"Deep Space Nine: To HD or not HD?." Topic

"2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the Star Trek franchise. To celebrate, Paramount are hoping to release the third Star Trek 'reboot' movie (and thirteenth overall) and, erm, at the moment not a lot else. Tentative discussions on a new Star Trek TV series don't seem to have gone anywhere and there isn't even any talk of a big TV documentary or retrospective. It does seem a bit odd for the biggest name in science fiction that more isn't being done to celebrate its longevity, especially considering the successful celebrations the BBC put on for Doctor Who's fiftieth anniversary a couple of years ago.

Something that fans had been expecting and looking forwards to, at least, was the HD/Blu-Ray re-relase of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. CBS completed their release of Star Trek: The Next Generation on Blu-Ray in December and things looked good that they could roll straight into DS9 and, hopefully, Voyager right after. However, Robert Meyer Burnett, the producer of the documentaries for the TNG Blu-Rays, has tweeted that a DS9 re-release is now less likely, citing low sales for the TNG box sets. The news has stunned Trek fans who'd assumed that the whole franchise was being upgraded and future-proofed.

Burnett later clarified that he had no insider knowledge on a final decision, but the sales were not looking good. This came as slightly more of a relief because all the other indications so far have been that a DS9 re-release was possible (although tricky) even considering the slow take-up of TNG…"
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Armand

only for more features

Always liked DS9 and Voyager … I wish the SyFy Channel would play those series along with all the other ST series. On occasion or even daily … Instead of the home movies, etc., that they try to pass off to us as Sci-fi, or whatever …

Agree!.

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Armand

I've been watching tng on blu ray, its fantastic, sooo looked forward to seeing those epic space battles in HD…