Collecting on Disc: What do you have?

[vulcan_krelboyne]

I have the 1993 VHS box set of 6 ST movies, that's it! I'd love to get some of the TOS episodes on VHS, and The Animated Series. I'm big into collecting tapes and DVDs of my favorite movies and series, unfortunately there's so many I love, and so little time and money...

 

[James Cole]

On Tuesday, 12 Nov 2024 I’ll be ordering Prodigy season 2, and once that shows up, I’ll have everything on BD. Until, of course, Lower Decks season 5 is released on media. Then I’ll buy that.

But I might be done buying Trek media at that point. It feels like the streaming era is coming to a close. Maybe it’s time to jump off.

Speaking of, mine's already in transit from Movies Unlimited, which thanks to their 25% off November coupon is around $15.

 

[aquova]

4K UHD

• The anniversary Star Trek III steelbook. I'm not sure I normally would've picked it up, but several used video stores in town had copies, so I was able to pick it up cheaply.
• Star Trek Generations thru Nemesis as part of a 4-pack collection
• Star Trek Beyond

Note that all of these included standard Blu-Ray discs too, which is nice

Blu-Ray

• Star Trek I thru VI as part of a 6-pack collection
• Star Trek 2009
• Star Trek Into Darkness (Includes 3D Blu-Ray disc and DVD)
• Steelbook edition of the complete Star Trek TOS. I got this on Amazon for what I felt was a very fair price. Usually getting Blu-ray copies of shows is quite expensive, especially in the fancy packaging
• Star Trek Beyond (planning on selling this now that I have the 4K version)

DVD

I'm actually planning on selling these at some point, but I still have DVDs for a few films

• Star Trek IV Special Edition
• Star Trek First Contact Special Edition
• Star Trek 2009

I'd like to get more of the shows on Blu-ray, but I haven't seen a collection I like (or is reasonably priced) for the others. If anyone has any recommendations, let me know (I also need to read back on this thread).

 

[aquova]

Some helpful tools for people looking to fill gaps in their Star Trek physical media collection...

The Blu-ray Forum has a comprehensive database of releases. Here's what comes up for TOS. In the upper search bar, you might see a US (or potentially your own country's...) flag. You can select Global to show everything instead. If I didn't yet own TOS, I'd take a look at this US steelbook release... great price and packaging. Many Paramount complete series releases use cheap packaging where the discs are stacked and you really need to bend and pull the discs to get them out. Not good for repeat use!

Camel Camel Camel is great for researching an Amazon item's price history. How low has TOS gone during past Black Fridays or sales? Maybe if you wait a few months, you can get it for the same price. If you want to avoid Amazon, Walmart, Bullmoose, Deep Discount / Movies Unlimited, and plain old eBay are competitive alternatives. Rarewaves is a good alternative to Amazon UK. JB Hi-Fi from Australia has twice annual two for the price of one sales that can make the international shipping worth it. For a deep dive, the Blu-ray Forum has sub-forums based on retail and promotions.


The standard releases in the US, UK, Australia, and Canada etc should all be effectively identical in disc content. TOS on BD came out in 2009, and uses the very dated VC-1 codec, low bitrates, and DNR (where the picture is smoothed over to remove grain, thus also removing fine detail). One reason to buy the Roddenberry Archive (if it's cheap) is to get many of the best TOS episodes in much better picture quality.

The only version of TOS on BD that I know of without the original effects is the Origins release (and you'd only buy that if you'd want the remastered "Where No Man Has Gone Before" and "Errand of Mercy" in AVC codec without DNR).

Wow! I didn't know about these sites, this is excellent.

 

[James Cole]

Some Black Friday Star Trek Blu-ray related deals from Amazon (likely will be price matched elsewhere online)

TOS complete series steelbooks (this is an amazing deal, anyone remotely interested in having TOS on Blu-ray should grab this one)
$39.49

TNG complete series
$99.99

ENT complete series
$59.49

PICARD complete series
$42.49

Some individual seasons of STLD and DISCOVERY going for around $16 each

 

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

Some Black Friday Star Trek Blu-ray related deals from Amazon (likely will be price matched elsewhere online)

TOS complete series steelbooks (this is an amazing deal, anyone remotely interested in having TOS on Blu-ray should grab this one)
$39.49

TNG complete series
$99.99

ENT complete series
$59.49

PICARD complete series
$42.49

Individual seasons of STLD going for around $16 each

I would argue, unless it's a small number of discs, collect the individual seasons. Big "complete series" box sets tend to be fragile and risk damaged discs due to everything being too crammed together. The Jeffersons complete series DVD set had the right idea. 2 seasons per volume, S11 by itself, and the 6 sets slide into a box sleeve. Frasier complete series on Blu-ray is just 11 season sets in a box. I wish Star Trek complete series sets took a similar cue.

 

[James Cole]

I would argue, unless it's a small number of discs, collect the individual seasons. Big "complete series" box sets tend to be fragile and risk damaged discs due to everything being too crammed together. The Jeffersons complete series DVD set had the right idea. 2 seasons per volume, S11 by itself, and the 6 sets slide into a box sleeve. Frasier complete series on Blu-ray is just 11 season sets in a box. I wish Star Trek complete series sets took a similar cue.

Honestly in cases like that I'd just get a good quality Case Logic disc binder and move them after testing each disc for file integrity with a BD-ROM drive.

Spot checking TNG seasons are going for $14 to over $30, and ENT for $6 to over $30. That's a lot of extra overhead just for better packaging.

 

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

Spot checking TNG seasons are going for $14 to over $30, and ENT for $6 to over $30. That's a lot of extra overhead just for better packaging.

True, but most of the time I see a series box set, I already have half the series. Besides, it takes me a long time to watch a season of a show if it's 20+ episodes, I just take my time coming and going.

On your video shelf, do your TV shows get their own section, or just mixed in with movies?
Where do you put a 2-part miniseries? TV? Movies?

 

[James Cole]

On your video shelf, do your TV shows get their own section, or just mixed in with movies?
Where do you put a 2-part miniseries? TV? Movies?

Uh... complicated. Most of my standard sized films and TV shows are in Sterilite 14 L storage boxes that hold around 30 titles each. I do have the film and TV separate, but with some exceptions like having FIREFLY and SERENITY next to each other. Multi-part miniseries go in TV. Made for TV movies go with films, with the exception of the 1970's Gene Roddenberry pilots that are in the same box as TOS.

TV shows with stacked discs or paper / cardboard cases are in binders. Oversize TV collections are in their own oversize soft plastic totes.

 

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

Uh... complicated. Most of my standard sized films and TV shows are in Sterilite 14 L storage boxes that hold around 30 titles each. I do have the film and TV separate, but with some exceptions like having FIREFLY and SERENITY next to each other. Multi-part miniseries go in TV. Made for TV movies go with films, with the exception of the 1970's Gene Roddenberry pilots that are in the same box as TOS.

TV shows with stacked discs or paper / cardboard cases are in binders. Oversize TV collections are in their own oversize soft plastic totes.

Not complicated at all. You have a system that works! I just do A-Z, easier for me to find what I am looking for. Now, if I put my vids nice and neat in plastic storage tubs, I'd break them up into categories to make it easier to find stuff - like you did.

 

[James Cole]

Not complicated at all. You have a system that works! I just do A-Z, easier for me to find what I am looking for. Now, if I put my vids nice and neat in plastic storage tubs, I'd break them up into categories to make it easier to find stuff - like you did.

The Blu-ray Forum's "my collection" feature let's you micro segment your collection. So I just look up which box something I want is in if I don't remember off hand.

 

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

The Blu-ray Forum's "my collection" feature let's you micro segment your collection. So I just look up which box something I want is in if I don't remember off hand.

I also keep an inventory on my laptop, just in case my collection gets trashed or partially stolen.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

I just ordered ST:TNG The Complete Series Re-Mastered on Blu-Ray.

Black Friday sale @ $110

 

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

I just ordered ST:TNG The Complete Series Re-Mastered on Blu-Ray.

Black Friday sale @ $110

If you ordered it from Amazon and the box and or discs come damaged, they will honor a replacement.
When I ordered TNG S2 on Blu-ray, it came damaged, so I sent it back.
When I ordered TNG S2 on Blu-ray again, it came damaged, so I sent it back.
When I ordered TNG S2 on Blu-ray for the third time... it came intact.
I only paid once.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

If you ordered it from Amazon and the box and or discs come damaged, they will honor a replacement.
When I ordered TNG S2 on Blu-ray, it came damaged, so I sent it back.
When I ordered TNG S2 on Blu-ray again, it came damaged, so I sent it back.
When I ordered TNG S2 on Blu-ray for the third time... it came intact.
I only paid once.

Good to know, I did order it from Amazon.

 

[Admiral Jean-Luc Picard]

Good to know, I did order it from Amazon.

I only seen to have problems with Amazon when it comes to Blu-ray, so just save all your receipts until you check the entire box and all discs. Pop each one in, make sure each episode plays correctly. Usually, I'll just skip to a random spot of each episode and disc. Maybe 5 mins to check each disc. Takes a little while, but then you know there's no defects.

 

[Ceridwen]

I used to have the special 2-disc editions of the first ten movies on DVD, as well as all three seasons of The Original Series (in the department color clamshell cases), and the first season each of The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. Had to sell my entire DVD collection while I was out of work at one point, unfortunately.

Been getting back into collecting physical media again the last few years, due to a general frustration with the streaming landscape. I have a boxed set each of the original movies and The Next Generation movies on Blu-ray, and the three Kelvin Timeline movies on 4K UHD. I also have every edit of my favorite Star Trek movie, The Motion Picture, on 4K UHD in the "Complete Adventure" boxed set. It has a place of honor at the top of my shelf.

 

[Gingerbread Demon]

I have a special edition box set of the first 10 movies 2 disks in each cover one for the feature and one for bonus stuff.

The 3 Kelvin movies

All four seasons of Enterprise in special etched cases

All of Discovery

First two seasons of SNW

First two seasons of The Orville

 

[Qonundrum]

(blu-ray) TOS-R
(4K) TOS movies (1979-91)
(blu-ray) TNG-R
(4K) TNG movies (1994-2002)
(blu-ray) Lower Decks
(blu-ray) Into Darkness
(blu-ray) Beyond
(DVD) DS9
(DVD) Voyager

 

[Uhura's Song]

DVD:
TOS: Entire Series
TNG: Entire Series
TOS Movies: All 6
TNG: 3 of 4, No Nemesis

Blu-Ray:
Prodigy S1 Ep 1-10