager in HD– but until Paramount removes their head from their butt on the Remastered on Blu-ray thing, I will wait on the Voyager and Enterprise purchases too. They have got enough of my money, they will have to earn the rest of it.
Tried Adobe Media Player, it does NOT work in Germany
But I can watch Bikini Destinations…
good news! i have been feeling like a pauper in the UK ………..no classic trek!
lol @ another TOS DVD box.
Blu-ray guys, heard of it? Yes you guys were on the wrong side during the ‘war’. Not an excuse to ditch HiDef altogether tho :(
Sigh…
I have not been impressed enough with the remastered episodes to buy this just yet. When it’s all on one format… then we’ll talk.
For now, I’ll just stick with my regular DVDs, thanks.
I can’t wait for Season 2, be it DVD, Blue Ray or Betamax. I think Season 2 has most of the really good original episodes and many of the best Remastereds, just think of Doomsday Machine, Amok Time, Journey to Babel, and Ultimate Computer. I gotta have the uncut, ad free Remastered Episodes, whatever medium they come in.
All I’m getting here in Republic of Ireland is, “this content is currently unavailable”.
GUYS! You don’t understand why it isn’t coming on blu-ray for a while.
Let me explain… there are two main reasons…
1) The whole set needs to be redone. The previous set was on HD-DVD flippers which hold 25gb and can be played by regular DVD players on the B side. The content of which were usually 3 episodes with some extras on the HD side and the same again in standard def with older extras from the previous set on the DVD side. If CBS use BD50s with twice as much storage space, there is no need for a ludicrous 10 disc set. Also, all the old extras will either be ditched or put onto the BDs which will mean re-authoring the menus. They could also put more episodes on a single BD. But then what happens to the packaging? The inside fits a 10 disc folding case. If you put more episodes on BD50s then that obviously means less discs. Ths means entirely new menus AND labels for the discs plus new insertsalong with new boxes. And there is also the delicate matter that Toshiba paid towards the production of the discs. Will they really want to help fund Star Trek on Blu-ray, the format that killed off theirs?
I don’t know if the episodes themselves would have be re-incoded with a different codec to work properly with Blu-ray. At the moment I can see compression artefacts on my HD-DVD set and I can see no reason why there should be ANY when there should be enough space for uncompressed files on HD. This was probably due to having to be able to have a DVD playable B side. I hope the BD sets improve on that when they eventually come out.
So, as you can see there are a lot of production issues.
2) It is strongly rumoured that Paramount are CONTRACTUALLY obliged not to release ANYTHING on Blu-ray for period of time. They might NOT be able to put it out on BD because of their contractual agreement with the HD consortium. They haven’t announced ANY new BDs since the fall of HD, so there is definetely more going on then just working out how to release The Godfather on BD.
*
Putting TOS-R S2 out on DVD makes perfect sense to me. They have already made all the menus, the packaging exists and probably wont be able to be used on the BD set, it would probably be a huge slap in the face to CBS-D if they DONT release the episodes this year, and there are good many of us (including people on this board) who aren’t ready to upgrade to HD.
It comes down to the same old mantra… DON’T BUY IT IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT!
But for goodness sake, stop whining about things you don’t understand or complaing about the DVD sets that you have no intention of buying so therefore have no reason to be upset. Just wait until you find out what the RRP is. If it’s didiculously high priced then Paramount/CBS will get what they deserve.
#79-
I totally agree with you! Season 2 has some of the classic episodes and I’ll be in line to buy this set when it is released in August. All I have is a standard DVD player so far and I’m happy with the quality of the ‘DVD’-side of Season 1 remastered.
#73-
Where did you see Voyager for $35?? I still new a few seasons to complete the set and $35 is the lowest I’ve seen yet! Thanks!
LAME
Adobe player does no-longer work in Iceland. It worked last night…but not anymore…
dang it !!!!
#83- Amazon has it for $35 a season. Enterprise, same deal.
As for Australia - was able to download the software and locate the star trek episodes. Any time I tried to play them however, I received an audio “This content is currently unavailable” message.
Not sure if it was a temporary issue or you just can’t watch it in Australia.
This signals that the higher resolution laser disc isn’t yet ready for us normal folk. I am glad the standard DVD is out. I don’t yet have a high res laser disc player (Blue-Ray or HD-DVD) and for now am holding out even though there is a format “winner”. I am pleased this is coming on on DVD, even though I am not at this point interested in replacing the original season two boxed set. The CGI is just… forget it. You all know what I mean. I wish not to bash further.
Paramount was the last studio to go to DVD. They are the last to Blu-Ray, and it’s a given that when the definitive downloadable HD format is introduced, they’ll be on the sidelines, or aligned with a minority format.
One poster here made it clear: Three seasons of STR, three different formats.
People get fired for stuff like that.
Star Trek original series in Adobe’s new Media Player does not play in the UK. Other content is fine.
18 “I implore every one who visits this site NOT to buy any Remastered sets until it comes out on Blu-ray.”
Sorry, I’ll be very content to own then remastered new versions on standard DVD. Unless you can find me a blue-ray player for under $100.
#59 “They’re just going to release the Blu-Ray versions in a year or less, making complete and total fools out of everyone who bought it early.”
Only the fools the own blu-ray players, which is a minute percentage when you look at the whole picture. Standard definition is in almost every household and can be played on personal DVD devices as well as computers and laptops. Releasing Trek on the dominant format is hardly a stupid idea. Far from it actually.
But a subsequent blu-ray release would be nice for the high def entusiasts, who, like it or not, are the minority and will be for quite some time.
In the meantime, everyone else can enjoy the remastered season 2 now and that’s a good thing.
Adobe Media player does not seem to allow me to play star trek remastered editioin in the UK. (At least on both my comptuers and on my friend’s computer it doesnt work anyway!) It just says: “This content is currently unavailable”
Does anyone know when, where or how I can get my hands on/watch the remastered version in the UK? I’m getting really desperate! Please help!
Update
It worked in Germany, but now it doesn’t work anymore.
So that’s it.
This content is currently unavailable.
The hymn in my nightmares.
It worked for about a week in the UK (non remastered only) but is now unavailable. It’s ridiculous: why can the US watch it but not us British or German or any other country for that matter.
Why they cannot release it on itunes where you could buy the episodes is beyond me too! CBS/Paramount:- there is a market out here!!!!!
it’s a contractual issue with toshiba, they paid for the remastering, simple as that i’m afraid.