etl@cbscc.UUCP (Eugene T. Levine) (11/20/84)
> Last spring, there was much rejoincing when an announcement was made > that the ST videotapes of the original episodes were to be produced > for sale this fall. Yet, I have seen no followup on this. Any > updates? What is the current status? > > Walt Pesch > AT&T Technologies > ihnp4!ihuxp!wbpesch A friend of mine who is a VERY big trekkie and owns a videotape rental store says that the tapes will be available starting in January from Paramount. I guess its a type of tape of the month club with one episode a month available for about $19.95 each. The tapes will be the uncut versions from the 'master?' so the quality should be flawless. Lets see 79 episodes, 12 months in a year, by 1991 you'll have all the episodes. Gene Levine (ATT BL) "Speculate, Spock!"
dwhitney@uok.UUCP (11/24/84)
The one thing you can guarantee when asking two video-store owners the same question is that you will get two exactly contradicting answers, each respondent certain of their accuracy. The owner of the video shop I frequent here in Oklahoma City has told me that the plans for the Trek-of-the-Month have been completely dropped! Not that I dispute what the previous posting says, but just the frustration of wondering who is right! Oh, well, I hope the episodes come out, and I hope the video for Trek 3 comes out before Christmas 1997. Also, I called Paramount Home Video in Los Angeles this past week, and asked them myself when ST3 would be out on video, and she said, "Man, I don't know. Probably pretty soon. Check your video store, they may know." And this was the response I got from PARAMOUNT!!! Oh, well.. David Whitney ctvax!uokvax!uok!dwhitney
rico@reed.UUCP (Tudor) (11/28/84)
Star Trek III is expected out on LaserDisc with a Digital Audio sound track (in addition to the usual analog stereo) in very early 1985, perhaps Janurary. Analog LaserDisc players start at $295 list (LD-660). In case you're unfamiliar with Laser videodiscs, their picture quality blows VHS and Beta away.