Blu-ray Disc

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Blu-ray Disc (BD or Blu-ray) is a high-definition home entertainment format on the standard 120mm optical discs. Launched in 2006, it competed briefly, but fiercely from 2006 to 2008 with HD DVD before becoming the standardized high-definition home entertainment format.

Star Trek releases on Blu-ray commenced in April 2009 with season one of The Original Series. Star Trek: The Next Generation is currently being released, with Star Trek: Enterprise to follow in 2013. CBS have commented that a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Blu-ray release is a possibility. In a post on Twitter, Michael Okuda commented "We've heard that CBS execs would love to give DS9 the HD treatment, if sales for TNG HD continue to support it". [1]

Regions

Blu-ray releases, much like DVDs are divided into separate regions, to restrict the areas specific discs can be played. The following is a guide to the regions and which areas of the world they relate to:

Region	Country	Map
0	"Region free" releases.
A	East Asia (except Mainland China and Mongolia), Southeast Asia, the Americas and their dependencies.
B	Africa, Southwest Asia, Europe (except Russia), Oceania and their dependencies.
C	Central Asia, East Asia (Mainland China and Mongolia only), South Asia, central Eurasia and their dependencies.

Blu-ray release chronology

Date	Region	Product released
2009
27 April	B	TOS Season 1 Blu-ray; Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection
28 April	A	TOS Season 1 Blu-ray
11 May	B	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
12 May	A	Star Trek: Original Motion Picture Collection; Star Trek: Motion Picture Trilogy
26 June	A	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Japanese region A only
22 September	A	TOS Season 2 Blu-ray; Star Trek: The Next Generation Motion Picture Collection; Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Star Trek: First Contact
6 November	A	Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, Star Trek Nemesis Japanese region A only
16 November	B	TOS Season 2 Blu-ray; Star Trek: The Next Generation Motion Picture Collection; Star Trek: Motion Picture Trilogy; Star Trek (Three disc); Star Trek: Legends of the Final Frontier Collection
17 November	A	Star Trek
15 December	A	TOS Season 3 Blu-ray; Star Trek: The Original Series - Seasons 1-3
2010
22 March	B	Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek Generations, Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, Star Trek Nemesis; TOS Season 3 Blu-ray
19 October	A	Star Trek (single disc)
1 November	B	Star Trek (single disc)
2011
29 March	A	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan/Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country/Star Trek: First Contact
2 May	B	Star Trek: The Original Series Complete
2012
30 January	B	Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Next Level
31 January	A	Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Next Level
23 July	B	Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 1
24 July	A	Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 1
4 December	A	Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 2
12 December	B	Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 2
2013
26 March	A	Star Trek: Enterprise - Season 1
1 April	B	Star Trek: Enterprise - Season 1
29 April	B	Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 3, The Best of Both Worlds, Star Trek: Stardate Collection
30 April	A	Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season 3, The Best of Both Worlds, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Star Trek Generations, Star Trek: Insurrection, Star Trek Nemesis
1 May	A	Star Trek: Stardate Collection

See also

• The Ultimate Star Trek Movie Collection

External links

• Blu-rayDisc.com - official site
• Blu-ray Disc at Wikipedia