Full Details of 'Star Trek: The Original Series' Season One Remastered On HD DVD (Updated Sept 4)

CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment invite you to experience STAR TREK: The Original Series as never before when the legendary first season arrives for the first time ever in a 10-disc HD DVD/DVD combo disc set. Meticulously remastered from the original camera negative specifically for this high-definition release, each classic episode is presented in pristine condition with state-of-the-art digital visual effects.

The refurbished episodes also feature higher quality sound for the famous opening theme. The original score by Emmy® Award-winning composer Alexander Courage has been re-recorded in state-of-the-art digital stereo audio with an orchestra and a female singer belting out the famous vocals. A digitally remastered version of William Shatner's classic original recording of the 38-word "Space, the final frontier…” monologue continues to open each episode.

Release Dates:

• Australia - December 6
• France - 2008
• Germany - November 29
• Japan - Early 2008
• North America - November 20
• United Kingdom - November 19

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Details of the North American HD DVD/DVD Combo Release:

STAR TREK: The Original Series is a 10-disc collection presented in the original aspect ratio (1.33:1) screen. The standard definition presentation includes Dolby Digital English 5.1 Surround, LAS Mono and French Mono as well as English, LAS and French subtitles. The HD DVD presentation features English Dolby True HD and LAS Mono with English and LAS subtitles. The Original Series HD DVD/DVD set will be available to own starting November 20, 2007 for the suggested retail price of $217.99.

You may want to scroll down to view the list of bonus features found on both the HD DVD and DVD sides of the discs.

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Details of the Australian HD DVD/DVD Combo Release:

Similar to the North American HD DVD/DVD Combo release. It will be released on December 6.

You may want to scroll down to view the list of bonus features found on both the HD DVD and DVD sides of the discs.

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Details of the German HD DVD/DVD Combo Release:

Similar to the North American HD DVD/DVD Combo release. Except for the following aspects...

• Danish, German, English, English [SDH], Finnish, French, Greek, Dutch, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Swedish, Spanish, Czech, Turkish and Hungarian subtitle options are provided.
• Audio options for the main feature on the DVD side includes Dolby Digital 5.1 (English) & Dolby Digital Mono (German, French, Italian & Spanish).
• Audio options for the main feature on the HD DVD side includes Dolby TrueHD 5.1 (English) & Dolby Digital Mono (German).

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Details of the Japanese HD DVD/DVD Combo Release:
Similar to the North American HD DVD/DVD Combo release. Except for the following aspects...

• Audio options for the main feature on the HD DVD side includes Dolby TrueHD 5.1 (English) & Dolby Digital Mono (Japanese).
• English, Japanese and Japanese (voice-over) subtitle options are provided.

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Bonus features on the HD DVD side (Applicable to all HD DVD releases) are as follows:

• Starfleet Access – On-screen graphical interface allows viewers to access Picture in Picture video commentaries, comparisons of re-mastered vs. original effects, encyclopedic information (science, life forms, technology), episode trivia and more on the following episodes:
  - Where No Man Has Gone Before
  - The Menagerie, Part 1
  - The Menagerie, Part 2
  - Balance of Terror
  - The Galileo Seven
  - Space Seed
  - Errand of Mercy
• Spacelift: Transporting Trek into the 21st Century
  - From new visual effects to sound, this documentary provides an in-depth exploration of the remastering of classic Star Trek episodes.
• Billy Blackburn's Treasure Chest: Rare Home Movies and Special Memories
  - Join crew member and "extra-extraordinaire” Billy Blackburn as he shares his own behind-the-scenes home movie footage of life on the set of Star Trek.
• Interactive Enterprise Tour
  - Viewers will explore the Enterprise interior and exterior in detail as they pilot their own shuttlecraft in this spectacular 3D simulated feature.
• Perpetual Entertainment's "Star Trek Online” MMO Game Preview

Bonus features on the standard DVD side are as follows:

• Spacelift: Transporting Trek into the 21st Century
• The Birth of a Timeless Legacy
• Reflections on Spock
• Life Beyond Trek: William Shatner
• To Boldly Go…Season One
• Sci-Fi Visionaries
• Billy Blackburn's Treasure Chest: Rare Home Movies and Special Memories
• Kiss & Tell: Romance in the 24th Century
• Trek Connections
• Star Trek: Beyond the Final Frontier
• Episode Preview Trailers
• Perpetual Entertainment's "Star Trek Online” MMO Game Preview

StarTrek.com has all the finalised details of Star Trek: The Original Series Season One Remastered HD DVD/DVD Combo release. The official video trailer for this HD DVD can be viewed via this link.