Star Trek: The Original Series: The Complete Series

Four things make this collection a must-have for any real fan of the original series. Personally, I rarely ever saw an episode without ads, and most of the time those ads were long and drawn out, ruining the continuity. This collection is a breath of fresh air as it simply flows from one scene to another with the short blackout period in between. No 8 minute commercials making you forget what episode it even is ! In addition since the episodes are in their entirety, and not edited for commercials, the flow of a significant number of them is greatly improved giving more believability to the storyline. When it comes to improved quality, its no doubt that the visual clarity and sound are at their best. 1080 on bluray looks good on a 75 inch all day, while the sound clarity is spot on. In my opinion the improved quality of the special effects and overall picture help to bring a series that originally looked about as realistic as the Batman series from that period up to the quality of a technicolor full length motion from around the same time. Kids growing up right now could appreciate the stories in a show thats 60 years old, and be able to enjoy the picture quality and special effects because theyve been brought up to date. Are the special effects and overall picture quality perfect? No. But they're good enough to improve the overall presentation of this series and bring it into the 21st century. Five Stars.

THIS IS REALLY A GREAT SET. THE PICTURE HAS BEEN DIGITALLY CORRECTED/ENHANCED SO THE "FLAWS" HAVE BEEN REMOVED AND COLORS SEEM MORE VIVID. GREAT TO SEE THE SHOWS I GREW UP ON AGAIN. THIS SET INCLUDES THE VERY FIRST EPISODE WITH JEFFREY HUNTER AS CAPTAIN PIKE. THERE IS ALSO HOURS OF SPECIAL FEATURES.

A great Blu ray set. Very enjoyable.

ALL THINGS STAR TREK.......You can't go wrong!!! The original series on DVD AND UPDATED BLU-RAY! I'm in 7th heaven! The only drawback.....ALL of the disks are in ONE BOX sitting on top of each other...so Be Careful when accessing the disks to prevent scratches!!!! As Dr. McCoy once said..."I choose the danger!"

You already know if you like Original Star Trek, so I'll talk about the DVD Edition. It's fantastic, with a few minor annoyances. Playback quality is superb, all discs arrived in good condition. The packaging is fine for shipping, but you'll want to rehouse them in more accessible storage. They come stacked in a very confusing manner, with multiple discs on the same spindles. There's no episode list, nor anything that isn't on the discs themselves. There are 3 episodes per disc, and the menu navigation is a little cumbersome. The biggest disappointment for me is lack of English subtitles. And that's it - all the complaints I can come up with, for which I take away one star. But if you can live with these dings, the price is right and the quality fantastic. This is the Star Trek I grew up with. Still the coolest starship ever designed! Beam me up Scotty

Great series and all the stories are interesting, the colors very vibrant, great characters and quality production. Hard to believe some of the actors had some animosity swords each other!

The quality of the vids are great, but the packaging is awful. It has the disks arranged in " pages" which you flip through with like 2 disks on each spindle ( easy to damage or scratch). I am putting these disks in a 5 X 7 photo album ( from Amazon) that has a white cloth like backing on each sleeve (48 sleeves) in disk numerical order, and scanning and printing the insert to mount on the photo case. It is highly unlikely i will scratch or break a disk trying to remove it from the spindle. I have a few more multi disk DVD sets that i will likely do the same with.

Star Trek Original Series is what I grew up on. This is for fans old enough to know the original crew and hopefully young viewers give it a chance. About this Blu-ray set: This is a Steel book. I’m not a big fan of steel books but I admit it’s a beautiful looking package. I’m not so happy with the way the discs are stored. 4 discs on each side stacked directly on top of each other, but honestly in a steel book, I don’t see how it could have been done better. If it had been in a plastic case, each disc could have its own spindle and then you risk discs falling off due to how thin it all must be. About this presentation: Star Trek, the original series, is presented in it's original 4:3 aspect ratio with new enhanced special effects interlaced within the show replacing the old, outdated effects. The old effects show their age to the point that you wish they could look better. The new effects are respectful of the old effects and look very much like the old effects, but just so much better. The Gorn looks the same, but he can now blink. In “The Ultimate Computer” the power blast scene is greatly enhanced is very impressive looking, the ships are all recreated in CG which look fine even by today’s standards. The old “ship” effects suffered from poor matting & often had parts of the ship that disappeared, and they just don’t hold up at all. The best part is Paramount had the wisdom to give you BOTH old and new versions in a seamless branching design so you can switch back and forth between them for comparison if desired. I’m including some screenshots to show comparisons for readers. See if you can tell which is old and which is new. Trivia: Did you know, Chekov & Sulu did not appear in the same episode until the end of season 2. Chekov was not introduced until season 2. Overall this is a highly recommended package and worth the price of admission.

Just to avoid confusion the Star Trek original series blu ray box set pictured in the blue box plays in the UK. I have just tested it in a UK version Playstation 5 and it looks super nice. It contains both the as aired special effects and the updated special effects version. I did read that the recent updated special effects versions had deleted dialogue ( possibly updated political correctness?) so you may want to play the original blu ray versions, or toggle between the two. So this should play in certainly Region B ( UK Europe) and maybe other regions

Sin dudarlo es una gran compra para cualquier seguidor de Viaje a las Estrellas. Las tres temporadas de la serie original con tod#os los capítulos en Blu-ray. Tenemos la opción de elegir entre ver el episodio en su formato original o remasterizado. Si han tenido la oportunidad de ver la serie en Netflix estamos hablando de esa remasterización. Doblaje original en español latino. Varios extras en los diferentes discos.

First time buying from Amazon Japan. It arrived sooner than I expected!

Excellent remade CGI effects - takes the original series to new heights!

「字幕付き」を勝手に日本語と思い込みをして買ってしまいました 英語の勉強になればいいと割り切りました