Deep Space Nine re-released...on DVD again. :(

http://trekcore.com/blog/2017/02/first-look-new-star-trek-deep-space-nine-dvd-collection/

Well that's disappointing. I guess we'll never get the show on Blu Ray. But I guess this might be a good purchase if you missed out on the original 2003 releases or if you just couldn't afford them.

I have to admit the box artwork is pretty damn nice. But the discs are exactly the same as the previous release... Except the disc art is now plain grey without the episodes listed.

Probably not worth a buy for most of us.

As much as I'd like to see an HD version of DS9, this thread from earlier this month explains why that's probably never going to happen.

Oh yeah they also re-released Voyager on DVD this month... for anyone who cares about that show. Also not on Blu Ray, so no HD Jeri Ryan T&A.

From the comments thread:

CBS President Les Moonves is quoted, regarding this release, "Yes, we are well-aware that this is the 17th release of this TV series on DVD in the past 20 years and that it is already available on every single streaming platform currently in existence, but market research shows that there are several self-abusing consumers who sold their original DVDs of DS9 nearly a decade ago at their local flea market".

Moonves continued, "We understand that a new behind-the-scenes documentary is being produced this year by original showrunner Ira Steven Behr and we wanted to ensure this DVD box set would be released in stores in time to exclude this documentary from inclusion as a value-added bonus as we feel dedicated fans of the series would not be interested in seeing new commentary and material."​

Anyway, without some new material (say, a whole bunch of commentaries, something the Trek DVDs have always been pretty pathetic at), I can't see much of a reason to buy this...

Between netflix, youtube, and massive syndication why would anyone bother with DVD collections anyway?

I own the dvds but haven't used them since it went on streaming.

There probably isn't much good reason any more. I sort of like the idea of owning something physical and not having to rely on a crappy internet service to watch the show.

I do have a large collection of DVDs but lately I've been thinking of just ripping everything to my hard drive and chucking all the discs. That will take a lot of time though.

I know Paladin has one of the largest media collections I've ever seen.

To have the physical media, because Netflix, Youtube and massive syndication don't always run all the things I want to see.

It'd be nice if I could just get the packaging. Those old plastic sleeves mostly fell apart - the first time I used them.

Being able to watch anywhere. I've gone places where I knew I wouldn't have reliable internet and brought DVDs along.

Also, streaming is subject to licensing agreements. The BBC has completely pulled Doctor Who from streaming services. Most of the Stargate franchise is no longer available on Netflix.

I wont be buying it again either but really this collection is for the new trek fans that have cropped up in the last ten years. And unless they spend the millions to do a proper remaster blu-rays would be a waste of money.

I just got plastic cases and downloaded a custom cover set someone made with photoshop that forms an image across all the spines. Pretty much all the cases were crap, and honestly it made me feel a bit OCD that the series were all different.

Netflix has all Trek all of the time.

Despite having an enormous DVD collection, I haven't bought a DVD in years. The last one--a late exception a couple of years back--was a copy of Blue Ruin, a movie I wanted to see that wasn't available in HD.

If you want DVDs, you must still be rockin' a pre-HD TV, because that shit just doesn't look very good on a 60" HD screen.

Showing off again? But seriously, why is anyone buying DVD's anymore? It's not like vynel, people aren't going to want DVD's thirty years from now.

Completely off-topic, but this phrase reminded me of the clerk I bought my TV from. Every other sentence was "If you're still rockin' a CRT, the sound is going to be similar," "I'm rockin' a 42-inch at home," "If I didn't care how much it cost I'd be rockin' this one over here," and so on ...

I was (am?) a huge fan of the format, but I hardly ever watch it these days. Most of what I buy is Blu-Ray, and even that has been surpassed by UHD (on which I buy most new films if the reviews indicate they're superior to the Blu-Ray version).

DVD is not horrible on a small screen; if you rip a DVD and stream it to your phone or tablet, it looks okay.

I still plan to rip all my DVDs to a NAS and make them available for my own personal streaming. Eventually.

Yeah, that particular idiom has slipped into my speech somehow. Not sure from where.

I pretty much use it only in the derogatory sense, usually to indicate some thing or practice is out of date: "You're rockin' a flip phone!" "You're rockin' Mapquest!" "You're rockin' a dial-up modem!"

I have some UHD blue ray's, but sadly still haven't upgraded my tv.

Ah, you must make amends. Make sure you get HDR when you upgrade (may not be a choice, all 4K TVs will soon have it). The higher contrast ratio is a bigger plus than the extra resolution.

Not all UHDs are significantly better than Blu-Ray--I always check the reviews at HighDefDigest.com before I buy--but the ones that are (like The Martian or The Revenant) really shine on a 4K HDR set.

Thanks to you I got BvS UHD. Will it play on my PS4, if I get the tv? Also, I have all versions of The Martian, damn you Ridley Scott.

Don't think you can play UHD on a PS4.

But UHD players are fairly inexpensive.

Very worthwhile film. And quite rewatchable.

That sucks.

[cough]Kodi[/cough]

I heard Voyager is being released on VHS!

I was living on my ship at the time I purchased DS9, so I tossed the sleeves they came in for space. But I wasn't missing much. They were cheap as hell.

I could live without a remastered edition, but I wish they'd release the show on DVD just to cut back on the number of discs for the whole series, since Blu-ray can hold a considerably bigger amount of data. Plus, they don't scratch as easily...I bought my set "like new" from Amazon and there were at least seven episodes that fracked up about mid-way. There were probably more, but I skipped most of season one.

And if Star Trek is the only thing you ever want to watch, that's nice.

Yay, another funny word to look up!
Even their website doesn't make it clear what they do.

Kodi and Plex are media centers. They grab content from wherever they find it and play it on whatever screen they are available for. This goes for completely legal stuff and media that might have fallen off the back of a virtual truck.

I use Plex on my Amazon Fire box to access the 8 GB of *cough* completely legal DVD rips *cough* which reside on a PC in the other room. Plex and Kodi have the same basic feature set with slightly different emphasis.

8gb?