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I was tired of buying collector's sets and downloading random episodes. THIS IS WORTH THE MONEY. Excellent picture even stretched on widescreen TV. Seasons three and four kick @$$. Make it so baby!!!
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One of the best casts, if not the best, of ANY Science Fiction series ever, was brought together to reinvent a lot of what we knew sci-fi to be. Gene Roddenberry brought an amazing new world to us with some of the most amazing effects and writing where the focus on the story was more about society and discovery and how humanity could cope with that, than anything else. This as an absolute must have for anyone looking for great entertainment for the household, or even for themselves. Beware though... Lwaxana Troi may terrorize your days ;-) (Majel is just amazing on those guest appearances!)
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I'm really glad that I have the entire seven seasons of Star Trek: TNG. I wanted it for a long time. However, after receiving the collection and watching a few episodes, I was disappointed. I was expecting better video quality. And, I hope I'm not the only one with the following problem.
Specifically, the DVDs that I have watched thus far have superior audio, and the video stream is smooth but has poor color contrast. The picture has an overall dim background brightness, rendering a poor contrast between light and dark objects. This makes it difficult to see everything in the scenes. The brighter elements are okay and the darker colors and background elements are barely viewable or not viewable at all. Examples include scenes of video where the Enterprise is orbiting a planet, inside scenes of the Enterprise with Captain Picard, Commander Riker, Counselor Troy, etc, and other interior shots where the darker colors of actors' uniforms, and background objects which were, again, barely identifiable/viewable on the screen or not viewable at all. I thought, perhaps, my TV was the problem or maybe even the DVD player, so I conducted a few tests.
First, the TV was evaluated. It is not possible to adjust picture elements like the contrast or turn the brightness up on my TV enough to have the picture to appear normal and get the background colors to come out correctly. When I do turn the brightness enough to somewhat see the background elements, the rest of the picture (lighter elements) washes out. So, I put the same episodes into my computer, which has an LCD monitor. Although the picture came out a little better, the problem remained. Now, I happen to have many VHS episodes of Star Trek: TNG. I compared some identical episodes using both DVD and VHS formats with the same TV and DVD/VHS player, with a follow-on plan to then try more tests using a different TV (computer monitor) and player. So, I watched a couple of the episodes that I had on both DVD and VHS. The VHS versions played well and the video was normal for both background and foreground viewing brightness and color identification. Continuing on, I tried the DVD on another DVD player hooked to the same TV with the same poor results. I also tried using another VHS player on the same TV, played the identical episodes on it, and the picture quality was great.
My conclusion is that the Star Trek: TNG DVD collection was recorded incorrectly or at too low a brightness level. Whatever the cause, the poor video quality is unacceptable. Unfortunately, I passed the warranty period because it took me too long to view enough video episodes to know this was a systemic problem. And, I really don't want to give up my collection since the next set I purchase will undoubtedly be the same. I say this because I own Star Trek, the original series and it is too dark, as well.
All I can say is that I will not purchase any other Star Trek series until I know I'm getting something substantially better than mediocre video quality and offered quality replacement DVDs for my current two collections.
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This was a perfect buy! It was/is everything I wanted. I don't think I could have found a better price and it was delievered in a decent about of time.
(Of course if you're not a trekkie,you may not like this item).:)
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I love the show very much and consider myself a Trek fan. It's nice to have the series on DVD, but the extra features are nill if any. Very sporadic, no real commentary or commentary that is particularly interesting. If you want your favorite episodes on DVD, you get it. The video quality is not particularly good, it's pretty average. I think it was a straight transfer from VHS, but I could be wrong. It would be nice to get director commentaries, but I don't think there are any. Slightly disappointing considering how much money I blew on the discs, in my opinion.
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