From Newsgroup: alt.tv.star-trek.tos
From Address: fakename{at}nomail.invalid
Subject: Re: Star Trek Into Darkness



Lance Corporal Hammer Schultz wrote:
> On Sun, 25 Aug 2013 22:57:10 -0400, Bast wrote:
>
>> Not really. The "original mode" is just the same DVD
quality it was
>> before, and not remastered/restored.
>
> No, it's not the same as the DVDs from before, it's actually lower
> quality since you get the raw scans in the scenes that have been
> upgraded.  (This was my sole complaint about the Blu-rays.)  But I
> digress.
>
>> That's why I just STOLE IT.
>> Not going to pay again for another EXACT copy of what I already have
>> paid for.
>
> What nonsense.  If it is exactly the same, why download it again at
> all?  Apparently you wanted it, but have rationalized not going down
> to the store and paying for it.
>
>> ...Bad enough paramount crucified us with the original DVD's, by not
>> offering them as a complete set with a slight discount. And were too
>> damn cheap to even include some extras on the DVD's.
>
> Don't whine to me about the DVD sets.  When I bought my first DVD
> player I started collecting the ORIGINAL DVD releases of TOS as they
> were being released -- $15 for a two-episode disc x 40, all the way
> through!




That's what I was talking about.
Bought the originals (2 episodes on a disk) which were released here over a 
period that must have been almost a year to complete the set
Never saw a reason to waste any money on box sets just for the sake of 
collecting, as I bought the original DVD's just to watch.

....Now they are all ripped to the hard drive, the DVD's are stored away, 
and watching is only a button push




 I skipped on the boxed sets when they came out and didn't
> buy again until the Blu-rays.  The Blu-rays are perfect for me and the
> DVDs are a nice bit in the collection and probably the best way to
> view the original cuts. 


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