HD DVD Movie Releases for November 20, 2007
by Pravin on November 20th, 2007 in movies.
What’s lost in quantity is more than made up for by quality in this week’s HD DVD movie releases. First off is a sci-fi comedy about creatures living underground, followed by a BBC presentation of a classic opera, and rounded out by the new release of a cultural phenomenon.
The voyages of the star ship Enterprise boldly go into the world of high-definition, as CBS and Paramount release the box set of a remastered and enhanced first season of Star Trek, exclusively on HD DVD. The reviews on this disc set are positive, though just a few purists are upset that their time-honored classic was modified at all. It should be noted that this effort wasn’t to simply convert the footage to high-def, but that the film was also cleaned up to remove defects such as stains and spots. A boxed set of the second season is reportedly coming out next spring.
There are a couple of interesting promotions related to the launch of the Star Trek boxed set. The first 150 customers to purchase the set at two Virgin Mega stores (120 at Time Square and 30 at Union Square) will also receive a free Toshiba HD DVD player on which to watch their new discs. The StarTrek.com site also has a contest ending this Friday where you can win the boxed set along with an HD-A3 player.
The odds are much better, however, that you can take advantage of the special “Phaser” remote promotion. Featuring sound effects (that you can turn off), the specially made remote controls your HD DVD player and is free when you purchase the boxed set and a new Toshiba HD DVD player between now and February 29, 2008, while supplies last. The form to fill out for this offer comes in the boxed set, so make sure you save all of your receipts and packaging.
(all movie links are to ordering pages at Amazon)
 Star Trek (1966)William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, George Takei, Majel Barrett Not Rated |
 Tremors (1990)Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Finn Carter Directed by Ron Underwood Rated PG-13 |
 Midsummer Night’s Dream (1999)Mendelssohn, Pacific Northwest Ballet Not Rated |
Here’s a quick look at the remastering work done on Star Trek:
November 23rd, 2007 at 7:59 am
Unfortunately I will not qualify for this offer as I have had my player for some time now. I will say that no one should underestimate the impact that Star Trek can have on any format. Star trek has been an absolute cash cow for Paramount since they acquired Trek from Desilu back in the late 60’s, grossing well over one billion dollars in revenue for the studio. Why do you think there have been FOUR spinoffs and ten (with an eleventh on the way) feature films. Even at tthe price I am betting that this set sells 100K over the first three months. Paramount has already announced season two for March of 2008.